U.S._ At least 90 lawmakers became foreign agents after exiting Congress since 2000: study

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At least 90 lawmakers became foreign agents after exiting Congress since 2000: study

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By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times - Wednesday, June 29, 2022


At least 90 former members of Congress since 2000 have gone to work lobbying as foreign agents after leaving federal office, according to a new report from the Quincy Institute.

Foreign interests in Turkey enlisted the most ex-lawmakers, 16, with governments and groups in South Korea, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia, and China not far behind.

The Quincy Institute research identified some prominent former Democratic lawmakers performing “perfectly legal influence work” at the behest of Turkish interests, including former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota, former House Majority Leader Dick Gephardt of Missouri and former Rep. Bart Stupak of Michigan.

“Together, they aided Turkey’s efforts to influence U.S. arms policy towards Turkey, extradite exiled Turkish dissident Fetullah Gulen, and drum up opposition towards the People’s Defense Units, a predominantly Kurdish militia group in Syria that is also supported by Washington,” the report stated. “Many of these former elected officials and their firms also lobbied against U.S. recognition of the Armenian genocide — which eventually took place in April of 2021 — warning that the ‘seriousness of the genocide issue’ poses “a potential threat to the U.S./Turkey relationship.”

It is not just Democrats cashing foreign interests’ checks. For example, the Quincy Institute pointed to former Sen. David Vitter, Louisiana Republican, doing work for Hikvision, a Chinese state-owned video surveillance company.

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