BOOM! NBC exposé on Congressional Rep turned HIGH-DOLLAR FOREIGN AGENTS.

FARAF**ked. You heard it here first. https://www.lx.com/politics/lx-investigates-congressmembers-turned-foreign-agents/14725/

What about YOUR old Congressional Rep? Why HERE'S how to search!

First, go to http://FARA.gov !

HERE'S HOW TO HAVE FUN WITH FARA! All paid by YOUR TAX DOLLARS through NATIONAL SECURITY DIVISION!

Head for Browse Filings and Search Filings.

Under BROWSE FILINGS, there are three categories:
- FOREIGN PRINCIPALS - the country or organization they represent *for the purpose of changing U.S. policy to foreigners' benefit*
- PRIMARY REGISTRANTS - the Agent hired by the Foreign Principal
- SHORT FORMS - Individual people

In this case, let's look up Howard "Bud" McKeon from the NBC story. Looks like he registered for Saudi Arabia right after Trump's election!

We go to "Short Form Registrants" because he's a person - don't know the Primary Registrant name yet.

Go search "Active Registrants" - mind you, people do de-register and move to Historical Registrants, but this is recent.

We plug "McKeon" into the search bar.

Got it - Howard P. "Buck" McKeon, formerly Chair of the very important House Armed Services Committee representing California's 25th District outside of Los Angeles.

Register *right* after the Trump election.

Click "View" on Howard P. McKeon, and you find three separate Short Forms.

We can get to The McKeon Group in a second - let's start in November 2016.

BINGO. Here's Buck McKeon registering for Saudi Arabia on November 16, 2016 - which means the DOJ/National Security Division likely knew about this a while before asking him to register, if he didn't do so willingly.

January 6, 2017 - in advance of the inauguration - Mr. McKeon has also registered for an ALBANIAN political leader from LSI Party to get tickets to the Trump Inauguration.

March 2017, Mr. McKeon has registered for Foreign Principal "Dorelita Limited" which Mother Jones says is an offshore Cypriot shell company used by Russia to finance the Albanian opposition party - and which connects to Russian oligarch OLEG DERIPASKA. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/04/how-a-mysterious-overseas-shell-company-used-a-former-gop-congressman-to-lobby-trump-and-congress/

As of last week, The McKeon Group - owned by a former Chair of the House Armed Services Committee who likely had access to Top Secret intelligence - was still on Saudi Arabia's payroll, owed $270,000. https://efile.fara.gov/docs/6391-Supplemental-Statement-20200622-9.pdf

Go browse the FARA database! Look up countries, check out firms, and maybe see if YOUR old Congressional rep has a new paymaster.

It's your right to know these things. Thanks, @TheJusticeDept!

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