Trump Allies’ Children and Niblings Cash in on Lobbying Boom
The next generation of Trumpworld lobbyists are landing major clients and scoring policy wins.
The next generation of Trumpworld lobbyists are landing major clients and scoring policy wins.
Northern Dynasty Minerals, once represented by Susie Wiles and underwritten by Howard Lutnick’s investment firm, could soon see a key veto of its Pebble Mine project reversed.
The clients include Amazon and pipeline firm Enterprise Products.
Since the 2024 election, firms founded by Trump campaign bundlers, like Ballard Partners and Miller Strategies, are seeing a rush of new corporate clients.
The parent company of the Pebble Mine, which Susie Wiles recruited as a Ballard Partner client, saw its stock price jump after Trump signed an order to speed up mineral mining project approvals.
Several advisers to the President-elect have been padding their lobbying client rosters since the election.
Wiles is co-chair at lobbying firm Mercury Public Affairs and has represented clients in the tobacco, junk food, insurance, and coal industries.
Susie Wiles of Mercury Public Affairs, a senior advisor to Trump's campaign, is lobbying for Swisher as it fights a proposal meant to reduce youth smoking.