Elliott Broidy, a top G.O.P. fundraiser and ally of Donald Trump, was the subject of a federal raid last summer as part of an investigation into whether he had sought to sell influence with the White House to foreign officials. The raid, which was reported by ProPublica on Monday, targeted the former Republican National Committee deputy finance chair’s Los Angeles office and phones, and focused in part on his alleged efforts to get Trump’s Department of Justice to cease investigations into Malaysian financier Jho Low. Among the communications sought were Broidy’s contacts with members of Trump’s orbit, including Rick Gates, former deputy to Paul Manafort.

The newly revealed raid echoes that of ex-Trump fixer Michael Cohen, who eventually pleaded guilty to several crimes, including campaign-finance violations he says he committed at the direction of his former boss. Like Cohen, Broidy is a former ally of the president and an RNC fundraiser, but resigned from his post last April after it was revealed that he had paid off a Playboy model to cover up an alleged affair that resulted in her pregnancy. (Cohen arranged Broidy’s $1.6 million hush-money agreement.) In August, The Washington Post reported that Broidy was under D.O.J. investigation for allegations he was attempting to trade influence at the White House with foreign officials. Broidy’s lawyer denied wrongdoing at the time, saying his client had “never agreed to work for, been retained by nor been compensated by any foreign government for any interaction with the United States Government.”

While Broidy does not appear to have been charged with any crimes, Monday’s ProPublica report reveals that the government “took a more aggressive approach with the Trump ally than was previously known,” seizing records from his office and using his fingerprints and face to unlock his electronic devices. Broidy has already been heavily scrutinized for his work with Middle East fixer George Nader, an adviser to the United Arab Emirates, to lobby the administration on behalf of the U.A.E. and Saudi Arabia. According to their communications, Nader praised Broidy for “how well [he handled] Chairman,” an apparent reference to Trump; he is now a cooperating witness for Robert Mueller. While it’s unclear how the raid could impact Trump himself, the fact that yet another person in his orbit has been wrapped up in a federal investigation certainly does him no favors.

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