According to court documents filed by Hana's lawyer, prosecutors were looking into possible undisclosed foreign lobbying in the US and other potential violations of federal law.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/galleries/article-12445231/Senators-wife-cashed-400K-gold-bars-facing-foreclosure.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Ahead of the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly in June, some senators-elect have begun lobbying for the presidency of the upper chamber.

Source: https://punchng.com/akpabio-kalu-others-begin-battle-for-senate-presidency/

An anonymous coalition of brands and human rights advocates called Shut Down Shein has been lobbying lawmakers seeking to increase scrutiny on the fast fashion site.

Source: https://www.alloaadvertiser.com/news/national/23665178.chinese-e-retailer-temu-files-lawsuit-us-rival-shein/?ref=rss

Another lobbying effort that CommonSpirit Health is focused on is to address what Lassiter described as the “unintended consequences” of the “No Surprises Act.”

Source: https://medcitynews.com/2023/01/commonspirit-health-ceo-at-jpm-some-providers-will-be-commodities/

As a result, powerful lobbying groups such as the Alzheimer’s Association and USAgainstAlzheimer’s, which get substantial funding from the drug industry, are aggressively pushing CMS to approve widespread Medicare payments for these costly medications.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/howardgleckman/2023/05/17/the-war-over-whether-medicare-should-pay-for-the-new-anti-alzheimers-drugs/

Ben Youdan, who has worked in tobacco control and lobbying for nearly 20 years in both the UK and New Zealand, believes that prohibiting vaping sends it to the underground market rather than getting young children off it.

Source: https://www.chiangraitimes.com/news/new-zealand-facing-a-youth-vaping-crisis/

Both bills would have established stricter regulations for disclosing foreign lobbying and created harsher penalties for misstatements resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines.

Source: https://1010wcsi.com/fox-politics/menendez-now-accused-of-acting-as-foreign-agent-has-a-history-of-blocking-fara-reform-bills/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=menendez-now-accused-of-acting-as-foreign-agent-has-a-history-of-blocking-fara-reform

Brady, quite properly, told the undercover pranksters that he was bound by strict ethical rules against lobbying.

Source: https://www.spectator.com.au/2023/03/is-it-time-to-ban-second-jobs-for-mps/

But here, after five years of a Trump appointed U.S. attorney with all the resources of the Justice Department, who has investigated everything from possible foreign lobbying to money laundering.

Source: https://www.mediaite.com/news/cnns-paula-reid-fact-checks-gop-hunter-biden-complaints-dismisses-ongoing-investigation-as-standard-language/

But lobbying by the election denial movement did not end.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/18/us/politics/desantis-trump-2020-election.html

But they are actively writing new legislation and lobbying to have them installed.

Source: https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/01/19/how-the-getty-and-walton-families-use-trusts-to-dodge-taxes/

DailyMail.com previously told how big brands are pushing woke advertising on their customers due to them being graded by a major LGBTQ lobbying group.

Source: http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/maybe-hes-born-with-it-fury-at-maybelline-for-using-bearded-men-to-promote-new-makeup-line/313186

Democratic senator Mark Warner also accused TikTok of spending $10 million in lobbying that slowed down the legislation process.

Source: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4617307-wall-street-breakfast-what-moved-markets?source=feed_all_articles

Despite the tax prep companies’ heavy lobbying spending, the IRS plans to launch the pilot program next year.

Source: https://www.rawstory.com/irs-free-tax-filing-lobbying/

District 214 board attorney Ares Dalianis said the informal plan among the three districts, which all stand to see financial impacts from a potential Bears stadium district, is to split the costs of a lobbying team three ways.

Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/02/10/arlington-heights-school-district-to-hire-lobbyist-after-tax-bill-filed-that-would-benefit-chicago-bears-5b-plan/

Ebubekir Şahin, head of Turkey’s Radio and Television Supreme Council, announced an investigation Tuesday into Disney’s decision and the possibility that it was made after a lobbying campaign from the Armenian diaspora.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/willskipworth/2023/08/03/turkish-officials-blast-disney-for-dropping-history-series-accused-of-downplaying-armenian-genocide/

Eventually, Starmer’s internal lobbying efforts succeeded in tipping the balance of opinion within Labour against Brexit.

Source: https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/07/29/keir-starmer-project-eagleton-uk-politics-review/

EV Maritime founder Michael Eaglen said he was lobbying city leaders around the world to decarbonise harbour and river transport.

Source: https://www.smh.com.au/national/queensland/electric-dreams-the-bid-to-take-brisbane-s-citycats-into-the-future-20230615-p5dgpu.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

Following years of lobbying from Amnesty International Italy, Father Franco Reverberi was extradited to Argentina, where he will finally be tried for crimes against humanity committed during the military dictatorship from 1976 to 1983.

Source: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/impact/2023/12/celebrating-the-human-rights-wins-of-2023/

Former health secretary Matt Hancock is also facing an investigation by the standards commissioner after allegedly “lobbying” the sleaze watchdog to influence its findings.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/mps-westminster-lobby-matt-hancock-scandal-b2325999.html