FBI Investigating Hillary Bagman Terry McAuliffe

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McAuliffe and the Clintons have close ties going back years
Report: Virginia Governor and close Clinton pal Terry McAuliffe under investigation by FBI's public integrity unit – as feds probe campaign donation by Chinese official who also gave to Clinton Foundation
  * Investigators are probing whether campaign donations violated
    election law, CNN reported Monday
  * $120,000 contribution from subsidiary of Chinese businessman Wang
    Wenliang's under scrutiny
  * Wang also pledged $2 million to the Clinton Foundation and is
    believed to have close ties to the Chinese government
  * McAuliffe is a longtime friend Bill and Hillary Clinton's, chaired
    fundraising for her failed 2008 campaign and run the DNC
  * McAuliffe held a fundraiser for Hillary just YESTERDAY
By GEOFF EARLE, DEPUTY U.S. POLITICAL EDITOR FOR MAILONLINE.COM
PUBLISHED: 22:09 GMT, 23 May 2016 | UPDATED: 22:55 GMT, 23 May 2016
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  "Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe, a close friend of Bill and Hillary
   Clinton, is under investigation by the FBI, CNN reported Monday, citing
   officials briefed on the investigation.
   
   Investigators are looking at McAuliffe's campaign financing, including
   a $120,000 contribution from companies affiliated with Chinese
   businessman Wang Wenliang, according to the bombshell report.
   
   Wang Wenliang previously gained notice for a $2 million contribution to
   the endowment of the Clinton Foundation in 2013 by the firm he runs,
   Rilin Enterprises, to aid the foundation's charity efforts.
   
   The firm has spent heavily on lobbying, and was one of the contractors
   constructing renovating the massive Chinese Embassy in Washington D.C.
   It also owns a strategic port along the border with North Korea, in
   addition to constructing embassies around the world, CBS reported.
   
   
   McAuliffe and the Clintons have close ties going back years
   
   
   The former Democratic National Committee chair appeared on NBC's 'Meet
   the Press' last April
   
   
   McAuliffe helped the Clinton's get a mortgage to buy their home in
   Chappaqua, New York
   
   China expert Jim Mann told the network in 2013 that the embassy
   self-evidently pointed to close government ties, since a top priority
   in embassy work is attention to national security.
   
   In 'embassy construction, one of the most important tasks is making
   sure that there are no bugs there,' he said at the time. 'So you want
   to have the closest security and intelligence connections with and
   approval of the person or company that's going to build your embassy.'
   
   'Neither the Governor nor his former campaign has knowledge of this
   matter, but as reported, contributions to the campaign from Mr. Wang
   were completely lawful,' McAuliffe attorney Marc Elias said. 'The
   Governor will certainly cooperate with the government if he is
   contacted about it,' he added.
   
   
   McAuliffe and Bill Clinton team up at a campaign event in Virginia in
   2009 before McAuliffe sought office
   
   Elias is a partner at the Perkins-Coie law firm.  He also serves as
   general counsel to Hillary for America, Hillary Clinton's presidential
   campaign – in just one of the many demonstrations of overlap between
   the McAuliffe and Clinton camps. He didn't immediately return a call
   from MailOnline seeking additional comment.
   
   Wang joined the National People's Congress, the parliament of the
   communist government, as a delegate, and served as a municipal official
   in Dandong province in China.
   
   The New York Times reported in a 2015 story about luxury apartments
   that Wang is worth hundreds of millions of dollars. He also serves on
   the board of New York University, and donated $25 million to the school.
   
   
   McAuliffe raised campaign cash for Hillary as recently as yesterday
   
   According to a 2015 Washington Post report, West Legend Co., a New
   Jersey affiliate of Rilin Enterprises, gave contributions to
   McAuliffe's election campaign and inauguration totaling $120,000.
   
   McAuliffe held a fundraiser for Clinton Sunday in Virginia. It was
   billed as an 'Afternoon with Terry McAuliffe,' and donors paid as much
   as $5,000 to serve as hosts.
   
   The U.S. Justice Department declined comment. 'As a matter of policy,
   the department generally neither confirms nor denies whether a matter
   is under investigation,' according to the department.
   
   McAuliffe's spokesman told WTVR that Wang holds a green card and as
   such is eligible to make campaign contributions. Campaign laws disallow
   contributions by citizens of foreign countries but there are exceptions
   for legal residents.
   
   CNN cited a spokesman who said neither Wang nor his companies had been
   contacted by investigators.
   
   The Republican National Committee immediately jumped on the report.
   
   "Hillary Clinton's campaign was already tainted by her own FBI
   investigation, so the revelation that her top political ally Terry
   McAuliffe is also facing a criminal probe is especially damaging,' said
   RNC spokesman Michael Short.
   
   'Not only is this FBI investigation another reminder of the kind of
   corruption and sleaze the Clintons and their friends traffic in, it
   raises additional questions about the legitimacy of the Clintons'
   charitable enterprises,' he added.
   
   The Clinton campaign didn't respond to a request for comment.
   
   The Dandong Port Company disclosed lobbying fees of $120,000 during the
   first three months of 2013. Agencies that got lobbied included the
   State Department, for 'Selected Visas for visitors to U.S.,' according
   to Senate lobbying records."