WASHINGTON — A California bank that serves financial technology companies hired two lobbying firms in the same week, one bringing a former chief of staff to House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and the other a longtime chief of staff to Mike Waltz, now the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, according to registrations posted to the federal lobbying database. The two filings are among 78 new lobbying registrations posted from Nov. 8 through Nov. 13, the first full week after the midterm elections.
An Inquisitor review of all 78 filings in the Lobbying Disclosure Act database found that 58 list at least one lobbyist with a prior government job, which registrants must disclose for covered positions held in the previous 20 years. The filings name two former House members, at least seven people whose government service ran into 2025 or 2026, and ten clients that list defense among their issues. Ballard Partners, the firm founded by Brian Ballard, filed the most registrations of any firm, six.
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