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JEFF RICCHETTI gets all the attention.
But two former Biden aides turned lobbyists have also seen demand for their services skyrocket, while attracting much less scrutiny.
CHRIS PUTALA, a former Judiciary Committee aide to Biden while he was the committee’s chairman, has added a dozen new clients since November. He lobbied the White House on behalf of 16 clients in the second quarter, including Comcast, Oracle and T-Mobile, according to disclosure filings.
Biden gives victims of crime a boost
A beefed-up bill signed into law Thursday allows victims of crime to collect from penalties that perpetrators face in the court system and other avenues.
President Joe Biden is flanked by bipartisan members of the House and Senate on Thursday, July 22, 2021, as he signs a bill that will enhance victims assistance programs across the nation. (Image via Courthouse News)
WASHINGTON (CN) President Joe Biden on Thursday signed into law a measure that replenishes funding for victims of crime in the United States so they can start fresh, receive mental health counseling and potentially gain a new lease on life for themselves or their family in the face of trauma.
Biden signs bill boosting Crime Victims Fund
By Jordan Smith
WASHINGTON - A long-sought-after boost to the Crime Victims Fund was signed into law Thursday, shoring up funding for an institution that dates back nearly 40 years.
When President Joe Biden signed H.R. 1652, revenues collected from deferred prosecution and non-prosecution agreements can be deposited into the Crime Victims Fund. Previously, those revenues were placed into the general fund of the Treasury Department. This bill is going to allow us to make sure that all the fines and penalties that are from federal cases go into the crime victims fund to rebuild this fund, because it s badly needed, Biden said during a signing ceremony at the White House on Thursday.
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