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<blockquote data-quote="fishtm2001" data-source="post: 4755044" data-attributes="member: 54375"><p>Pigboy and Swamp Draining:</p><p></p><p></p><p>"Lobbyists with close ties to Trump flourished during his time in office. <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/firms/summary?id=D000037635" target="_blank">Ballard Partners</a>, launched by former Trump Victory chairman <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/lobbyists/summary?cycle=2020&id=Y0000052845L" target="_blank">Brian Ballard</a> in 2017, ranked among the highest paid lobbying firms last year. Ballard <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/top-lobbyists" target="_blank">lobbied for more clients</a> than anyone else, representing corporate giants like <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?id=D000023883" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?id=D000000100" target="_blank">Boeing</a> and <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?id=D000000155" target="_blank">General Motors</a>. Another firm run by a top Trump fundraiser, <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/firms/summary?id=D000073422" target="_blank">Miller Strategies</a>, raked in record revenue in 2020.</p><p></p><p>Trump campaigned on the promise that he would rid Washington of political corruption and “drain the swamp.” In one of his final acts as president, he <a href="https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-lobbying-e911209abab83899eadd18b5776f6095" target="_blank">revoked an executive order</a> that had barred his administration officials from becoming lobbyists, an ethics plan that was <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/trump/lobbyists" target="_blank">rarely enforced</a> to begin with."</p><p></p><p>Opensecrets</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fishtm2001, post: 4755044, member: 54375"] Pigboy and Swamp Draining: "Lobbyists with close ties to Trump flourished during his time in office. [URL='https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/firms/summary?id=D000037635']Ballard Partners[/URL], launched by former Trump Victory chairman [URL='https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/lobbyists/summary?cycle=2020&id=Y0000052845L']Brian Ballard[/URL] in 2017, ranked among the highest paid lobbying firms last year. Ballard [URL='https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/top-lobbyists']lobbied for more clients[/URL] than anyone else, representing corporate giants like [URL='https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?id=D000023883']Amazon[/URL], [URL='https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?id=D000000100']Boeing[/URL] and [URL='https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/summary?id=D000000155']General Motors[/URL]. Another firm run by a top Trump fundraiser, [URL='https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/firms/summary?id=D000073422']Miller Strategies[/URL], raked in record revenue in 2020. Trump campaigned on the promise that he would rid Washington of political corruption and “drain the swamp.” In one of his final acts as president, he [URL='https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-lobbying-e911209abab83899eadd18b5776f6095']revoked an executive order[/URL] that had barred his administration officials from becoming lobbyists, an ethics plan that was [URL='https://www.opensecrets.org/trump/lobbyists']rarely enforced[/URL] to begin with." Opensecrets [/QUOTE]
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