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aidbo

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14. More lobbyists!
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 07:00 PM
Dec 2016
Harrison has defended his decision to become a lobbyist after serving as Rep. Clyburn’s director of floor operations, stating that he puts the large paychecks to good use.

“It’s how I pay back the $160,000 of student loan debt,” Harrison has said. “It’s how I pay the mortgage for my grandmother.”

Harrison’s firm was founded by Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman John Podesta and his brother Tony Podesta, who currently serves as chairman of the firm.

Harrison had a diverse set of clients at the Podesta Group, including banks such as Bank of America and Wells Fargo, financial giants Berkshire Hathaway and Avenue Capital Management, big pharmaceutical companies Merck and Amylin, and casinos such as Caesars and Harrah’s.

http://freebeacon.com/politics/dnc-chair-hopeful-spent-past-eight-years-podesta-group-lobbyist/

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