How do you drain the “swamp” when you keep hiring the swamp? Hey POTUS Donnie needs to hire the “swamp” because the loyalists of non-governmental appointees are proving to be a wrong choice – PB/TK
Trump Appointee Is Still a Saudi Government Lobbyist – By Carrie Levine / June 22 2017
(The full version of this story was originally published by The Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit, nonpartisan investigative news organization in Washington, D.C.)
One of President Donald Trump’s newest appointees is a registered agent of Saudi Arabia earning hundreds of thousands of dollars to lobby on the kingdom’s behalf, according to U.S. Department of Justice records reviewed by the Center for Public Integrity.
Since January, the Saudi Arabian foreign ministry has paid longtime Republican lobbyist Richard Hohlt about $430,000 in exchange for “advice on legislative and public affairs strategies.”
Trump’s decision to appoint a registered foreign agent to the President’s Commission on White House Fellowships clashes with the president’s vow to clean up Washington and limit the influence of special interests.
Trump singled out lobbyists for foreign governments for special criticism, saying they shouldn’t be permitted to contribute to political campaigns. Hohlt is himself a Trump donor, though his contributions came before he registered to represent Saudi Arabia.
Continue to nbcnews.com article: http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-appointee-still-saudi-government-lobbyist-n775246
