{"id":1028071,"date":"2023-11-06T13:28:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T13:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1028071"},"modified":"2023-11-09T01:30:19","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T01:30:19","slug":"new-nikki-haleys-cozy-relationship-with-lobbyists-and-big-business-exposed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/new-nikki-haleys-cozy-relationship-with-lobbyists-and-big-business-exposed\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW: Nikki Haley\u2019s Cozy Relationship with Lobbyists and Big Business Exposed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Nikki Haley is under fire for her shady yearslong relationship with lobbyists and big business, and as Haley gets ready for the Republican debate on Wednesday, she owes voters a straightforward answer: Is she campaigning to help hardworking families \u2013 or special interests and big corporations? (We already know the answer.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New reporting goes into great detail about just how far Haley\u2019s hypocrisy goes when it comes to cozying up to big business and foreign lobbyists. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daily Beast<\/a>: \u201cNikki Haley Can\u2019t Shake Her Foreign Lobbyist Problem\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt the end of May, ABC News pointed out that Nikki Haley was accepting donations from foreign lobbyists while she called for a ban on those very same foreign government advocates. It turns out, there\u2019s a lot more to the story.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOne of the lobbyists mentioned in the story\u2014Oswaldo \u201cOzzie\u201d Palomo of Chartwell Strategy Group\u2014has worked on behalf of the Georgian government and the Social Democratic Party of Romania, and he has become one of Haley\u2019s top contributors. In February, Palomo made a $6,600 donation to Haley\u2019s joint fundraising committee, which was properly disclosed in Chartwell\u2019s federal lobbying filing the next month.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut notably, even after the ABC report about Haley\u2019s foreign lobbying support, Palomo made another contribution. This one, on June 16, was for $5,000, making Palomo a maximum contributor to both Haley\u2019s campaign and her affiliated Stand for America PAC.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat makes the second donation particularly interesting, however, is that the lobbying firm did not disclose it, as the Foreign Agents Registration Act requires those who lobby for a foreign government to do. Neither Haley nor Scott have refunded either contribution, according to FEC records.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today\u2019s revelations come after months of Haley refusing to discuss her shady connections to foreign lobbyists and big business while raking in their cash.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABC News<\/a>: \u201cNikki Haley slams foreign lobbyists while accepting funds from them\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut Haley’s rhetoric hasn’t stopped her from raising funds from supporters that are currently or formerly registered agents working for foreign entities. Under United States FARA laws, as part of the Foreign Agents Registration Act, individuals and entities acting as an agent of a foreign client are required to register with the Department of Justice. One of Haley’s top fundraisers, Oswaldo Palomo, the managing director of D.C.-based consulting firm Chartwell Strategy Group, is himself a registered foreign agent.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wall Street Journal<\/a>: \u201cNikki Haley\u2019s Corporate-Board Slot Delivers Stock Windfall Amid 2024 GOP Bid\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNikki Haley received stock options worth close to $300,000 roughly six weeks after jumping into the 2024 presidential race as part of a real-estate company merger that could deliver even more lucrative payouts in the years ahead, Securities and Exchange Commission filings show.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wall Street Journal<\/a>: \u201cHow Nikki Haley Went From Friend to Foe of Government Aid for Boeing\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nikki Haley is under fire for her shady yearslong relationship with lobbyists and big business, and as Haley gets ready for the Republican debate on Wednesday, she owes voters a straightforward answer: Is she campaigning to help hardworking families \u2013 or special interests and big corporations? (We already know the answer.) 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