Woodlands man sentenced in campaign contribution scheme that funneled $100K from Russia to Trump
Jessie R. Benton, a former campaign manager of Republican U.S. Senate leader Mitch McConnell, was convicted by a federal jury in November 2022 of conspiring to solicit and cause an illegal campaign contribution by a foreign national, effecting a conduit contribution and causing false records to be filed with the Federal Election Commission. The 45-year-old was sentenced to serve 18 months in prison by a federal judge Friday, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a news release.
Acting as a straw donor, Benton falsely identified himself as the contributor and donated $25,000 of the foreigner's money to Trump's campaign. He pocketed the remaining $75,000, according to court documents.
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