TikTok hires firm with close Biden ties as Chinese company ramps up lobbying

TikTok hA consulting firm with strong ties to the company was hired. President Joe Biden White House As the Chinese government-linked Company has Increased lobbying efforts The ban was largely a Republican initiative.

SKDK is a political consulting firm and public affairs organization. Agency The founder of the company, a top Biden advisor, and former employees who fill key positions across the Biden administration was reportedly interviewed. Hire Based on TikTok’s past months, Politico. The top U.S. intelligence agency heads received the news. We all gathered last week to warn about the national security risk TikTok, China’s largest online marketplace for entertainment and information.

INTEL CHIEFS WARN TIKTOK THREAT

Anita Dunn (SKDK founder partner) was named a Biden senior advisor in May 2022 with the White House An announcement She would “assist in advancing the President’s policy and communications objectives.” Dunn, who is close to Biden over many years, also briefly worked in Biden’s White House early in his presidency. He played a major role in his 2020 presidential campaign.

Dunn was informed by an anonymous source Telled The Washington Post That was March 2022 “neither SKDK nor Dunn lobby or represent any clients on matters before the federal government.”

Dunn’s husband Bob Bauer, a long-standing Perkins Coie veteran and long-time Democratic political fixture, was also there Biden was hired late last year by the president to serve as his personal lawyer and to make sure he responds. His burgeoning collection of classified documents is a saga.

Other SKDK vets are serving in the Biden White House. Kate Berner Herbie Ziskend, They are both vice-white house communications directors.

Numerous other ex-SKDK employees are also employed in important positions in the Biden administration. These include Pentagon deputy press secretary. Sabrina Singh Interior Department press secretary Tyler Cherry, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative, Public Affairs Adam Hodge Energy Department deputy chiefs of staff Bridget Bartol.

SKDK You are to be congratulated Biden on November 2020’s presidential election victory. He noted that the firm was “especially proud of the role our partner Anita Dunn played in serving as senior adviser and strategist” For the race. CNBC reported SKDK received more than $65,000,000 from Democratic campaigns during 2020’s election cycle. This includes more than $2 million that was paid to the firm via the Biden campaign.

The firm Announced In November, it hired Justin Goodman (a long-serving communications director for Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer) to serve as executive vice president for its public affairs practice in Washington.

TikTok is available A large lobbying team was assembled It is made up of ex-legislators and former congressional staffers from both sides to help protect the company in times of increased scrutiny. Jamal Brown served as the Biden Defence Department’s deputy Press Secretary from February 2021 through February 2022. In late 2022, I joined TikTok to manage its communications policy in the Americas..

TikTok thrived in the two-plus years President Joe Biden was president. The administration of President Donald Trump failed to succeed in their efforts To crack down on the app

Biden officials insist that the national security review of this app is in progress. According to the National Security Council, a separate review would be conducted by the Committee on Foreign Investment. “is ongoing.”

As Republicans push for the Biden administration, TikTok and ByteDance, its Chinese parent company ByteDance spent more than $1,000,000 on lobbying in the fourth quarter 2022. Reduce your risk TikTok data privacy and national security concerns.

ByteDance spent $1.11million on lobbying in October through December. TikTok also reported.