Republicans Who Violated the Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA)

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  • David RiveraDavid RiveraFmr. U.S. Representative
       
    12/18/24
    Formed fake shell companies to conceal the millions of dollars he earned working as an unregistered foreign agent from the IRS
    According to charging documents filed by federal officials
  • Barry BennettBarry BennettLobbyist [R]
       
    1/03/24
    Masterminded a scheme to illegally conceal $2.1 million he earned in a three-month period for lobbying services he provided for the government of Qatar by creating an LLC with his coconspirator to hide the money from federal officials
    According to charging documents filed by federal officials
  • Doug WattsDoug WattsPolitical Operative [R]
       
    1/03/24
    Helped his coconspirator illegally conceal $2.1 million they earned lobbying for the government of Qatar by creating an LLC with to hide the money from tax authorities and then lied to federal officials twice after they confronted him
    According to charging documents filed by federal officials
  • David RiveraDavid RiveraFmr. U.S. Representative
       
    8/20/22
    Failed to report hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of taxable income to the government and siphoned even more to himself through a PAC that he earned from working as an unregistered foreign agent and lobbyist for the Venezuelan government
    According to charging documents filed by federal officials
  • Paul ManafortPaul ManafortFmr. Trump Campaign Chair
       
    3/07/19
    Received $60 million dollars to illegally lobby on behalf of pro-Russia Ukrainian politicians as an unregistered foreign agent of which he used a portion to pay former European politicians known as the Hapsburg Group to influence U.S. policy and then stashed the vast majority of the money in offshore bank accounts to avoid paying his taxes
    According to charging documents filed by federal officials