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Boom Times for Turkey’s Lobbyists in Trump’s WashingtonOctober 31, 2019MANHATTAN (CN) – Some five years ago, Turkey’s soft power suddenly swelled in the United States as the country’s lobbyists and pro-government charities received millions in newfound funding.That was the same year that leaked tapes appeared to show then-Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan instructing his son Bilal to dump massive amounts of money tied to a multibillion-dollar money-laundering scheme.“Now, what I say is, you take everything that you have in the house out,†Erdoğan could be heard telling his son, in recordings quickly viewed by millions on YouTube and translated from Turkish by the now-shuttered Turkish newspaper, Zaman.Read more at: https://www.courthousenews.com/boom-times-for-turkeys-lobbyists-in-trumps-washington/?fbclid=IwAR0wHn3OYpaPjuSyn1-rI7zOtObLTEKD-ZUU0FxtfeZBG5FONZHbtZl9OXs