K Street lobbyists are the symbol of Washington influence-peddling as they push government for favors, subsidies, exemptions, and other special treatment for their clients. Their customers include, in addition to domestic clients, foreign governments, oligarchs, fugitive speculators, and a rogue’s gallery of questionable figures. Washington lobbyists trade on their access to power. Many are former administration officials or members of Congress. If Trump fulfills his promise to “drain the swamp,” these influence peddlers would have nothing to sell. They are under attack.
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Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko (L) speaks with Former US President Bill Clinton and Canadian businessman Frank Giustra (R) on Sept. 16, 2005, at the Clinton Global Initiative forum in New York.
