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Brent Wilkes: The EarmarkerӔ

Brent Wilkes is accused of illegally setting up his own lobbying firm to convince members of Congress to earmark money via appropriations bills.

By Conor Kenny

Part capitalist, part government contractor and part lobbyist, Wilkes was an expert in obtaining federal contracts for small defense companies in exchange for a large contingency fee or control of the company. To facilitate the process, Wilkes set up his own personal lobbying firm to convince members of Congress to specifically mandate the contracts through amendments to the appropriations bills.… return to article

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    Brent Wilkes has now been penalized by the California Fair Political Practises Commission for laundering contributions through his employees.  There is a strong possibility that some of the contributions he raised for President Bush while serving as a Pioneer were also inappropriate if not illegal.  For more information, see http://poplarinstitute.org/joomla/content/view/53/2/

    United States Posted by derekcressman on Jan 17, 2007 at 11:27 PM
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