 Molly Levinson |
The Podesta Group, which is under investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller as part of his probe into potential collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia into meddling into the presidential election, uses crisis/litigation shop The Levinson Group for communications support.
Molly Levinson, a veteran of Washington political/media circles launched The Levinson Group in 2014 after a brief stint at Freedman Consulting, where she was VP-strategy.
She joined CNN as a producer in 2001, rose to political director in 2006, left for the political director spot at CBS News and then returned to CNN as politics/elections consultant.
Mueller is probing Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort, and his work for the European Centre for a Modern Ukraine, which also hired PG.
PG maintains that it fully disclosed its representation of ECMU and complied with FARA filing regulations five years ago within weeks of starting its work. “Any insinuation to the contrary is false,” says PG.
The firm said it cooperated with Mueller’s office and taken every step to provide documentation that confirms compliance with the law.
Jeffrey Nesbit, who served as communications director for former vice president Dan Quayle, is named assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Health and Human Services.
Kate Bedingfield, White House communications director, will exit at the end of the month. Ben LaBolt, a longtime Biden adviser, will take the CD post.
Cathy Cochran, senior VP in Teneo’s Washington office, has rejoined the US Dept of Agriculture as director in its communications office.
Mexico is working with the DC-based Global Action on Gun Violence to push for “impactful gun violence prevention strategies” in the US.
Douglas Farrar, who was VP-communications and strategy at the Carnegie Center for International Peace, has joined the Federal Trade Commission as PA director.
Have a comment? Send it to 
No comments have been submitted for this story yet.