How Turkey’s anti-Gulen lobbyist risks Washington’s ire with Venezuela contract
Amsterdam and Partners has picked up the Maduro government account after Foley & Lardner dropped it amid political blowback.
![TURKEY-SECURITY/GULEN-USA U.S.-based Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen at his home in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. July 10, 2017. REUTERS/Charles Mostoller - RC1C1F12DE90](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2020/02/RTX3B23V.jpg/RTX3B23V.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=JZY43ww4)
Turkey’s most prominent paid advocate for the extradition of exiled cleric Fethullah Gulen has a new gig: Working to ease sanctions on the government of Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro.
Amsterdam and Partners will represent Attorney General Reinaldo Munoz Pedroza after Florida-based law firm Foley & Lardner dropped the Venezuelans last month amid a political backlash in Washington. The firm also transferred $1.05 million it had received from Venezuela to Amsterdam, according to a newly disclosed letter to the US Justice Department.