Claim: One of Bloomberg's former state directors is a registered lobbyist for Saudi Arabia. Fact check: True
Posted on AllSides June 25th, 2020
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FACT CHECK
On June 15, Crystal Canney filed a short form registration statement with the U.S. Department of Justice as a political consultant to render services to the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia.
Canney is the former Communications Director for Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, and in January was Maine's state director for the Michael Bloomberg campaign.
In November, Saudi Arabia's Washington embassy signed a one-year, $1.5M contract with the Des Moines-based Larson Shannahan Slifka Group.
In her filing, Canney describes her services for Saudi Arabia as providing strategic and government affairs advice...