Corporate interests pay for luxury foreign trips. State attorneys general join for free
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Records show how corporate lawyers and lobbyists have paid to enjoy special access to state attorneys general
The guest list for the exclusive junket to South Africa in 2023 included lobbyists and lawyers for leading US companies such as Uber, Amazon and Pfizer. The trip featured a safari, a stay at a five-star hotel that promises guests “a sophisticated world of luxury,” as well as wine tours and gourmet dinners at restaurants that serve fresh prawns and Wagyu ribeye steak. But well-heeled corporate players weren’t the only guests who accepted invitations to the costly excursion: So, too, did a bipartisan group of about a dozen attorneys general from across the country whose offices play a pivotal role in protecting consumers by enforcing the law against powerful interests. And while the major companies gave hefty donations to the group that organized the trip, the attorneys general joined for free. The list of invitees was not meant to be widely shared, according to a text message sent from a staff member of the event organizer to an aide of one of the attorneys general. “So just keep internal,” the staffer wrote of the list, which included attorneys general for Georgia, Illinois, Nevada, Minnesota and other states.
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