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20 Jul, 5 tweets, 4 min read
NEW: @amazon paid JEFF RICCHETTI (the brother of top BIDEN WH adviser STEVE RICCHETTI) $90k over the last 3 months to lobby on legislation/regulations related to:
➡️online consumer privacy
➡️minimum wage
➡️unilateral digital services taxes
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The lobbyist JEFF RICCHETTI is the brother top BIDEN advisor STEVE RICCHETTI.

In the 1st half of 2020 (under TRUMP), Jeff Ricchetti’s firm collected $370k in lobbying fees.

In the 1st half of 2021 (under BIDEN), Ricchetti’s firm collected $1.67M in fees. wsj.com/articles/lobby…
Since the election, companies with huge interests in US policy (@amazon, @GM & the co. behind the Keystone Pipeline) have signed JEFF RICCHETTI to lobby.

But the WH said STEVE RICCHETTI recuses himself from matters concerning his brother Jeff’s clients. wsj.com/articles/lobby…
MEANWHILE: The TRUMP side of the swamp is draining a bit.

Several Trump-connected lobbying firms are down a total of millions of dollars in fees compared to a year earlier, disclosure filings show.

One firm collapsed, another shut its DC operation. politico.com/news/2021/07/2…
But, as @theodoricmeyer notes, other firms that boomed under TRUMP have adapted to life under BIDEN, elevating Dem lobbyists in their practices & stabilizing — or even growing — revenue, including BRIAN BALLARD’s @BallardFirm & @Reince’s @MBestStrategies. politico.com/news/2021/07/2…

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Trying to avoid watching the @sixers, but I’ll probably cave & tune in, since I am a Philly fan, & therefore a glutton for optimism-crushing disappointment.
At least Ben Simmons is trying to foul out. That will make this game somewhat easier to watch.
We are witnessing a Carson Wentz-level regression from Ben Simmons.
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10 Jun
NEW: Former RUDY GIULIANI associates PAVEL FUKS & ANDRII TELIZHENKO are sued by an estranged associate of Fuks who alleges Fuks (a developer who once discussed a Moscow project with TRUMP) is "an agent of Russian intelligence services, & a money launderer" documentcloud.org/documents/2080…
The suit was brought by YURI VANETIK, a prominent GOP fundraiser & sometime lobbyist.

In 2019, PAVEL FUKS had sued Vanetik for bilking him out of $200k he paid for VIP tickets to TRUMP's inauguration.

Fuks ended up watching the inauguration from a DC bar nytimes.com/2019/06/18/us/…
The suit alleges PAVEL FUKS sought contacts with
TRUMP by retaining well-connected lawyers & consultants, including RUDY GIULIANI.

Fuks paid Giuliani Security & Safety, which is now under scrutiny in the probe of Giuliani for possible FARA violations. thedailybeast.com/federal-invest…
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28 Apr
NEW: Federal investigators executed a search warrant on Wednesday at RUDY GIULIANI’s NYC apartment, seizing his electronic devices.

It’s a sign that the criminal investigation is ramping up into his dealings in Ukraine, including whether he violated FARA. nytimes.com/2021/04/28/nyr…
UPDATE: @FBI also executed a search warrant at the home of @VicToensing, a lawyer who worked with GIULIANI on the BIDEN dirt-digging campaign.

She had dealt with, & discussed representing, YURIY LUTSENKO, the Ukrainian prosecutor who provided info to Rudy nytimes.com/2021/04/28/nyr…
A spokesman for @VicToensing tells me she's been informed "she is a not a target of the investigation.”

*When I initially revealed TOENSING's involvement in the Ukrainian dirt-digging, GIULIANI described her as LUTSENKO's lawyer, but he later backtracked. nytimes.com/2019/05/09/us/…
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2 Mar
Government watchdogs should call out transparency & influence concerns regardless of partisan affiliation.

@POGOwatchdog has exemplified this, flagging links between BIDEN's inner circle & shadowy consultancies like WESTEXEC as emblematic of the DC swamp. pogo.org/topics/legaliz…
.@POGOwatchdog has asserted WestExec "circumvents" lobbying disclosure laws, "sells influence & connections” & called it “disappointing” that Biden tapped so many WestExec alumni “because I thought the message was clear … that the swamp is unacceptable & it’s time for a change.” ImageImageImageImage
So it’s puzzling to see @POGOwatchdog’s Senior Ethics Fellow @waltshaub accusing me of being a partisan for using the words “Dem Swamp” to describe WestExec’s merger with another opaque corporate consultancy (@Teneo) that grew out of its ties to Clinton.
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10 Feb
.@BernieSanders to @neeratanden: “Your attacks were not just made against Republicans. There were vicious attacks made against progressives, people who I have worked with — me personally… Can you reflect a little bit about some of your decisions…?”
For reference: in 2008, @NeeraTanden, then a top @HillaryClinton aide, punched @fshakir in the chest after he asked Clinton about her Iraq war vote.

Neera’s reaponse: “I didn’t slug him, I pushed him.”

Shakir became @BernieSanders’s 2020 campaign chief. nytimes.com/2019/04/15/us/…
During his 2020 campaign, @BernieSanders sent a letter to @neeratanden’s board accusing her of “maligning my staff and supporters and belittling progressive ideas.” nytimes.com/2019/04/14/us/…
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8 Feb
NEW: ALAN DERSHOWITZ helped craft & push proposals for GEORGE NADER to be released from a 10-year sentence (for child pornography/sex trafficking) & returned to the U.A.E. (on an Emirate jet) so he could play a role in backchannel Middle East peace talks. nytimes.com/2021/02/08/us/…
GEORGE NADER's allies believed @AlanDersh was pushing for clemency from TRUMP.

DERSHOWITZ says that was a small part of his work for Nader, who didn't get out.

But the episode shows how DERSHOWITZ was sought after by people seeking relief from TRUMP. nytimes.com/2021/02/08/us/…
ALAN DERSHOWITZ used his access to lobby TRUMP for clemency for clients, & played a role in at least 12 clemency grants, including JONATHAN BRAUN.

When @AlanDersh learned that Braun had a history of violence & threats, he donated the $ paid by the Brauns. nytimes.com/2021/01/22/us/…
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