"Our Washington, D.C., team's vetting process clearly failed, and I take responsibility for that," Stephenson said. "For the foreseeable future, the external & legislative affairs group will report to our General Counsel David McAtee.... David's number one priority is to ensure every one of the individuals and firms we use in the political arena are people who share our high standards and who we would be proud to have associated with AT&T."

Source: Los Angeles Times May 11, 2018 14:20 UTC