He and his brother, John Podesta, who was Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign manager, founded the Podesta Group in 1988, but John Podesta has not been involved with the firm since 1993. Manafort hired the Podesta Group and Mercury Government Affairs, a Republican lobbying firm, as part of this campaign. The Podesta Group and Mercury Public Affairs were neither hired nor paid by their nominal client, the European Centre for a Modern Ukraine. In 2016 and 2017, Manafort and Gates, the Podesta Group and Mercury Public Affairs retroactively registered as foreign agents. Mueller has already called representatives of the Podesta Group and Mercury Public Affairs to testify.

Source: Huffington Post October 30, 2017 22:07 UTC