Trump DOJ Quietly Greenlights SECRET Foreign Lobbying
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.
Short Summary
- 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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Top Comments (10)
*No matter who Americans vote for as President they always end up with Benjamin Netanyahu*
"America First." Sponsored by our Foreign sponsors.
Two wings of the same vulture, ppl. They’re moving against us in the open now
Draining the swamp huh lol
Call it what it is - treason.
These people hate America. They are literally destroying America and the people ignore the Constitution meant to keep them in check.
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. 🤷♀️
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.
12:16 What peace deal? All I see is fascists carving up the spoils of genocide and a myriad of clowns defending it 🤡🎪🎡🤹🏻♂️
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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Top Comments (10)
*No matter who Americans vote for as President they always end up with Benjamin Netanyahu*
"America First." Sponsored by our Foreign sponsors.
Two wings of the same vulture, ppl. They’re moving against us in the open now
Draining the swamp huh lol
Call it what it is - treason.
These people hate America. They are literally destroying America and the people ignore the Constitution meant to keep them in check.
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. 🤷♀️
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.
12:16 What peace deal? All I see is fascists carving up the spoils of genocide and a myriad of clowns defending it 🤡🎪🎡🤹🏻♂️
US lawyers are structured to ensure wealthy criminals and their connections can commit treason and other crimes. Criminal are writing the law.