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Blacklisted Chinese tech giant Huawei paid Democratic power broker Tony Podesta $500K to lobby Biden | Washington Examiner

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Huawei, the Chinese telecommunications company that is on the U.S. government's trade blacklist, paid longtime veteran Democratic lobbyist and donor Tony Podesta $500,000 to lobby the White House during the third quarter. Podesta's lobbying, which took place between July and September, was revealed in a lobbying disclosure report Thursday. It's not clear what kind of activities Podesta engaged in or what policies he pushed for during his lobbying campaign for Huawei. The revelation comes at a time when the Biden administration is facing scrutiny to keep Huawei on the trade blacklist, which keeps the company from accessing the American semiconductors…

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