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Mon Apr 3, 2017, 12:06 PM Apr 2017

2 of DRUMPF's biggest, lies: Extreme vetting & keeping jobs U.S.

Is it blatant criminal chicanery, expediency, or incompetence. He made big deals of those two items, yet with all his vaunted "extreme vetting" of masses of people, his staff hires show *NO* vetting. And here we have the creeps from his closest circle taking their jobs out of the country. Which is it?!1

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http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/trump-foreign-lobbyists-lewandowski-236800
[font size=5]Former Trump staffers hunt for foreign lobbying work
The president’s former campaign manager is among those cashing in on demand for Trump connections.[/font]

.... Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, whose partner, Barry Bennett, had said last year that their new firm wouldn’t lobby for foreign nations, is among those searching for foreign gold. Lewandowski and Bennett are actively seeking to represent foreign governments and consult on overseas elections, and members of the firm have met in recent weeks with officials from Albania and Kosovo. ....

.... Others actively pursuing foreign clients include Bryan Lanza, who served as deputy communications director for Trump’s campaign and plans to represent foreign governments in his new job at Mercury. Mike Biundo, a senior adviser on the Trump campaign, is looking to do political work in foreign countries. And Brad Gerstman, a partner at Gotham Government Relations & Communications, the New York firm that helped orchestrate Trump's 2015 campaign announcement, said he was “in advanced talks with a whole bunch of these foreign nations.” ....

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2 of DRUMPF's biggest, lies: Extreme vetting & keeping jobs U.S. (Original Post) UTUSN Apr 2017 OP
Cashing in one Rec for a shameless self kick!1 n/t UTUSN Apr 2017 #1
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