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The Embassy of Qatar trimmed Ballard Partners monthly fee from $115K to $50K effective May 1.
The Trump-connected firm is working to better US-Qatari relations and on political, legislative and regional developments in Qatar.
Qatar initially signed Ballard Partners to a one-year contract on June 28, 2018, at $50K per month. That fee was upped to $115K last year.
The current amended pact runs through December 31.
Qatar was the biggest foreign spender at Ballard Partners during the six-month period ended Oct. 31, 2019. It contributed $660K of the total $2.1M fees.
Qatar topped outlays from Zimbabwe, Kosovo, Dominican Republic and Turkey's Halbank, which cut ties with the Ballard Partners on Oct. 16, 2019, after spending $455K during the period.
Brian Ballard is finance chair of the Florida unit of Trump Victory organization.
Former Georgia Republican Congressman Tom Graves is representing the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, positioning the country as a reliable partner with the US.
Bridges Partners is running an influencer campaign on behalf of Israel to promote the cultural interchange between it and the US.
San Diego’s Show Faith by Works is spreading pro-Israel messaging to Christian groups in the western US on behalf of the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
KNP Communications has lined up a contract to provide media training to members of Canada’s US embassy.
The firm of Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Brad Parscale has a four-month $6M agreement for strategic communications and media services in support of Havas Media’s engagement by Israel to develop a nationwide campaign in the US to combat antisemitism.
