Cohen has a resume like just about every lobbyist or fixer on K Street it would appear. Manafort the same. It is a sleazy, dark profession heavily intertwined with the American political system and on both sides of the political aisle.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/do...uggest-cohen-was-selling-access-trump-n872731 Not pay for play they said...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...3c2010-5391-11e8-b00a-17f9fda3859b_story.html But leave Equifax alone
Oh, so he's registered as one, not at arm's length of the president and is publicly shilling for said corps. and not setting up shell companies to take shady payments? Link to article?
"The White House visitor records make it clear that Obama’s senior officials are granting that access to some of K Street’s most influential representatives. In many cases, those lobbyists have long-standing connections to the president or his aides. Republican lobbyists coming to visit are rare, while Democratic lobbyists are common, whether they are representing corporate clients or liberal causes. Lobbyist Marshal Matz, for example, who served as an unpaid adviser to Obama’s 2008 campaign, has been to the White House roughly two dozen times in the past 21 / 2 years." https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2012/05/20/gIQA2ok4dU_story.html The Value of Access: How Closeness to the Obama White House Benefited Companies https://promarket.org/value-access-closeness-obama-white-house-benefited-companies/ New study of White House visits finds corporate lobbying pays off Obama-era visits show benefit of corporate meetings https://www.marketwatch.com/story/w...use-visits-finds-lobbying-pays-off-2017-05-01