Chinese telecom Huawei paid Tony Podesta $1-million to lobby Biden administration, sources say
Chinese telecoms giant Huawei paid Democratic lobbyist Tony Podesta $1-million to lobby the Biden administration on its behalf, double what the lobbyist has revealed publicly, according to two people familiar with the matter.
This month, the prominent Washington lobbyist disclosed a $500,000 payment from Huawei in a third-quarter lobbying report. But Podesta actually received $1-million total in separate installments in June and September, the people said, declining to be named since the information was not public.
One of the people said the additional undisclosed $500,000 payment is slated to be included in Podesta’s fourth-quarter filing in January for lobbying activities during the October – December period.
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