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Chad Wolf’s Former Lobbying Clients Profited During His Government Tenure

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WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 06: Chad Wolf, acting Secretary of Homeland Security, appears before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on August 6, 2020 in Washington D.C. The committee held a h... WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 06: Chad Wolf, acting Secretary of Homeland Security, appears before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on August 6, 2020 in Washington D.C. The committee held a hearing on “Oversight of DHS Personnel Deployments to Recent Protests." (Photo by Toni Sandys-Pool/Getty Images) MORE LESS

August 6, 2020 5:51 p.m.

Before ascending to the top of the government’s Homeland Security apparatus, Chad Wolf was a lobbyist. And a “mid-level” one at that, the Washington Post noted this week.

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