Plant-based food advocates had a relatively small lobbying footprint during negotiations over the 2018 farm bill and found the final version “lacking” in support for the industry. Lawmakers are still hammering out legislative text for the massive package, which sets policy and funding levels for everything from commodities to conservation, forestry, nutrition and food stamps - with less than three weeks to go until the current one expires. MERCURY RACKS UP PLANT-BASED CLIENTS: Major food companies are rushing to hire Mercury Public Affairs this summer to lobby on plant-based food policy, a surge of new business that coincides with the hiring of a top lobbyist specializing in the issue and a growing Midwest practice in the firm led by a top former Democratic lawmaker ahead of the next farm bill.
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That set off three more years of additional litigation that seemed likely to culminate in a new trial that was set to begin next month prior to prosecutors’ move today. District Court Judge Anthony Trenga - who presided over the trial - toss the convictions months later. “It’s a bitter pill for prosecutors who convinced a jury in Alexandria, Va., to return two felony guilty verdicts against Rafiekian - better known as Kian - following a week-long trial in 2019 and only about four hours of deliberations,” only to have U.S. “In a court filing Monday, prosecutors indicated they’re giving up their long-running quest to convict Bijan Rafiekian, a California businessman and former business partner of Trump ally Michael Flynn, on charges of acting as an unregistered foreign agent for Turkey amid Trump’s successful White House bid seven years ago.” DOJ DROPS RAFIEKIAN CASE: “The Justice Department has quietly abandoned one of the last prosecutions stemming from investigations into alleged foreign influence over Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign,” our Josh Gerstein reports, adding one more blemish to the department’s record of prosecuting alleged illegal foreign influence campaigns.
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