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Senior NXIVM Member Confirms Illegal Clinton Campaign Scheme During TrialBOWEN XIAOThe Epoch Times May. 15, 2019 |
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  NEW YORK--A former high-ranking NXIVM member confirmed the group had taken part in an illegal campaign contribution scheme to benefit the Clintons, during his second day of testimony on May 13.Born in South Africa and with a background in filmmaking, former member Mark Vicente, who later served on the group's executive board, continued to divulge the inner workings of the umbrella organization, telling the court that the purported self-help organization led by Keith Raniere wanted to "curry favor with the Clintons." Vicente said the scheme was a "quiet, fraudulent attempt to make a campaign contribution to the Clintons, I think for the presidential race." He added that the group had always had a "strong desire" to meet with those in politics. In testimony under oath, Vicente described how Clare Bronfman, an heiress of the Seagram beverage company and an "acting CFO" of sorts in NXIVM, approached him and asked if he could make a donation to a political campaign that would be paid back and range between $2,000 to $3,000. The individual donation limit was somewhere in between these figures, Vicente explained. "Bronfman came to myself … asked me to write a check to the campaign," Vicente said. "Bronfman [then] paid me back." Read More |
