Johnson & Johnson Solicitors has hired attorney Patrick Raffaniello and his firm Raffaniello & Associates to engage with US officials regarding “allegations of misuse of the United States’ banking system to facilitate corrupt payments to foreign officials,” according to a new lobbying disclosure under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). The firm is specifically tasked with representing Johnson & Johnson before the Senate banking committee “to facilitate an inquiry into misuse of the United States’ banking system to facilitate corrupt payments to foreign officials.”
The contract is for $25,000 per month and runs for four months starting 3 March. Raffaniello in turn has hired Haroon Khan, a former staffer on the Senate banking committee, and his Federal Resources Group for $12,500 per month.
The lobbying campaign is being bankrolled by a US investment fund called Drumcliffe
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