A portion of the website for the website fara.gov, on the Foreign Agents Registration Act, is seen. | Jon Elswick, File/APPresident Donald Trump’s last-minute move to scrap his administration’s own ethics rules will make it easier for his former aides to lobby on behalf of foreign interests — the same line of work behind so many Trump-era scandals.
Michael McKenna, a former lobbyist who worked in Trump’s White House legislative affairs office, said he had no intention of lobbying for foreign governments but thought other former Trump administration officials would jump at the chance. “He is undoing really the only example of policy that was supposed to evidence his commitment to drain the swamp,” said Robert Weissman, the president of Public Citizen, which advocates for tougher ethics rules.
Michael Flynn, Trump’s first national security adviser, admitted to lying to investigators about his role in a lobbying campaign on behalf of Turkish interests, though Flynn wasn’t charged with violating FARA. Gotham Government Relations & Communications, a New York lobbying firm that once counted Trump as a client, capitalized on the connection after Trump’s 2016 victory, opening a Washington office and signing clients including the Libyan government. Like others on K Street, the firm is now trying to reposition itself for the Biden era.
Trump’s ethics rules never barred former administration officials from lobbying entirely. Those who left the administration were allowed to lobby Congress, and loopholes also let them. At least 84 former Trump administration officials registered as lobbyists while he was in office, according to a POLITICO analysis of disclosure filings.
Totally CORRUPT GOP Republicans
The swamp lives
When it comes to that SEDITIOUS POS TRAITOR POTUS45, 'foreign interests' means Russia.
Probably did it also to help them to get jobs easier as there was a big push at the time by the left to cancel culture trump admin people from getting jobs in the usual washington lading places...
Yeah, but how many lobbyists does Russia really need in Washington? Trump already gave them everything they wanted.
Trump has taken into consideration the possibility of trial him as soon as leaving the office.
Rich men get more !
Trumps last minute chance to break his promise and lie again .....
But Politico will out them relentlessly ...right?
Weren’t a number of them already doing that while in his employ?
You had me at 'Former President'
Swampy
Kushner has to continue selling US government secrets. Just saying.
Michael Flynn needs a job lobbying for Turkey or Qatar.. cmon guys!
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