Former Republican congressman Vin Weber resigned from his lobbying firm, citing the ongoing scrutiny of his work years ago with Paul Manafort on behalf of Ukrainian interests
Vin Weber, a former Republican congressman who went on to become a prominent lobbyist, has resigned from his lobbying firm, citing the ongoing scrutiny of his work years ago with Paul Manafort on behalf of Ukrainian interests.
“We respect Vin's decision to resign from Mercury to focus his time and energy on protecting his reputation,” Michael McKeon, a Mercury partner, said in a statement. “He is an honorable man, a good friend and we wish him well. Mercury and the Podesta Group registered to lobby for the think tank at the time but didn’t register as foreign agents, which is required by law for lobbying done on behalf of foreign governments and political parties. Both firms retroactively registered for the work in 2017 after Manafort came under investigation, and neither has been charged with any wrongdoing.
. Weber continued to lobby for clients such as Gallaudet University and the government of Qatar, according to disclosure filings.in the trial of Greg Craig, a former White House counsel in the Obama administration charged with lying to the Justice Department about his own work for Ukraine’s government, that he’d told Tony Podesta and Weber the client they represented was actually the Ukrainian government.
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