Fritt-ering away: Podesta exec quits amid Mueller probe

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The longtime head of the Podesta Group is quitting, adding to the fallout of resignations from the DEMOCRAT lobbying company at the center of the Russian corruption investigation.

Staffers at the firm have announced that CEO Kimberly Fritts is leaving to start her own lobbying group. Fritts has reportedly asked many of the employees to leave and join her.

Her resignation comes less than two weeks after former head Tony Podesta stepped down and left Fritts holding the bag.

Podesta quit after Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s ongoing investigation started probing his company's violations of the Foreign Registration Act.

Remaining Podesta Group staffers are reportedly concerned about the firm’s future.



http://www.oann.com/podesta-group-ceo-resigns-amid-russia-investigation/

[PostmodernProphet]

Podesta has as much "future" as Hilliary does.....

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Podesta Group implodes, employees told not to expect a paycheck after next week

It was not an entirely unexpected moment for the 30-year-old firm after Tony Podesta’s sudden resignation Oct. 31, when he announced he was stepping down following an indictment issued against Paul Manafort by U.S. Justice Department Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

Podesta is the brother of John Podesta, the chairman of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, who also served as White House chief of staff under President Bill Clinton and was counselor to Barack Obama.

The charges detailed Manafort’s clandestine influence campaign on behalf of Ukraine’s deposed president Viktor Yanukovych, including work with two unidentified companies that "lobbied multiple members of Congress and their staff about Ukraine sanctions, the validity of Ukraine elections, and the propriety of Yanukovych’s imprisoning his presidential rival."

Mueller’s indictment identified the firms as Company A and Company B and said they were allegedly paid by Manafort with more than $2 million in offshore funds. A person familiar with the matter confirmed that Company B is the Podesta Group, which disclosed in April that it had worked for the European Centre for a Modern Ukraine. Company A is Mercury Public Affairs LLC, said another person familiar with the matter.



https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-10/podesta-group-unravels-as-ceo-plans-to-take-clients-to-new-firm