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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsExclusive: Major Romney Bundler Is Agent Of Foreign Government
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/02/02/417019/exclusive-major-romney-bundler-is-agent-of-foreign-government/Ignacio E. Sanchez is a lobbyist at DLA Piper, an influential global law firm and a major bundler for the Mitt Romney campaign. A ThinkProgress review of public records reveals Sanchez is also a registered foreign agent representing the interests of the United Arab Emirates and a former president of the Dominican Republic.
While political candidates are not legally required to identify bundlers volunteer fundraisers who collect bundles of campaign contribution checks for the campaign a 2007 law requires that federal candidates disclose the names of any registered lobbyists who bundle large amounts for their campaign. On Tuesday, Romneys campaign reported that 14 lobbyists combined to raise more than $1.6 million last year in bundled contributions.
One of those lobbyist-bundlers was Sanchez, who raked in $86,700 for the former Massachusetts governor. This major fundraising raises questions about the level of access and influence Sanchez and by extension, his corporate and international clients would have in a Romney administration.
Unlike the other 13 identified lobbyist-bundlers, Sanchez is a registered foreign agent. A form filed Monday with the U.S. Department of Justice reveals that he beyond just representing the interests of those domestic clients, Sanchez also represents the embassy of the United Arab Emirates and the presidential campaign of Dominican Republic former president Hipolito Mejia.
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Exclusive: Major Romney Bundler Is Agent Of Foreign Government (Original Post)
cal04
Feb 2012
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LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)1. Agent from where, the Caymans?
I just had to get that dig in.
highplainsdem
(49,124 posts)2. K&R
UTUSN
(70,793 posts)3. R#11 & K n/t
Bozita
(26,955 posts)4. K&R for the Mittster's foreign policy skills