Lockheed Martin hires Trump's Campaign Manager as Lobbyist

[TheCount]

Lockheed Martin Corp. turned to Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, and his lobbying firm to help them navigate a dispute with the new president over the cost of its F-35 fighter plane, according to four people familiar with the matter.Trump criticized the company for “out-of-control” costs for the stealth fighter in a series of tweets in December, startling top executives at the firm. The company’s shares fell, and an initial meeting on Dec. 21 between Trump and Lockheed’s chief executive officer, Marillyn Hewson, to discuss the matter did not go well, the people said.
Hewson left without publicly promising any cost concessions. By comparison, the CEO of competitor Boeing Co., Dennis Muilenburg, announced that his company would bring down the cost of a new version of Air Force One after a meeting with Trump on the same day. The then-president-elect had said on Twitter that $4 billion was too much; the Air Force has budgeted about $3.2 billion for two of the new presidential aircraft.
https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/politics/articles/2017-02-03/trump-s-ex-campaign-manager-said-to-aid-lockheed-in-f-35-dispute?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=New%20Campaign&utm_term=%2ASituation%20Report

[69360]

Drain the swamp. Ban the lobbyists. Except mine. MAGA.

[timosman]

Drain the swamp. Ban the lobbyists. Except mine. MAGA.

You seem to know people well. Have you been to their planet? :cool:

[Zippyjuan]

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-ethics-idUSKBN15C0VX

Didn't last long.


Trump puts five-year lobbying ban on his political appointees

President Donald Trump on Saturday put restrictions on the kind of lucrative lobbying gigs his White House aides and other administration officials can accept after they leave government.

Trump, a Republican businessman whose campaign was based in part on getting rid of Washington insiders, had pledged during last year's election campaign to "drain the swamp" of political practices that he said made politicians beholden to business interests.

On his executive order making good on that pledge, Trump said his appointees would agree to refrain from lobbying their own agency for five years after leaving, and would not lobby any government appointee for two years.

Trump's order also requires his officials to agree to a lifetime ban on working on behalf of foreign governments or foreign political parties.

Trump himself has come under pressure to distance himself from his business interests, and put his sons in charge of his company, which owns hotels, golf courses and other real estate around the world. Ethics watchdogs have said the arrangement does not prevent conflicts of interest.