Infamous Republican political consultant Jeff Roe was seemingly hired by an illegal immigrant scammer to orchestrate a media and political influence campaign ahead of his sentencing, according to court documents reviewed by the Daily Caller.

Siddharth Jawahar agreed to pay Roe’s Axiom Strategies $10,000 to secure favorable media coverage ahead of his sentencing, according to prosecutors.

Roe agreed to “assist with obtaining approximately one to two advocacy-oriented publications, articles, opinion pieces,” and personally discussed the effort with Jawahar during a recorded jail call, according to documents reviewed by the Caller. (RELATED: Defamation Case Ruling Supports Claim That Dems’ Star J6 Witness Lied Under Oath)

Jawahar is an Indian national who has lived illegally in the United States since 2005 and defrauded investors of tens of millions of dollars. Jawahar pleaded guilty to three counts of wire fraud in January and was sentenced to 11 years in prison.

“What really surprised me is the dollar amount, not necessarily the involvement,” a former Axiom employee told the Caller. “I was like, ‘Are you serious? For 10 Gs?’”

“At the end of the day, Jeff has no loyalty other than the money,” another former Axiom consultant told the Caller.

Jawahar’s attorney denied that Jawahar ever actually paid Roe or Axiom under the agreement.

But days after Jawahar struck the alleged agreement with Roe’s firm, Missouri Republican Rep. Sam Graves sent U.S. District Judge Zachary Bluestone a letter urging him to give the convicted fraudster just four years in prison.

Graves signed the letter only three days after Jawahar asked Roe during a recorded jail call whether he had found a political figure willing to write to the judge on his behalf, according to transcripts obtained by the Caller.

Graves’ office did not respond to a request for comment from the Caller.

Jawahar explicitly spoke about a plot to “influence the judge” by running stories in the local media during his phone call with Roe. Roe also said he would “put a little money around it and geofence [the judge’s] house,” according to the transcript.

Jawahar also mentioned concerns purportedly raised by his lawyer, Douglas Passon, that the public relations push could look “overly calculated.”

“His thought was that it might backfire cause it might look overly calculated, which of course it is,” Jawahar said during the call.

Within days of Jawahar hiring Roe’s firm, a glowing profile of Jawahar appeared in the Jefferson City News Tribune. The News Tribune wrote about Jawahar’s “philanthropic efforts” behind bars and attributed it to his “instinctive commitment to civic service, education, and community involvement.” (RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Dem Candidate May Have Violated FEC Law By Hiring Foreign National)

The profile did not mention the fraud that landed Jawahar in federal prison.

“As a general matter, unethical behavior is not a surprise to me,” a former Axiom employee told the Caller about Roe’s involvement.

Jawahar’s Texas-based investment company Swiftarc Capital LLC falsely told investors that it was generating profits and misrepresented investments the company claimed to have made. From July 2016 through December 2023, Jawahar took more than $35 million from investors but only invested about $10 million of that money.

Bluestone ultimately sentenced Jawahar to 11 years in prison and ordered him to pay more than $31 million in restitution to his victims, including Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.

The effort failed to secure the significantly reduced sentence Jawahar sought. Judge Bluestone maintained that “the plot was unsuccessful.”

Roe’s political connections span some of the Republican Party’s biggest names and campaigns. His firm has advised a number of high-profile campaigns, including Ken Paxton’s current Senate campaign. Roe also managed Ted Cruz’s 2016 presidential campaign, consulted on Mike Huckabee’s 2008 presidential campaign, and led a pro-Ron DeSantis PAC during the 2024 presidential election. (RELATED: ‘Enemy No. 1’: Trump World Tells Republican Campaigns Who Not To Hire: REPORT)

A source directly familiar with Paxton’s campaign told the Caller that “Roe has never been involved with the campaign.” The source clarified that Axiom took on Paxton’s campaign as a client but that Paxton’s campaign was not personally a client of Roe.

Roe did not respond to a request for comment from the Caller.