"Let's discuss with ethics": Jets owner, as ambassador, fielded requests from wealthy businessmen, records show
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When the New York Jets arrive in London for Sunday's game against the Minnesota Vikings — one of three NFL matchups this year being played across the pond — it'll be a homecoming of sorts for the team's owner.
Robert Wood Johnson IV, known as "Woody," was ambassador to the United Kingdom during the Trump administration. But if Johnson thought he was leaving football behind when he secured the post of top diplomat to a crucial ally, records show his status as a former (and future) NFL executive followed him. He and his staff repeatedly looped in State Department ethics personnel as wealthy people from both sides of the Atlantic sought favors.
For instance, on April 9, 2018, Johnson received a request from Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan, according to documents obtained from the State Department through a Freedom of Information Act request.
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