The Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) of 1938 requires lobbyists for foreign interests to register | Democracy, elections and voting at DC

With all the worry about Russian influence over U.S. elections it’s easy to overlook the many foreign interests working to impact U.S. policy every day–through paid lobbying. American lobbyists have made billions working for foreign entities. Who’s paying whom for what is subject to federal disclosure laws. But the system may not always work as intended.…