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Longtime chief of staff lobbying for Turkish opposition

Posted by Keturah Hetrick on March 9, 2017

After 20 years in the position, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen's (R-Fla.) former chief of staff has taken his first lobbying client — an unspecified Turkish opposition group.

Art Estopinan joined Ros-Lehtinen's office in 1989 and served as her chief of staff from 1995 until last year, when he left to form his own one-man lobbying shop.

The Estopinan Group recently disclosed the company's first lobbying work, through contractor Washington Strategy Group on issues related to "Turkish-American civic opposition to [Turkish] President Erdogan's human rights violations," according to a lobbying form. The ultimate client, listed only as "Turkish Opp[osition]," is unclear.