| 词条 | Podesta Group |
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| name = Podesta Group, Inc. | logo = Podesta Group logo.jpg | type = Private | industry = Government and public relations | foundation = {{start date and age|1988}} | defunct = 2017 | founders = {{unbulleted list | John Podesta | Tony Podesta}} | location = Washington, D.C., U.S. | key_people = Kimberley Fritts {{small|(CEO)}} | num_employees = 70{{Citation needed|date=November 2017}} | website = {{url|http://www.podesta.com/}} }} The Podesta Group was a lobbying and public affairs firm based in Washington, D.C. It was founded in 1988 by brothers John Podesta and Tony Podesta and has previously been known as Podesta Associates, podesta.com and PodestaMattoon.[1][2] John Podesta left the firm in 1993,[3] and Tony Podesta left the firm on October 30, 2017, after finding out about increased scrutiny of the firm. [4] It has essentially ceased to exist since then. The firm reorganized in January 2007 after chairman Tony Podesta split with former business partner Dan Mattoon.[2] Podesta Group, which represented American corporations as well as nonprofits and governments, was said in 2011 to have "close ties to the Democratic Party and the Obama administration",[5] although its CEO Kimberley Fritts is identified in her [https://www.cogent-strategies.com/team/kimberley-fritts Cogent Strategies bio] as "a fixture in Republican politics". She resigned in November 2017 to establish her own firm, Cogent Strategies. The firm reported earning US$27.4 million in lobbying fees in 2011.[6] In 2007, Chairman Tony Podesta was ranked by his peers as the third most influential lobbyist in Washington.[7] On November 9, 2017, CEO Kimberley Fritts informed all employees that the Podesta Group would cease to exist at the end of the year. Employees were asked to clear out their desks and told that they might not be paid beyond November 15. On November 21, Podesta Group's website went offline, being redirected to the personal website of Tony Podesta,[8] with the majority of the Podesta Group’s former principals having joined Cogent Strategies,[9] a new firm founded by Kimberley Fritts in November 2017.[10][11] Lobbying and public affairs activitiesThe Podesta Group acted as a lobbyist for Egypt on United States policies of concern, activities in Congress and the executive branch, and developments on the U.S. political scene generally, according to forms filed with the Department of Justice in 2009.[5][12] They received $900,000 in revenue in 2011–2012 from the Brussels-based European Centre for a Modern Ukraine (ECMU), a group sympathetic to then–Ukraine president Viktor Yanukovych and his Party of Regions.[13] As of October 2017, the Podesta Group was reported to be under investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller for potentially violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act in the course of its work for the ECMU. The Podesta Group was one of six lobbying firms that participated in a 2012–2014 public relations campaign organized by Paul Manafort on behalf of the ECMU and Ukraine's pro-Russian Party of Regions; the campaign was reportedly designed with the stated goal of improving Ukraine's standing among Western audiences as a possible prelude to Ukrainian membership in the European Union. A Podesta Group spokesman denied any wrongdoing.[14] On October 30, 2017, a federal grand jury unsealed the indictment of Manafort and his deputy Richard Gates. According to NBC News, the Podesta Group is mentioned in the indictment as one of the companies that lobbied on behalf of the Ukrainian government for Manafort and Gates. On that day, Tony Podesta stepped down as head of the Podesta Group.[15] The Podesta Group also represented (as of 2016) the interests of Russia's largest financial institution, Sberbank of Russia, which controls approximately 30 percent of Russian banking assets.[16] The Podesta Group also carried out public relations work for the government of Azerbaijan for a monthly fee of $60,000 plus expenses.[17] In addition, the Podesta Group has been retained by Walmart, BP, and Lockheed Martin.[5] Other clients include Bank of America, the Cherokee Nation (casinos), National Public Radio, and the Republic of Kenya.[18][19][20] See also
References1. ^{{cite news |last1=Pear |first1=Robert |last2=Broder |first2=John M. |date=September 5, 2000 |title=In a Lobby-Happy Washington, Politics Can Be Even Thicker Than Blood |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/05/us/in-a-lobby-happy-washington-politics-can-be-even-thicker-than-blood.html |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=October 31, 2017}} 2. ^1 {{cite news |last=Sarasohn |first=Judy |date=November 2, 2006 |title=PodestaMattoon by Any Other Name... |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/01/AR2006110103271.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=November 18, 2007}} 3. ^{{cite web |title=Podesta, John: Employment History |url=https://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/rev_summary.php?id=24899 |website=OpenSecrets.org |location=Washington |publisher=Center for Responsive Politics |access-date=October 31, 2017}} 4. ^{{cite news |last=Palmer |first=Anna |title=Tony Podesta Stepping Down from Lobbying Giant amid Mueller Probe |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/30/tony-podesta-stepping-down-from-lobbying-giant-amid-mueller-probe-244314 |website=Politico |location=Arlington, Virginia |publisher=Capitol News Company |access-date=October 30, 2017}} 5. ^1 2 {{cite news |last=Elliott |first=Justin |date=January 28, 2011 |title=Who's Doing Mubarak's Bidding in Washington? |url=http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2011/01/28/egypt_in_washington/index.html |website=Salon |location=San Francisco, California |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103071607/http://www.salon.com/2011/01/28/egypt_in_washington |archive-date=November 3, 2011 |access-date=October 31, 2017 |deadurl=yes |df=mdy-all }} 6. ^{{cite news |last1=Bogardus |first1=Kevin |last2=Leven |first2=Rachel |date=January 20, 2012 |title=On K Street, 2011 Was Year to Forget |url=http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/205523-on-k-street-2010-was-year-to-forget |newspaper=The Hill |location=Washington |publisher=Capitol Hill Publishing |access-date=October 31, 2017}} 7. ^{{cite magazine |last=Eisler |first=Kim |date=June 1, 2007 |title=Hired Guns: The City's 50 Top Lobbyists |url=http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/mediapolitics/4264.html |magazine=Washingtonian |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071124105158/https://www.washingtonian.com/articles/mediapolitics/4264.html |archive-date=November 24, 2007 |access-date=November 18, 2007}} 8. ^https://www.podesta.com/ 9. ^https://www.cogent-strategies.com/ 10. ^{{cite news |last=Polantz |first=Katelyn |date=November 11, 2017 |title=Podesta Group on the verge of shuttering amid ties to Mueller probe |url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/11/politics/podesta-group-mueller-investigation/index.html |work=CNN |access-date=November 12, 2017}} 11. ^{{cite news |last=Meyer|first=Theodoric|date=21 November 2017|title=Former Podesta Group principal joins BGR |url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-influence/2017/11/20/former-podesta-group-principal-joins-bgr-029161 |work=Politico |location=US |access-date=21 November 2017}} 12. ^{{cite news |last=Lichtblau |first=Eric |date=March 2, 2011 |author-link=Eric Lichtblau |title=Arab Unrest Puts Their Lobbyists in Uneasy Spot |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/02/world/middleeast/02lobby.html |url-access=limited |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=April 8, 2016}} 13. ^{{cite news |last1=Hosenball |first1=Mark |author1-link=Mark Hosenball |last2=Strobel |first2=Warren |date=December 20, 2013 |title=With Cash, Ukraine's Political Foes Bring Fight to Washington |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/20/us-usa-ukraine-lobbying-idUSBRE9BJ1B220131220 |agency=Reuters |access-date=April 8, 2016}} 14. ^{{cite news |last1=Winter |first1=Tom |last2=Ainsley |first2=Julia |date=October 23, 2017 |title=Mueller Now Investigating Democratic Lobbyist Tony Podesta |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/mueller-now-investigating-democratic-lobbyist-tony-podesta-n812776 |publisher=NBC News |access-date=October 25, 2017}} 15. ^{{cite web |last1=Beavers |first1=Olivia |last2=Wilson |first2=Megan R. |date=October 30, 2017 |title=Podesta Group One of the Companies Mentioned in Manafort Indictment: Report |url=http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/357884-podesta-group-is-one-of-the-companies-mentioned-in-manafort |work=The Hill |location=Washington |publisher=Capitol Hill Publishing |access-date=October 30, 2017}} 16. ^{{cite news |last=Norton |first=Ben |date=November 5, 2016 |author-link=Ben Norton |title=With Saudi and Russian Ties, Clinton Machine's Tentacles Are Far Reaching, According to Panama Papers |url=http://www.salon.com/2016/04/08/with_saudi_and_russian_ties_clinton_machines_tentacles_are_far_reaching_according_to_panama_papers/ |website=Salon |location=San Francisco, California |access-date=October 31, 2017}} 17. ^{{cite web |author=Podesta Group |year=2014 |title=Amendment to Registration Statement Pursuant to the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as Amended |url=https://www.fara.gov/docs/5926-Exhibit-AB-20140430-41.pdf |location=Washington |publisher=United States Department of Justice |access-date=October 31, 2017}} 18. ^OpenSecrets.org{{full citation needed|date=October 2017}} 19. ^{{cite web |title=Georgia Hires Podesta Lobbying Firm |url=http://www.civil.ge/eng/article.php?id=22061 |website=Civil Georgia |location=Tbilisi, Georgia |access-date=April 8, 2016}} 20. ^{{cite news |last=Wilson |first=Megan R. |date=September 25, 2013 |title=Somali Bank Embroiled in Scandal Inks Contract with Lobby Firm |url=http://thehill.com/blogs/global-affairs/africa/324659-somali-bank-embroiled-in-scandal-inks-contract-with-lobby-firm |newspaper=The Hill |location=Washington |publisher=Capitol Hill Publishing |access-date=September 29, 2013}} Further reading{{refbegin|30em}}
|last=Birnbaum |first=Jeffrey H. |author-link=Jeffrey Birnbaum |date=March 13, 2007 |title=Podesta, Livingston Look for Balance, Brawn in New Partnership |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/12/AR2007031201369.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=October 31, 2017 }}
|last=Miles |first=Sara |year=1998 |title=Do You Know Tony Podesta? |url=https://www.wired.com/1998/12/podesta/ |magazine=Wired |volume=6 |issue=12 |location=San Francisco, California |publisher=Condé Nast |pages=180–189 |issn=1059-1028 |access-date=October 31, 2017 }}{{refend}} External links{{commons category}}
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