December 6, 2016

IT'S NOT A SWAMP WHEN WE DO IT:

Dole lobbied Trump's team on Taiwan for months : Private briefings, convention delegation, tougher platform language all preceded protocol-breaking phone call. (ISAAC ARNSDORF 12/06/16, Politico)

Dole, the only past Republican presidential nominee to endorse Trump before the election, briefed the campaign's policy director, set up meetings between campaign staff and Taiwanese emissaries, arranged for Taiwan's delegation to attend the Republican National Convention, and helped tilt the party platform further in the island's favor, the disclosure released to POLITICO shows. He even arranged for members of Taiwan's ruling party to take a White House tour, according to the filing.

Taiwan paid the 93-year-old Dole and his law firm, Alston & Bird, $140,000 between May and October, according to the new disclosure. 

Posted by at December 6, 2016 5:29 PM

  

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