Scrutiny of foreign lobbying related to former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn spurred a flurry of lobbying and foreign agent registrations in 2017. Flynn’s case, as well as that of former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and lobbying firm Podesta Group, drove a spike in filings because it hit at a gray area in the Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA), according to Lydia Dennett foreign lobbying investigator for the Project on Government Oversight (POGO).
Wave of Foreign Lobbying Filings Following Flynn
Wave of Foreign Lobbying Filings Following…
Wave of Foreign Lobbying Filings Following Flynn
Scrutiny of foreign lobbying related to former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn spurred a flurry of lobbying and foreign agent registrations in 2017. Flynn’s case, as well as that of former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and lobbying firm Podesta Group, drove a spike in filings because it hit at a gray area in the Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA), according to Lydia Dennett foreign lobbying investigator for the Project on Government Oversight (POGO).