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    2020-09-17 Lieu Rice Letter To FBI On Sheldon Adelson

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    The letter requests that the FBI investigate a potential crime involving a phone call between Sheldon Adelson and Donald Trump. According to reports, during the call Trump asked Adelson for more campaign support and they discussed coronavirus relief legislation. Subsequently, Adelson planned to spend up to $50 million to help Trump's reelection and Trump reversed his opposition to higher spending in the coronavirus relief bill. The letter argues these actions could constitute bribery under federal law and requests the FBI open an investigation based on the available factual information.

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    The letter requests that the FBI investigate a potential crime involving a phone call between Sheldon Adelson and Donald Trump. According to reports, during the call Trump asked Adelson for more campaign support and they discussed coronavirus relief legislation. Subsequently, Adelson planned to spend up to $50 million to help Trump's reelection and Trump reversed his opposition to higher spending in the coronavirus relief bill. The letter argues these actions could constitute bribery under federal law and requests the FBI open an investigation based on the available factual information.

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    The letter requests that the FBI investigate a potential crime involving a phone call between Sheldon Adelson and Donald Trump. According to reports, during the call Trump asked Adelson for more campaign support and they discussed coronavirus relief legislation. Subsequently, Adelson planned to spend up to $50 million to help Trump's reelection and Trump reversed his opposition to higher spending in the coronavirus relief bill. The letter argues these actions could constitute bribery under federal law and requests the FBI open an investigation based on the available factual information.

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    2020-09-17 Lieu Rice Letter To FBI On Sheldon Adelson

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    The letter requests that the FBI investigate a potential crime involving a phone call between Sheldon Adelson and Donald Trump. According to reports, during the call Trump asked Adelson for more campaign support and they discussed coronavirus relief legislation. Subsequently, Adelson planned to spend up to $50 million to help Trump's reelection and Trump reversed his opposition to higher spending in the coronavirus relief bill. The letter argues these actions could constitute bribery under federal law and requests the FBI open an investigation based on the available factual information.

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    September 17, 2020

    The Honorable Christopher Wray


    Director
    Federal Bureau of Investigation
    935 Pennsylvania Ave N.W.
    Washington, D.C. 20535
    Dear Director Wray,
    On August 10, we requested the Federal Bureau of Investigation to investigate whether
    any crimes were committed on a call between Sheldon Adelson and Donald Trump. According
    to Politico, Mr. Adelson “reached out to Trump to talk about the Coronavirus relief bill” and
    “Trump brought the conversation around to the campaign and confronted Adelson about why he
    wasn’t doing more to bolster his reelection.”1 Depending on the details of that conversation, a
    crime may have occurred. It is illegal for a donor to ask an elected official to take action on
    legislation and in exchange give money or agree to give money.
    We now write to update you with new, incriminating facts. On the morning of
    September 16, the press reported Mr. Adelson is planning on spending up to $50 million to help
    Donald Trump.2 At approximately the same time, the President reversed the long-standing
    White House opposition to the Coronavirus relief bill by tweeting, “Go for the much higher
    numbers, Republicans, it all comes back to the USA anyway (one way or another!).”
    Under 18 U.S.C. § 201, it is bribery if a donor “directly or indirectly, corruptly gives,
    offers or promises anything of value to any public official” with intent “to influence any official
    act.” In this case, Mr. Adelson discussed a specific piece of legislation, the Coronavirus relief
    bill, with the President. In the same conversation, the President asked Mr. Adelson to do more to
    support his campaign. Depending on what exactly was said, a bribe or solicitation of a bribe
    may have occurred. After this conversation occurred, the press reported on September 16 that
    Mr. Adelson is planning on spending up to $50 million to help Mr. Trump. On the same day,
    Mr. Trump reversed the White House’s opposition to the higher numbers in the Coronavirus
    relief bill. This looks like bribery.
    We believe the public reporting has provided more than enough of a factual predicate to
    open an investigation. Thank you for your attention to this request.
    Sincerely,

    Ted W. Lieu Kathleen Rice


    Member of Congress Member of Congress

    1
    Alex Isenstadt, “Trump antagonizes GOP megadonor Adelson in heated phone call,” Politico, August 8, 2020.
    2
    Brian Schwartz, “Sheldon Adelson is plotting a spending spree to help Trump with under 50 days left until the
    election,” CNBC, September 16, 2020.

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