So, this is happening:
BREAKING in Playbook PM — Dem super lobbyist TONY PODESTA is stepping down from the Podesta Group. Has come under scrutiny of feds.
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) October 30, 2017
#BREAKING: BREAKING NEWS: Tony Podesta stepping down from lobbying giant amid Mueller probe https://t.co/DR1rKHtnMb
— Brit Hume (@brithume) October 30, 2017
More from Politico:
Democratic power lobbyist Tony Podesta, founder of the Podesta Group, is stepping down from the lobbying shop that bears his name after coming under investigation by Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller.
Podesta announced his decision during a firm-wide meeting Monday morning and is alerting clients of his impending departure.
Podesta is handing over full operational and financial control to longtime firm CEO Kimberley Fritts, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the meeting. Fritts and a senior group of the Podesta team will be launching a new firm in the next one or two days. Sources said the transition has been in the works for the past several months.
Podesta is a lobbying giant in Washington. His stepping aside — as scooped by none other than @apalmerdc — is huge.
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) October 30, 2017
Pretty sure Tony Podesta is among the top five Swamp Kings of DC
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) October 30, 2017
This is a big one, folks.
WOWWWWWW https://t.co/JRCdVWvpvm
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) October 30, 2017
WOWOWOWOW https://t.co/1UcwNtOVgJ
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) October 30, 2017
Oh boy… https://t.co/p2xyGnlVOS
— Meech (@michi83) October 30, 2017
The fire rises https://t.co/kEtQ8FsYgc
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) October 30, 2017
Things are moving fast now… https://t.co/h17JoDNLTr
— Pradheep Shanker MD (@Neoavatara) October 30, 2017
The K Street massacre begins. https://t.co/I9wNxV0xAc
— William J. Upton (@wupton) October 30, 2017
It's a massacre. https://t.co/csQiUBnq2d
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) October 30, 2017
Yikes.
A good reminder that the Mueller probe isn't limited to one side. Today was just the beginning. https://t.co/8Ff1G54eER
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) October 30, 2017
Another reminder:
Flashback: Tony Podesta routinely failed to disclose foreign gov lobbying of brother John, then an Obama WH official https://t.co/DLG3NjzYUH
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) October 30, 2017
And one more, just for good measure:
Corruption is and always has been bipartisan.
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) October 30, 2017
Always.
In retrospect, this Clinton/Trump nomination idea appears to have been a bad one.
Also in foresight. We knew.
Do better next time, people. https://t.co/7RdMLQrXBF
— Nathan Wurtzel (@NathanWurtzel) October 30, 2017
