funds supporting trump. if any of yang s foreign guests reimbursed her for their cost of admission to the event, that would be illegal. yang is a naturalized u.s. citizen, according to the miami herald. the rnc sponsored the fund-raiser and tells cnn in a statement the president s campaign only accepts contributions from american citizens in accordance with the law. they deny any wrongdoing on the part of the rnc or trump s campaign. yang, who has not returned our requests for comment, tells the miami herald she s out of the spa business. the herald reports she s made a new business out of selling access to the president and people close to him. miss yang seemed to appear out of nowhere politically speaking. she hadn t voted in ten years before the 2016 general election. in 2016, 2017, starts to give tens of thousands of dollars to the point where she is able to have access to the president, the governor, ron desantis, one of florida s u.s. senators, rick scott, at, you know, see
former owner of this spa at the president s super bowl party was just our first glimpse into her proximity to the president s orbit. yang told the miami herald that she s no longer in the spa business, and the herald reports that she now, as you mentioned, is running this florida-based consulting firm that promises chinese investors she can introduce them to the political elite in this country, specifically president trump and members of his family. so the spotlight has moved from that selfie at the super bowl party to a series of photos that were taken on a night in december of 2017 at a paid fundraiser for president trump in new york city. that night yang s consulting firm did what they promised clients they can do. she assembled a group of chinese businessmen to attend that party. a source at the party told the miami herald that this woman, she identified herself as an official at the national committee of asian-american republicans. that s a political action committee based in d.c.
spa business. but this consulting firm, as advertised, promises to introduce chinese investors to the political elite in america, specifically president trump and members of his family. so the spotlight has moved from that super bowl party onto a night in december of 2017. there was a paid fund-raiser for donald trump in new york city that evening. and yang, as reported by the miami herald, she had arranged for a group of chinese businessmen to attend that event. her business doing again what it s promised. now, there are rules around foreign nationals attending u.s. political events. they re allowed to attend but they re not allowed to pay their own entrance fee, if you will. in this case they learned cindy yang and the days leading up to that december event for president trump, she donated around $5,000 to trump s campaign and more than $23,000 to trump s victory political action committee. fec records show us that.
including the president s sons at mar-a-lago. kellyanne conway and sarah palin but this selfie with president trump at a super bowl watch party raising eyebrows. yang is the former owner of the orchids of asia day spa. the massage parlor where they caught new england owner robert kraft on camera paying for oral sex. he s being charged with the same offenses as the others and soliciting another to commit prostitution. reporter: kraft denies any wrongdoing. according to the miami herald, yang no longer owns orchids of asia. she sold it back in 2013. cnn repeatedly tried but unable to reach yang for comment. she did speak with the miami herald. she didn t answer the question of whether she knew that there was sex happening. she simply told us that she s no longer in the spa business. she doesn t know president trump and she s planning to move to
she did speak with the maggie haberman herald. she didn t answer the question whether she knew sex was happening. she told us she s no longer in the spa business, doesn t know president trump and she s planning to move to washington d.c. reporter: it should be noted yang was not charged in the bust that led to misdemeanor charges against kraft and the closing of several spas in south florida. the white house declined to comment on yang, but the president did speak about the charges against kraft. it s sad. i was very surprised to see it. he s proclaimed his innocence totally but i m very surprised to see it. reporter: as for yang she donated upwards of $35,000 to the trump campaign according to the fec filings. she s a self-made entrepreneur who showed little political interest before the 2016 election and she had not voted in the ten years prior. again, yang has not been charged