Foreign lobbyists routinely flout disclosure rules, according to a new report, and government investigators lack a comprehensive strategy for enforcing a law that sparked controversy around former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort.
Sixty-two percent of new lobbyist registrations weren’t on time, and half of filers were late with their required updates, according to the Justice Department inspector general’s long-awaited review of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, known as FARA. Officials responsible for inspecting the records said they were understaffed.
