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  • Lobbying by top Biden aide's brother latest hit to administration's 'highest ethical standards'

    07/29/2021 12:51:19 AM PDT · by blueplum · 2 replies
    Washington Examiner ^ | 28 Jul 2021 | Katherine Doyle, White House Correspondent
    When newly filed records showed the brother of a top adviser to President Joe Biden lobbied the National Security Council for a major automaker, it became the latest concern for ethics experts who see a porous firewall despite the president's ethics pledge. Jeff Ricchetti, whose brother Steve Ricchetti is a counselor to the president, was paid $60,000 during the second quarter of 2021 to lobby the council on "issues related to China" on behalf of General Motors, according to a recent disclosure. Under the Trump administration, the automaker sought to have tariffs removed from their Buick Envision, which is made...