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Saturday, February 18, 2017

Ex-Obama campaign manager, Plouffe, fined $90G for violating lobbying rules

Former-President Obama’s ex-campaign manager was fined $90,000 on Thursday for illegally lobbying Chicago’s mayor on behalf of Uber.

The Chicago Board of Ethics determined that David Plouffe violated ethics rules when he failed to register as a lobbyist after contacting Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

Plouffe was trying to help the ride-hailing service with regulations for picking up travelers at Chicago airports. The board also fined Uber $2,000 for hiring a lobbyist who violates the city’s lobbying laws.

An Uber spokesman said the company regretted the mistake and would comply with the board's assessment.

The lobbying violation became public after Emanuel released hundreds of personal emails related to public business in the face of two open records lawsuits, which alleged that he violated the state’s open record law, the Chicago Tribune reported. Plouffe’s message to Emanuel was sent on Nov. 20, 2015.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

You can bet your bottom dollar that if Clinton was elected nothing would have been done to this guy.

Anonymous said...

What no newsflash on MSN can't imagine why oh because it's OK for Democrats to break the law.