Jesse Benton is a onetime aide to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), former congressman Ron Paul (R-TX), and Paul’s son, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY).
of illegally funneling a Russian businessman’s contributions to Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. Jesse Benton, 44, a onetime aide to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell , former congressman Ron Paul , and Paul’s son, Sen. Rand Paul , worked with another consultant to shift money from the Russian national, who was seeking to meet and take a photo with Trump, according to.
He used $25,000 to cover the cost of a ticket a Republican National Committee event, which got the Russian his picture with Trump. Benton claimed he’d earned the $100,000 acting as a guide to Washington, D.C. for the Russian, thereported. The 44-year-old was previously pardoned by Trump in 2020 for a separate campaign finance crime.
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