A consulting firm cofounded by Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe lobbied on behalf of the Turkish government to prevent the United States from official recognition of the Armenian genocide.
Turkey paid McAuliffe's firm, McAuliffe, Kelly, & Raffaelli, nearly $1.3 million from 1990 to 1994 for a variety of lobbying and public relations services, according to disclosures under the Foreign Agents Registration Act.
McAuliffe has said he did not engage in the day-to-day lobbying activities at McAuliffe, Kelly, & Raffaelli, but his former partners have credited him as the glue that held the firm together.
In addition to Turkey, McAuliffe's firm represented the Lead Industry Association and cigarette maker Philip Morris.
According to its foreign agent disclosures, McAuliffe's firm received $1,287,500 from the Turkish government to arrange meetings with American policymakers for Turkey's ambassador and diplomats.
McAuliffe's campaign said during a failed 2009 gubernatorial bid that McAuliffe, Kelly, & Raffaelli worked for Turkey on the genocide issue, the Washington Post reported at the time.
McAuliffe's campaign did not respond to a request for comment about his firm's contract with Turkey or his position on the 2019 recognition of the Armenian genocide.
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Friday, August 20, 2021
Turkey Paid McAuliffe's Firm To Lobby US Against Recognition of Armenian Genocide
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