A top donor of the Clinton Foundation, Nigerian billionaire Gilbert Chagoury, is no longer allowed to enter the United States, having his visitor's visa denied last summer under terrorism grounds.

Chagoury's name has been brought up of late, because of an ask Clinton Foundation head Doug Band made of Hillary Clinton's State Department – he wanted to put the donor, whose parents were Lebanese, in touch with the American government's top Lebanon person.

Donald Trump, among others, used the correspondence to try and show that the Clintons were running a 'pay-for-play' enterprise between the State Department and the family foundation, where Chagoury had been a million dollar donor.

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Nigerian billionaire Gilbert Chagoury is no longer allowed in the United States, according to the Los Angeles Times. He's donated millions to the Clinton Foundation

Gilbert Chagoury (right) was denied a visa to re-enter the United States last summer, which likely stemmed from his involvement in Lebanese politics, the country his parents were from

The billionaire's visa problems likely stemmed from his involvement in Lebanon's complicated political system, according to an investigation from the Los Angeles Times, who reported that Chagoury could no longer enter the United States.

Chagoury was a backer of Michel Aoun, a Christian politician in the nation.

But Aoun's party has been part of the same political coalition as Hezbollah, which is considered a terrorist organization by the United States stemming from the double bombings in 1983, killing 63 at the U.S. embassy in Beirut and 241 at a Marine barracks later that year.

Both were traced to Hezbollah.

Chagoury was 'known to have funded' Aoun, the Times reported, with a Lebanese government minister telling U.S. Ambassador Jeffrey D. Feltman in 2007 to 'deliver to Chagoury a strong message about the possibility of financial sanctions and travel bans against those who undermine Lebanon's legitimate institutions.'

This conversation was made public by Wikileaks.

Chagoury never received the warning, the Times wrote, as Clinton Foundation head Band pushed for the donor to get access inside of Hillary Clinton's State Department once she took over the reins in 2009.

As Hillary Clinton (middle) runs for the White House, her family foundation has become politically problematic with Republicans suggesting she and husband Bill Clinton (left) were running a 'pay-to-play' enterprise between the Clinton Foundation and the State Department

Band's email to the secretary of state's top aide Huma Abedin was one of the most heavily pointed to when detractors – including Republican nominee Trump – suggested the Clinton were operating a 'pay-for-play' enterprise from within the State Department.

Chagoury had donated at least $1 million to the family foundation, if not more, documents show.

'We need Gilbert Chagoury to speak to the substance guy re Lebanon. As you know he's key guy there and to us and is loved in Lebanon. Very imp,' Band wrote.

Abedin suggested Feltman.

No meeting ever happened, however, according to both Feltman and Chagoury's spokesperson, who explained that Chagoury just wanted to pass along information about the Lebanese election.

A year later, Chagoury's trouble with American security officials began.

He was pulled off a private jet in Teterboro, New Jersey, and questioned by Homeland Security officials for four hours because his name was now on the no-fly list within the United States.

Gilbert Chagoury became close with the Clintons (pictured) in the 1990s and gave at least $1 million to the couple's family foundation

The billionaire was especially angry because the questioning delayed his travels and made him unable to see the L.A. Lakers play in the playoffs.

'I just love the Lakers,' he told ABC News and the Center for Public Integrity at the time. Chagoury owns a house in Beverly Hills too, where he would spend several months of every year.

Chagoury later received a letter that said his name was taken off the list and he was now considered a 'selectee,' meaning he was allowd to fly, but would receive extra scrutiny.

Another Homeland Security document, according to the L.A. Times, cited that the billionaire had unspecified links to terrorism.

Yet another document – a letter written to Chagoury – apologized to the businessman 'for any inconvenience or unpleasantness' that he experienced during this questioning.

Things only went downhill from here.

In 2013 and FBI intelligence report claimed Chagoury sent funds to Aoun, who, in turn, gave the money to Hezbollah. The report said the information was unverified from a source, who also said the Lebanese Christian politician was 'facilitating fundraising for Hezbollah.'

Chagoury's name was added to a database used to screen passengers for terror links.

Michel de Chadarev, an official with Aoun's party, told the Times that Chagoury stopped supporting the politician years ago after a dispute over oil franchises, noting that the billionaire backs one of Aoun's rivals for the Lebanese presidency.

This all culminated in the State Department's decision last summer to deny Chagoury a visitor's visa to enter the United States, citing the FBI report among other sources.

Chagoury wouldn't be allowed to enter the U.S. on terrorism grounds, which includes giving a terror group money.

Mark Corallo, a friend and spokesman of the billionaire told the Times that Chagoury 'has been a friend and supporter of America all his life.

Corallo added that 'any allegatoin that Mr. Chagoury is involved in any way with providing material support to any terrorist organization, of any stripe, is false, outrageous and defamatory.'

The only person who could help Chagoury get back into the country is the American secretary of state, who can provide a waver.

But the likelihood of that happening is little, as secretaries of state usually don't touch anything terrorism-related.



