Elliott Broidy, a former official in the fundraising campaign for President Donald Trump and the Republican Party, has been charged with criminal charges, as part of a federal investigation into the embezzlement scandal in the Malaysian sovereign investment fund.

According to Bloomberg and Reuters news agency, Broidy has been accused of organizing an unregistered campaign under the law to pressure the Trump administration on behalf of a foreign country.

The indictment documents indicate that the fugitive Malaysian businessman Joe Lu - accused of being the mastermind of embezzlement - paid $ 6 million to Broidy in order to pressure the US Department of Justice to stop its investigation into the case, which was considered a huge international money laundering plot.

She added that the Malaysian businessman had promised Broidy another $ 75 million if his efforts were successful.

Reuters quoted court documents as saying that Broidy is expected to plead guilty to the charges attributed to him later this month.

It is noteworthy that Broidy is a businessman who held top financial positions in Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and his inauguration committee.

The scandal of the sovereign fund shook Malaysia in 2016 when it was found that billions of dollars had been stolen from it, and it was described as the largest corruption scandal in the world.

In addition to former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razzaq, the accusation was directed against businessman Joe Lu, who is widely known in Malaysia as the godfather of corruption deals in the fund, as well as the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Mohammed bin Zayed and his brother Mansour and the Emirati ambassador to Washington Yusef Al-Otaiba And Saudi businessman Tariq Obaid, and others.