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Robert Kraft Claims His Donations Help Palestinians. Turns Out He’s Funding Friends of the IDF.

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It has seemed odd from the very beginning that New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, a billionaire several times over, would patronize a massage parlor called the Orchids of Asia for a little quickie on his way to the AFC championship game. After all, men like Kraft can easily hire high end escorts and they often have mistresses on the side. Why go to a cheap strip mall?

But Kraft wasn’t the only vastly wealthy john who got caught in the sting that has put him in the headlines. Private equity mogul John Childs and former Citigroup president John Havens were also arrested. There is obviously more to this sordid story of Chinese sex trafficking to come out in the days to come. With the recent re-evaluation of the extremely disturbing Jeffrey Epstein case from the previous decade, it seems that an illegal sex trade has been thriving in the ultra-rich enclaves of South Florida.

A woman named Cindy Yang founded the “day spa” where all these wealthy powerful men went to release their … stress. Although Yang no longer owns the specific business where Kraft was videotaped receiving oral sex, it was known for offering the same “services” in her time. Her family still operates several similar enterprises that are also under suspicion for sex trafficking and prostitution. And wouldn’t you know it, Yang is a big-time Republican who now owns a company that sells access to another wealthy and powerful man with a big presence in South Florida: the president of the United States.

The Miami Herald first reported that Yang had attended a Super Bowl gathering at Mar-a-Lago, and produced a selfie of Yang and President Trump posing together at the party. The Herald also published pictures of other events showing Yang and Trump’s adult sons, along with a trio of Florida Republicans — Sen. Rick Scott, Gov. Ron DeSantis and Rep. Matt Gaetz — as well as onetime vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin and Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel.

According to the Herald, Yang had shown no interest in politics prior to 2016 — she never even voted — but “has now become a fixture at Republican political events up and down the East Coast.” These gatherings all charge big donations to attend, although much of the money collected at Mar-a-Lago affairs goes straight into Trump family coffers to pay for the event. It’s a tidy form of double dipping — and, at least in general terms, not illegal.

Yang and her family have been generous to Trump and the GOP, giving more than $42,000 to the Super PAC Trump Victory and more than $16,000 to the Trump 2020 campaign in 2017 alone. As David Corn, Dan Friedman and Daniel Schulman of Mother Jones reported last Saturday, that’s just the cost of doing business for Yang’s company, which was started a year into Trump’s presidency. Yang and her husband, Zubin Gong, started GY US Investments LLC, which they describe as an international consulting firm, in 2017. Displaying pictures of Mar-a-Lago, it openly markets access to Trump to Chinese business representatives.

For obvious reasons, national security experts were alarmed by this report. This startling combination of sex trafficking, prostitution and politicians presents a perfect opportunity for espionage and blackmail. In an explosive follow-up report on Sunday, the Mother Jones reporters make clear that these observers were right to be concerned:

Yang is an officer of two groups with ties to China’s Communist government. And she founded a Miami-based nonprofit that promotes “economic and cultural exchange” between China and the West in coordination with “senior … Chinese leaders” in the United States, according to a profile of Yang posted on a Chinese social media platform … .

[A] cursory examination of the organization’s leadership structure reveals that [Yang’s nonprofit] is directly subordinate to the Communist Party’s United Front Work Department. In July, the Daily Beast reported, “‘Peaceful reunification associations’ — the term refers to Beijing’s intent to obtain sovereignty over Taiwan—have a close relationship with the [Communist Party’s] United Front Work Department, in some cases functioning almost as an extension of its Overseas Chinese Affairs Office.”

If you were following politics in the 1990s, you might be getting a little feeling of déjà vu. Chinese fundraising scandals were a staple of political investigations during the Bill Clinton years. Perhaps you remember the names Johnny Chung, Yah-Lin “Charlie” Trie, John Huang, James Riady and Maria Hsia. These were all major Democratic Party and Clinton donors who were investigated for campaign finance law violations and, in a couple of cases, connections to Chinese intelligence and other Chinese government officials.

The Justice Department first started investigating all this in 1996, right after that year’s presidential campaign. Congress soon took it up and the matter escalated into a major scandal that continued for years. Republicans repeatedly demanded an independent counsel but were rebuffed by Attorney General Janet Reno, who insisted the Department of Justice was capable of handling this investigation. It did. The probes resulted in several guilty pleas, large fines and probation. There was no evidence of any collusion with the Clinton administration or the DNC, and the campaigns returned the money.

The Republican majority in Congress made fools of themselves, as they are wont to do in these situations, and turned the congressional hearings and investigations into a circus. The House Oversight Committee, chaired at the time by the slightly daft Rep. Dan Burton, R-Ind., spent more than $7 million on its investigation, at the time the most expensive congressional probe in U.S. history.

Congressional expert Norm Ornstein said at the time:

Barring some dramatic change, I think the Burton investigation is going to be remembered as a case study in how not to do a congressional investigation and as a prime example of investigation as farce.

The Clinton campaign finance scandals were messy and damaging. But there was no sex trafficking or prostitution involved, and those foreign donors weren’t putting cash into the president’s personal bank account, as Yang and company are doing with big parties at a private club owned by the president. This is blackmail just waiting to happen — if it hasn’t happened already.

Presidents divest themselves of their businesses not just to avoid the “appearance” of conflict of interest, but to avoid the possibility of compromise. This president seems to have a peculiar fetish for putting himself in as many compromising positions as possible.

new England Patriots owner Robert Kraft — a top Trump ally — charged with soliciting prostitution

David Badash / The New Civil Rights MovementFebruary 22, 2019

Jupiter, Florida police have charged billionaire Robert Kraft, the owner of the New England Patriots and a top Trump ally, supporter, and friend, with soliciting prostitution. Describing Kraft as “one…

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Kraft Group, the conglomerate owned by New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, contributed $1 million toward President Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration, according to a federal election filing filed Tuesday.

Kraft’s company was one of several million-dollar contributors to January’s inaugural festivities. Trump raised $107 million in total, twice the record for an inauguration previously set by President Barack Obama in 2009, according to news outlets.

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The election information was filed on Tuesday, the day before Kraft was expected to visit Trump at the White House for a ceremony celebrating the Patriots’ Super Bowl victory in January.

The Kraft Group was by far the largest local corporate contribution to the inauguration. However, Dorchester native and casino mogul Sheldon Adelson donated$5 million, the largest single contribution ever to an inauguration, according to the New York Times.

The law firm Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC contributed $25,000. The political action committee for another Boston law firm, Brown Rudnick LLP, contributed $25,000 on Jan. 10, but received a refund from the inauguration committee in the same amount nine days later. Brown Rudnick CEO Joseph Ryan could not be immediately reached for comment on the contribution.

Several individuals from Greater Boston’s business community also gave money to the inauguration. Robert Maginn, chairman of the education nonprofit Jenzabar Foundation and the former chair of the Massachusetts Republican Party, contributed $50,000. George Sakellaris, the president and CEO of Framingham-based energy company Ameresco, gave $10,000. S.P. Kothari, an MIT Sloan School of Management professor and the former global head of equity research at Barclays Global Investors, contributed $8,200.

The Kraft Group part of team that bought UFC for $4 billion

New England Patriots Chairman and CEO,

Robert Kraft talks with others on the field as the team warms up before an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015, in Arlington, Texas. As chairman of The Kraft Group, Robert Kraft owns the Patriots and Revolution. –Roger Steinman/AP

By Eric Levenson July 11, 2016

The Kraft Group is part of a team of investors that purchased the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on Monday, according to New England Patriots spokesperson Stacey James.

The mixed martial arts league was purchased by Hollywood agency WME-IMG for $4 billion, The New York Times reported late Sunday night. UFC and WME-IMG confirmed the deal in a release on Monday morning.

WME-IMG had previously asked “well-heeled investors” to chip in funds to finance a deal to purchase UFC, and one of those investors was the Kraft Group, ESPN reported last month.

The Kraft Group, founded by Robert Kraft, already owns the New England Patriots and the New England Revolution.

UFC, which promotes mixed martial arts fights, has turned into a global sports behemoth 23 years into its existence. The fighting league recently held its UFC 200 event to an arena full of fans in Las Vegas, and has found marketable stars in fighters Ronda Rousey and Conor McGregor.

UFC President Dana White has previously been seen with Kraft on the sidelines of games.

Indeed, UFC 200 brought out a who’s who of stars, including one of the most well-known players in the Kraft Group’s repertoire: A star quarterback by the name of Tom Brady.

The Kraft Group: A Family of Businesses

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The New England Patriots Are Team Trump - The Daily Beast

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Boston Sports Owners Political Contributions Skew Democratic

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The Kraft Group part of team that bought UFC for $4 billion - Boston.com

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