Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck has registered to advocate in the United States for former Libyan Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha on financial industry anti-corruption efforts and the promotion of fair elections, newly disclosed U.S. Justice Department records show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Denver, Colorado-founded law firm on July 2\u00a0reported\u00a0its work for Bashagha under the federal Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), which requires disclosure of certain matters for foreign clients beyond traditional court-based litigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bashagha has been widely reported as a candidate for an upcoming presidential election in Libya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Brownstein Hyatt’s $50,000 monthly contract said the firm would “assist with promoting free and fair elections in Libya” and support anti-corruption efforts there. The firm said it planned outreach with U.S. government officials, but the contract did not define the scope of that work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Marc Lampkin, managing director of Brownstein Hyatt in Washington, did not return a message seeking comment on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Washington-based Brownstein Hyatt policy directors Ed Royce, Doug Maguire and Samantha Carl-Yoder were named in the registration as the supervisors on the firm’s advocacy for Bashagha. Royce is a former Republican U.S. congressman from California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The lobbying engagement with a U.S. law firm was a first for Bashagha, according to FARA records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In February, Bashagha, then the interior minister,\u00a0told Reuters\u00a0he faced an assassination attempt in the Libyan capital Tripoli. Bashagha earlier lost a bid to serve as prime minister of a unity government in Libya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The firm’s registration documents said Bashagha “is a foreign national who is not supervised, subsidized, directed, or controlled by a foreign government or foreign political party.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Brownstein Hyatt’s other FARA-registered clients have included the Liberia Maritime Authority; South Korea’s U.S. embassy in Washington; Egypt’s ministry of foreign affairs; and Chinese chipmaker Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co. Ltd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The law firm recorded nearly $4 million in revenue in 2019 and 2020 from advocacy for FARA-registered clients, according to data compiled by the nonprofit Center for Responsive Politics. The firm is regularly at or near the top in quarterly lobbying revenue from U.S. clients.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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