Sidley Austin has represented Hikvision since 2018 but had been availing itself of FARA’s Lobbying Disclosure Act exemption, the spokesperson told PI, and registered its work under more opaque domestic lobbying laws.
On Twitter and over email, Fetterman’s campaign manager Brendan McPhillips laid into what he called a “scam PAC” that was “using John’s name and likeness for their own fundraising.”