Trial opens for men accused of funneling millions to back Hillary Clinton in 2016 presidential race

The millions donated to Hillary Clinton and more than $1 million directed to Republicans after Donald Trump won originated in the United Arab Emirates, the prosecutor told jurors. | Spencer Platt/Getty Images

By Josh Gerstein

02/24/2022 10:45 PM EST

Updated: 02/24/2022 11:08 PM EST

A defense attorney for a California businessman accused of conspiring to illegally donate more than $3 million to back Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential race offered a simple explanation for her client’s decision to break out his checkbook: He feared that Donald Trump’s promised ban on Muslim visitors to the U.S. would devastate his

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