Steve Benen

In April 2017, the RNC introduced the members of its four-member finance team, which turned out to be a rather extraordinary quartet. Consider a short thread.

The group included Michael Cohen, for example, who was at the center of multiple Trump-related scandals, and was even sentenced to prison before ultimately turning against the former president. http://on.msnbc.com/3Nn3n05

Another deputy RNC finance chair was Elliott Broidy, who pled guilty in 2020 to federal charges related to illegal lobbying. (He soon after received a pardon from Trump.) https://bit.ly/3sL11QJ

They were joined by Louis DeJoy - currently the nation’s controversial postmaster general - who’s had some troubles of his own, including having faced an FBI investigation. http://on.msnbc.com/3PvJBRO

But for a surprising number of reasons, the most scandalous member of the group is clearly Steve Wynn, whom Team Trump clearly shouldn't have tapped to serve as the RNC’s national finance chairman. http://on.msnbc.com/3LqUyAQ

Wed May 18 17:42:08 +0000 2022