D.C. police spokesman Sean Hickman said the District’s police force did not participate in the FBI operation at Esposito’s office. A person who answered the phone at Federal Advocates said the office was closed for the holidays and declined to say whether he was aware of the raid. The explosive growth led Bloomberg Government news service to dub Federal Advocates the top-performing lobbying firm in 2017. ADBefore the raid, some of Esposito’s clients said they were reconsidering their relationship with him, while others have stuck with him. Federal Advocates collected $1.65 million from Huawei in a three-month period this year, according to lobbying records.

Source: Washington Post January 03, 2020 16:55 UTC