Donald Trump, when he ran against Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden, promised that he alone could fix the problem of self-dealing insider enrichment. That promise has proven hogwash, and the latest lobbying filings put a number on the falsehood: $20.4 million.
That’s the lobbying revenue Ballard Partners reported for April through June of this year, the first full quarter of the second Trump administration. This is a record: the most lucrative quarter ever reported by a lobbying firm, even when adjusted for inflation.
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