40 Trump-connected lobbyists secured over $10B in coronavirus relief for clients: report
Forty lobbyists connected to President Trump have been hired to lobby on COVID-19 issues since the pandemic and secured over $10 billion in coronavirus relief aid for clients, according to a new report from progressive watchdog group Public Citizen.
The 40 lobbyists represented at least 150 clients, 27 of which received $10.5 billion in aid collectively, and 14 of which are companies working on vaccines, therapeutics or tests. The lobbyists either worked on Trump’s campaign, inaugural committee, transition team or in the administration.
Brownstein Hyatt Faber Schreck is one of the firms mentioned in the report. It has signed at least 45 clients to work on COVID-19 issues.
Emily Felder, former director in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’s Office of Legislation under Trump, and Geoff Burr, former chief of staff to Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, are among the lobbyists at the firm working on some of these contracts.
Trump issued an executive order when he took office prohibiting former administration officials from lobbying the agency or office where they were worked for five years and prohibiting former political appointees from lobbying the administration during Trump’s time in office.
https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/business-a-lobbying/506022-40-trump-connected-lobbyists-secured-over-10b-in
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billions for connected donors but $400 bucks a month for a woman raising a bunch of kids is out of the question
