PBS Hires Trump-Linked Lobbying Firm Amid GOP Threats To Scrap Budget

PBS has hired Ballard Partners, a lobbying firm with deep ties to the Trump administration, amid Republican threats to scrap federal funding for the public news outlet. Ballard Partners will lobby for PBS on "advocacy related to funding," according to lobbying disclosures filed with Congress on Tuesday. Brian Ballard, the firm’s founder, is registered as one of the lobbyists on the account.

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