GOP operative convicted of facilitating foreign contribution to 2016 Trump campaign

A Republican operative was founded guilty on Thursday of assisting in an unlawful project contribution from a Russian nationwide to the Trump project in 2016.

The Justice Department promoted the jury conviction of Jesse Benton, understood for his deal with projects for GOP Sens. Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul, in a news release Thursday. The department stated Benton “functioned as a straw donor and contributed $25,000 of the Russian foreign nationwide’s cash to the project, incorrectly determined himself as the factor and swiped the staying $75,000.”.

Benton hid the citizenship of the donor from the project, according to district attorneys. He will be sentenced in February, according to the DOJ’s news release.

His lawyer did not instantly react to CNN ask for remark.