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Ballard Partners, which has close ties with president Trump, terminated its relationship with Turkey's Halkbank on Oct. 16, the day after the US Justice Dept. filed fraud and money-laundering charges against the country's No. 2 state-owned bank.
The charges stem from the US District Court for the Southern District of New York investigation into whether Halkbank helped Iran dodge US sanctions.
BP began providing strategic communications and advisory services to Halkbank in August 2017 under a one-year contract worth $1.5M.
The firm of Brian Ballard, who was president Trump's chief fundraiser in Florida, was already working for the Republic of Turkey at the time under a one-year $1.5M contract that went into effect in May 2017. That relationship lasted until November 2018
Halkbank signed a three-month extension with BP on Aug. 21 at $40K a-month.
Ballard handled the Halkbank business with Jamie Rubin, former assistant secretary of state for PA in Bill Clinton’s White House and Syl Lukis, head of BP's Washington office.
Carlsbad, a north San Diego County city of 115K people, is looking for a firm to provide government relations and Sacramento lobbying services.
Gordon Sondland, who was US ambassador to the European Union under Donald Trump, has registered as a representative of Ukraine’s cabinet and ministers.
The Daschle Group is representing Santa Monica-based Stand with Hong Kong Action, an advocacy group that fights to end Chinese repression in Hong Kong.
McKinsey & Co. has reached out to Republican shop Harbinger Strategies to educate policymakers about the activities of the embattled management consultancy.
Scotland’s SaxaVord Spaceport, which is the UK’s only facility for vertical rocket launches, has hired Alexandria’s Brian Glackin & Assocs. for Washington representation on aerospace and defense matters.
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