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Trump DOJ Quietly Greenlights SECRET Foreign Lobbying

2025-10-25 Entertainment
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Devil's Advocates: Decoding Washington's Foreign Lobbying Complexities and FARA Enforcement Cycles

Decode how powerful players in Washington circumvent transparency laws like FARA through lobbying and opaque business deals. Learn why, despite bipartisan involvement in foreign influence, enforcement often targets political rivals selectively.

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  • Recognize that foreign lobbying is often a bipartisan activity, with firms teaming up to secure international clients.
  • Understand that the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) features legal weaknesses that allow well-connected individuals to avoid registration.
  • Identify how modern influence operates increasingly through dangling business deals to administration insiders, rather than just paying registered lobbyists.
  • Discover how journalists covering these beats face partisan backlash even when their reporting influences major political events like impeachment.

Ken Vogel provides expert analysis on the dynamics of influence peddling in D.C., drawing from his book, Devil's Advocates. This discussion dissects the cyclical enforcement of FARA, highlights key legal failures in high-profile cases, and maps the evolution of influence from explicit lobbying to leveraging private business relationships with administration figures. The core value lies in exposing the structural incentives that prioritize access and profit over strict adherence to transparency mandates.

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Ryan and Emily are joined by Ken Vogel to discuss his new book. Ken Vogel: https://www.amazon.com/Devils-Advocates-Washington-Unflinching-Washingtons/dp/0063341212 Sign up for a PREMIUM Breaking Points subscriptions for full early access to uncut shows and LIVE AMAs with the hosts every week: https://breakingpoints.locals.com/support Merch Store: https://shop.breakingpoints.com/ To listen to Breaking Points as a podcast, check them out on Apple and Spotify Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/breaking-points-with-krystal-and-saagar/id1570045623 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4Kbsy61zJSzPxNZZ3PKbXl Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Breaking-Points/61575893472315/ #news #politics #youtube

Top Comments (10)

@realitycheck3672 2025-10-25

*No matter who Americans vote for as President they always end up with Benjamin Netanyahu*

427 23 replies
@Decision333 2025-10-25

"America First." Sponsored by our Foreign sponsors.

140 1 replies
@LaLobasGirl 2025-10-25

Two wings of the same vulture, ppl. They’re moving against us in the open now

131 13 replies
@matthiatt6834 2025-10-25

Draining the swamp huh lol

92 2 replies
@carycunningham9510 2025-10-25

Call it what it is - treason.

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@RicoRagebait 2025-10-25

These people hate America. They are literally destroying America and the people ignore the Constitution meant to keep them in check.

58 14 replies
@MrFortuneCookie7 2025-10-25

Why even have secret foreign lobbying? I mean, everything else he does in the open, so might as well do that out in the open as well. 🤷‍♀️

48 7 replies
@SamsonBiggz 2025-10-25

Lol the American public starting to demand AIPAC register as a foreign lobby and now the Trump Administration decriminalizing not registering as a foreign lobby. Ridiculous! Israel really got something on him in those Epstein Files.

46 2 replies
@Jason_Portman 2025-10-25

12:16 What peace deal? All I see is fascists carving up the spoils of genocide and a myriad of clowns defending it 🤡🎪🎡🤹🏻‍♂️

37 1 replies
@tchalla109 2025-10-25

US lawyers are structured to ensure wealthy criminals and their connections can commit treason and other crimes. Criminal are writing the law.

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