A former senior aide to Mitch McConnell and RandPaul was convicted after being found guilty of helping to funnel illegal foreign campaign contributions from a Russian national into Trump's 2016 campaign. The aide was previously pardoned by Trump in 2020 for bribery charges after trying to hide $73,000 in payments to an Iowa state senator, Kent Sorenson, for his endorsement of Paul in 2012..

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GOP operative convicted in scheme to funnel Russian money into Trump campaign

Benton, the husband of Rand Paul's niece and a veteran GOP staffer, faces up to 20 years in prison, but plans to appeal.

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