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1/ One name on this @playbookplus list may not stand out: Brian Ballard.

But it should. That’s because ...
2/ ... Brian Ballard has built himself a huge lobbying practice in D.C. while retaining incredibly close proximity to President @realDonaldTrump. Backstory from @Publici: publicintegrity.org/federal-politi…
3/ Ballard’s clients include or have recently included the governments of Turkey, Kosovo, the Dominican Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo. politico.com/magazine/story…
4/ Of particular note is @amazon — a Ballard lobbying client that has found itself repeatedly trashed by Trump himself.
5/ Ballard has been a huge fundraiser for Trump. So: Remember when Trump wanted to prohibit foreign lobbyists from raising money for U.S. political candidates? Yeah, we barely do, too, and we wrote a story about it publicintegrity.org/federal-politi…
6/ Here’s a good primer on the state of foreign lobbyist regulation, via @levinecarrie of @Publici publicintegrity.org/federal-politi…
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In case you thought @realdonaldtrump's border security address tonight has nothing to do with his 2020 re-election, note that Trump is raising money for his "Official Secure the Border Fund" — just a fancy name for his campaign's joint fundraising committee with the RNC.
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1/ For a super PAC that suspended operations in April when its leader became national security adviser, it may seem odd that the John Bolton Super PAC spent almost $80,000 on “legal consulting services” in late October, per new @FEC filing.
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1/ On this observance of Veterans Day, a cautionary tale for those who may receive a phone call from a group asking for money in the name of helping veterans.

While many vets orgs spend a lot of $$ helping vets, a few notably don't. This is a story about the latter.
2/ Last December, @sarahkleiner9 of @publici published this investigation of two sister nonprofit groups and their recently formed political action committee cousin. All were run by the same man, former Army Maj. Brian Arthur Hampton. publicintegrity.org/2017/12/13/213…
3/ As @sarahkleiner9 reported then, most of the millions upon millions of dollars these veterans groups were raising went to one of two places: the pockets of telemarketing firms or the pockets of the groups' leader, Brian Arthur Hampton. publicintegrity.org/2017/12/13/213…
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