Update: Via TPM Muckraker, The Hill reported today that McCain's staff was questioned in connection with the Rick Renzi land swap investigation. I highlighted the section in this diary about Wes Gullett's lobbying on behalf of a shady-looking land swap in 2005.
How close is campaign advisor and lobbyist, Wes Gullett, to McCain?
When drug-addicted Cindy McCain impulsively brought two sick infants home from Bangladesh in 1991, Gullett, then McCain's administrative assistant, came to McCain's rescue by adopting one of the babies. In 1993, McCain arranged for Gullett to become AZ Governor Fife Symington's chief of staff. In 2000, Gullett was McCain's deputy campaign manager. In 2005, Gullett told the New Yorker that he and McCain did 14-hour stints at the craps table.
As a lobbyist, Gullett's most important asset is his special access to Senator McCain but Gullett doesn't want anyone but his clients to know it. After reviewing filings in the Senate lobbyist database, I suspect Gullett intentionally obfuscated the extent to which he lobbied his pal, Senator McCain.
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