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Political Advisor, American citizen Jesse Benton was sentenced to 1.5 years in prison for illegal campaign fund contributions. We're talking about the 2016 presidential election, according to the United States Department of Justice.
“A Texas man was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for his involvement in the transfer of illegal foreign donations from a Russian citizen to the 2016 presidential campaign ,” the Justice Department said in a statement.
An unspecified Russian, according to investigators, transferred $100,000 to Benton as a campaign donation. In response, the philanthropist expected a joint photo with the presidential candidate
As a result, Benton transferred only 25 thousand dollars to the candidate and appropriated the rest of the money, with the source being money from everyone.
The Ministry of Justice did not say the name of the politician involved in the scandal. But earlier in the American media they wrote that it was Donald Trump. He won the US presidential election in November 2016.