Manafort Associate Sam Patten Is Charged With Lobbying Violation
Source: Bloomberg
A former associate of Paul Manafort, Sam Patten, was charged Friday with failing to register in the U.S. as a foreign agent for his work lobbying on behalf of a Ukrainian political party.
U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office referred the case to the U.S. Attorney in the District of Columbia, according William Miller, a spokesman for U.S. Attorney Jessie Liu.
From 2014 until now, Patten worked with a Russian national on lobbying and political consulting services, including on behalf of a Ukrainian oligarch and a Ukrainian political party, according to a document filed by the U.S. in federal court in Washington.
As part of his lobbying work, he violated the Foreign Agents Registration Act, the U.S. said. The charge is a felony and carries a maximum prison sentence of five years, Miller said. Because it's a pending case, the U.S. Attorney declined to comment further.
The charges are spelled out in a criminal information, which often precedes a guilty plea. A company not identified in the document received more than $1 million for work for the Ukrainian opposition bloc, the U.S. said.
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A different spin on the "trickle down" kind of thing
