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According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. The union also promised to educate its members and work with law enforcement as required.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Minnesota lobbyist charged after allegedly threatening State Capitol","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"minnesota-lobbyist-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-state-capitol","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8062","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":6},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. The union also promised to educate its members and work with law enforcement as required.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Minnesota lobbyist charged after allegedly threatening State Capitol","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"minnesota-lobbyist-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-state-capitol","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8062","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":6},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Bohn has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the Inter Faculty Organization on Friday. The lawsuit claims that Bohn started sending the SMS on Wednesday just before 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. The union also promised to educate its members and work with law enforcement as required.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Minnesota lobbyist charged after allegedly threatening State Capitol","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"minnesota-lobbyist-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-state-capitol","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8062","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":6},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\"I didn't accomplish that here.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bohn has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the Inter Faculty Organization on Friday. The lawsuit claims that Bohn started sending the SMS on Wednesday just before 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. The union also promised to educate its members and work with law enforcement as required.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Minnesota lobbyist charged after allegedly threatening State Capitol","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"minnesota-lobbyist-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-state-capitol","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8062","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":6},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\"I didn't accomplish that here.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bohn has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the Inter Faculty Organization on Friday. The lawsuit claims that Bohn started sending the SMS on Wednesday just before 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. The union also promised to educate its members and work with law enforcement as required.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Minnesota lobbyist charged after allegedly threatening State Capitol","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"minnesota-lobbyist-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-state-capitol","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8062","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":6},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I didn't accomplish that here.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bohn has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the Inter Faculty Organization on Friday. The lawsuit claims that Bohn started sending the SMS on Wednesday just before 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. The union also promised to educate its members and work with law enforcement as required.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Minnesota lobbyist charged after allegedly threatening State Capitol","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"minnesota-lobbyist-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-state-capitol","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8062","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":6},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\"I sent a series of heated and emotional texts to a friend of nearly thirteen years in the midst of this immense grief.\" \"I support the calls from community leaders and public officials to temper our political discourse, and I condemn violence in all its forms,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I didn't accomplish that here.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bohn has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the Inter Faculty Organization on Friday. The lawsuit claims that Bohn started sending the SMS on Wednesday just before 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. The union also promised to educate its members and work with law enforcement as required.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Minnesota lobbyist charged after allegedly threatening State Capitol","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"minnesota-lobbyist-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-state-capitol","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8062","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":6},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
\"I sent a series of heated and emotional texts to a friend of nearly thirteen years in the midst of this immense grief.\" \"I support the calls from community leaders and public officials to temper our political discourse, and I condemn violence in all its forms,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I didn't accomplish that here.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bohn has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the Inter Faculty Organization on Friday. The lawsuit claims that Bohn started sending the SMS on Wednesday just before 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. The union also promised to educate its members and work with law enforcement as required.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Minnesota lobbyist charged after allegedly threatening State Capitol","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"minnesota-lobbyist-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-state-capitol","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8062","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":6},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
He stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I sent a series of heated and emotional texts to a friend of nearly thirteen years in the midst of this immense grief.\" \"I support the calls from community leaders and public officials to temper our political discourse, and I condemn violence in all its forms,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I didn't accomplish that here.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bohn has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the Inter Faculty Organization on Friday. The lawsuit claims that Bohn started sending the SMS on Wednesday just before 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. The union also promised to educate its members and work with law enforcement as required.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Minnesota lobbyist charged after allegedly threatening State Capitol","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"minnesota-lobbyist-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-state-capitol","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8062","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":6},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
In a statement issued from prison, Bohn said that when he wrote the messages, he was grieving the Hortmans' deaths and the Hoffmans' related shootings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I sent a series of heated and emotional texts to a friend of nearly thirteen years in the midst of this immense grief.\" \"I support the calls from community leaders and public officials to temper our political discourse, and I condemn violence in all its forms,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I didn't accomplish that here.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bohn has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the Inter Faculty Organization on Friday. The lawsuit claims that Bohn started sending the SMS on Wednesday just before 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. The union also promised to educate its members and work with law enforcement as required.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Minnesota lobbyist charged after allegedly threatening State Capitol","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"minnesota-lobbyist-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-state-capitol","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8062","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":6},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Three of the four alleged messages that Bohn sent\u2014three of which included threats\u2014are included in the criminal complaint against him. According to one, Bohn \"bought 500 bullets.\" Bohn reportedly planned <\/a>to bring a gun to the Capitol and shoot someone, according to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a statement issued from prison, Bohn said that when he wrote the messages, he was grieving the Hortmans' deaths and the Hoffmans' related shootings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I sent a series of heated and emotional texts to a friend of nearly thirteen years in the midst of this immense grief.\" \"I support the calls from community leaders and public officials to temper our political discourse, and I condemn violence in all its forms,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I didn't accomplish that here.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bohn has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the Inter Faculty Organization on Friday. The lawsuit claims that Bohn started sending the SMS on Wednesday just before 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. The union also promised to educate its members and work with law enforcement as required.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Minnesota lobbyist charged after allegedly threatening State Capitol","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"minnesota-lobbyist-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-state-capitol","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8062","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":6},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Three of the four alleged messages that Bohn sent\u2014three of which included threats\u2014are included in the criminal complaint against him. According to one, Bohn \"bought 500 bullets.\" Bohn reportedly planned <\/a>to bring a gun to the Capitol and shoot someone, according to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a statement issued from prison, Bohn said that when he wrote the messages, he was grieving the Hortmans' deaths and the Hoffmans' related shootings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I sent a series of heated and emotional texts to a friend of nearly thirteen years in the midst of this immense grief.\" \"I support the calls from community leaders and public officials to temper our political discourse, and I condemn violence in all its forms,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I didn't accomplish that here.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bohn has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the Inter Faculty Organization on Friday. The lawsuit claims that Bohn started sending the SMS on Wednesday just before 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. The union also promised to educate its members and work with law enforcement as required.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Minnesota lobbyist charged after allegedly threatening State Capitol","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"minnesota-lobbyist-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-state-capitol","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8062","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":6},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
In addition to Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, who were shot and injured that same evening, the attacks on the Hortmans have sparked concerns about the relatively open Minnesota Capitol and increased police security for some state and federal officials. Governor Tim Walz stated Thursday that the state legislation allowing permit holders to carry concealed guns within the Capitol building should be reexamined by the Legislature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Three of the four alleged messages that Bohn sent\u2014three of which included threats\u2014are included in the criminal complaint against him. According to one, Bohn \"bought 500 bullets.\" Bohn reportedly planned <\/a>to bring a gun to the Capitol and shoot someone, according to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a statement issued from prison, Bohn said that when he wrote the messages, he was grieving the Hortmans' deaths and the Hoffmans' related shootings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I sent a series of heated and emotional texts to a friend of nearly thirteen years in the midst of this immense grief.\" \"I support the calls from community leaders and public officials to temper our political discourse, and I condemn violence in all its forms,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I didn't accomplish that here.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bohn has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the Inter Faculty Organization on Friday. The lawsuit claims that Bohn started sending the SMS on Wednesday just before 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. The union also promised to educate its members and work with law enforcement as required.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Minnesota lobbyist charged after allegedly threatening State Capitol","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"minnesota-lobbyist-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-state-capitol","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8062","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":6},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
A guy called the Carver County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday, claiming that Bohn was an acquaintance who had threatened him that evening. The guy claimed that because of political disagreements that had developed, the two had not spoken for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, who were shot and injured that same evening, the attacks on the Hortmans have sparked concerns about the relatively open Minnesota Capitol and increased police security for some state and federal officials. Governor Tim Walz stated Thursday that the state legislation allowing permit holders to carry concealed guns within the Capitol building should be reexamined by the Legislature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Three of the four alleged messages that Bohn sent\u2014three of which included threats\u2014are included in the criminal complaint against him. According to one, Bohn \"bought 500 bullets.\" Bohn reportedly planned <\/a>to bring a gun to the Capitol and shoot someone, according to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a statement issued from prison, Bohn said that when he wrote the messages, he was grieving the Hortmans' deaths and the Hoffmans' related shootings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I sent a series of heated and emotional texts to a friend of nearly thirteen years in the midst of this immense grief.\" \"I support the calls from community leaders and public officials to temper our political discourse, and I condemn violence in all its forms,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I didn't accomplish that here.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bohn has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the Inter Faculty Organization on Friday. The lawsuit claims that Bohn started sending the SMS on Wednesday just before 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. The union also promised to educate its members and work with law enforcement as required.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Minnesota lobbyist charged after allegedly threatening State Capitol","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"minnesota-lobbyist-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-state-capitol","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8062","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":6},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The killings of Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, have raised worries about legislator safety, and on Friday, a registered lobbyist from Minnesota was charged with \"threats of violence,\" including targeting the State Capitol. Jonathan Bohn is a native of Woodbury who represents academics at Minnesota State University as a lobbyist for the Inter Faculty Organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A guy called the Carver County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday, claiming that Bohn was an acquaintance who had threatened him that evening. The guy claimed that because of political disagreements that had developed, the two had not spoken for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, who were shot and injured that same evening, the attacks on the Hortmans have sparked concerns about the relatively open Minnesota Capitol and increased police security for some state and federal officials. Governor Tim Walz stated Thursday that the state legislation allowing permit holders to carry concealed guns within the Capitol building should be reexamined by the Legislature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Three of the four alleged messages that Bohn sent\u2014three of which included threats\u2014are included in the criminal complaint against him. According to one, Bohn \"bought 500 bullets.\" Bohn reportedly planned <\/a>to bring a gun to the Capitol and shoot someone, according to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a statement issued from prison, Bohn said that when he wrote the messages, he was grieving the Hortmans' deaths and the Hoffmans' related shootings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I sent a series of heated and emotional texts to a friend of nearly thirteen years in the midst of this immense grief.\" \"I support the calls from community leaders and public officials to temper our political discourse, and I condemn violence in all its forms,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I didn't accomplish that here.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bohn has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the Inter Faculty Organization on Friday. The lawsuit claims that Bohn started sending the SMS on Wednesday just before 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. The union also promised to educate its members and work with law enforcement as required.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Minnesota lobbyist charged after allegedly threatening State Capitol","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"minnesota-lobbyist-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-state-capitol","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8062","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":6},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
<\/p>\n","post_title":"Former army chief Lord Dannatt lobbied ministers for hefty sums to back a private contract","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"former-army-chief-lord-dannatt-lobbied-ministers-for-hefty-sums-to-back-a-private-contract","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8069","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8062,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_content":"\n The killings of Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, have raised worries about legislator safety, and on Friday, a registered lobbyist from Minnesota was charged with \"threats of violence,\" including targeting the State Capitol. Jonathan Bohn is a native of Woodbury who represents academics at Minnesota State University as a lobbyist for the Inter Faculty Organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A guy called the Carver County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday, claiming that Bohn was an acquaintance who had threatened him that evening. The guy claimed that because of political disagreements that had developed, the two had not spoken for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, who were shot and injured that same evening, the attacks on the Hortmans have sparked concerns about the relatively open Minnesota Capitol and increased police security for some state and federal officials. Governor Tim Walz stated Thursday that the state legislation allowing permit holders to carry concealed guns within the Capitol building should be reexamined by the Legislature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Three of the four alleged messages that Bohn sent\u2014three of which included threats\u2014are included in the criminal complaint against him. According to one, Bohn \"bought 500 bullets.\" Bohn reportedly planned <\/a>to bring a gun to the Capitol and shoot someone, according to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a statement issued from prison, Bohn said that when he wrote the messages, he was grieving the Hortmans' deaths and the Hoffmans' related shootings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I sent a series of heated and emotional texts to a friend of nearly thirteen years in the midst of this immense grief.\" \"I support the calls from community leaders and public officials to temper our political discourse, and I condemn violence in all its forms,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I didn't accomplish that here.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bohn has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the Inter Faculty Organization on Friday. The lawsuit claims that Bohn started sending the SMS on Wednesday just before 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. The union also promised to educate its members and work with law enforcement as required.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Minnesota lobbyist charged after allegedly threatening State Capitol","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"minnesota-lobbyist-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-state-capitol","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8062","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":6},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The House of Lords commissioner for standards, the watchdog that examines allegations of misconduct in the upper house, is looking into him. Amid worries that their operations were not adequately monitored, the Lords' discussion project looked into the members of the House of Lords' business interests. It was discovered that 91 peers had received compensation for their political or policy assistance from for-profit businesses. Under freedom of information laws, the additional records pertaining to Dannatt's correspondence with the government in June 2022 were made public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"Former army chief Lord Dannatt lobbied ministers for hefty sums to back a private contract","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"former-army-chief-lord-dannatt-lobbied-ministers-for-hefty-sums-to-back-a-private-contract","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8069","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8062,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_content":"\n The killings of Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, have raised worries about legislator safety, and on Friday, a registered lobbyist from Minnesota was charged with \"threats of violence,\" including targeting the State Capitol. Jonathan Bohn is a native of Woodbury who represents academics at Minnesota State University as a lobbyist for the Inter Faculty Organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A guy called the Carver County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday, claiming that Bohn was an acquaintance who had threatened him that evening. The guy claimed that because of political disagreements that had developed, the two had not spoken for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, who were shot and injured that same evening, the attacks on the Hortmans have sparked concerns about the relatively open Minnesota Capitol and increased police security for some state and federal officials. Governor Tim Walz stated Thursday that the state legislation allowing permit holders to carry concealed guns within the Capitol building should be reexamined by the Legislature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Three of the four alleged messages that Bohn sent\u2014three of which included threats\u2014are included in the criminal complaint against him. According to one, Bohn \"bought 500 bullets.\" Bohn reportedly planned <\/a>to bring a gun to the Capitol and shoot someone, according to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a statement issued from prison, Bohn said that when he wrote the messages, he was grieving the Hortmans' deaths and the Hoffmans' related shootings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I sent a series of heated and emotional texts to a friend of nearly thirteen years in the midst of this immense grief.\" \"I support the calls from community leaders and public officials to temper our political discourse, and I condemn violence in all its forms,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I didn't accomplish that here.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bohn has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the Inter Faculty Organization on Friday. The lawsuit claims that Bohn started sending the SMS on Wednesday just before 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. The union also promised to educate its members and work with law enforcement as required.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Minnesota lobbyist charged after allegedly threatening State Capitol","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"minnesota-lobbyist-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-state-capitol","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8062","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":6},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Since the Guardian reported in March that Dannatt had offered to arrange meetings with politicians for undercover reporters posing as business customers seeking to persuade the government, the House of Lords authorities have been looking into him. He was seen on camera claiming that he could introduce people in the government and that he would \"make a point of getting to know\" the minister in the best position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House of Lords commissioner for standards, the watchdog that examines allegations of misconduct in the upper house, is looking into him. Amid worries that their operations were not adequately monitored, the Lords' discussion project looked into the members of the House of Lords' business interests. It was discovered that 91 peers had received compensation for their political or policy assistance from for-profit businesses. Under freedom of information laws, the additional records pertaining to Dannatt's correspondence with the government in June 2022 were made public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"Former army chief Lord Dannatt lobbied ministers for hefty sums to back a private contract","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"former-army-chief-lord-dannatt-lobbied-ministers-for-hefty-sums-to-back-a-private-contract","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8069","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8062,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_content":"\n The killings of Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, have raised worries about legislator safety, and on Friday, a registered lobbyist from Minnesota was charged with \"threats of violence,\" including targeting the State Capitol. Jonathan Bohn is a native of Woodbury who represents academics at Minnesota State University as a lobbyist for the Inter Faculty Organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A guy called the Carver County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday, claiming that Bohn was an acquaintance who had threatened him that evening. The guy claimed that because of political disagreements that had developed, the two had not spoken for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, who were shot and injured that same evening, the attacks on the Hortmans have sparked concerns about the relatively open Minnesota Capitol and increased police security for some state and federal officials. Governor Tim Walz stated Thursday that the state legislation allowing permit holders to carry concealed guns within the Capitol building should be reexamined by the Legislature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Three of the four alleged messages that Bohn sent\u2014three of which included threats\u2014are included in the criminal complaint against him. According to one, Bohn \"bought 500 bullets.\" Bohn reportedly planned <\/a>to bring a gun to the Capitol and shoot someone, according to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a statement issued from prison, Bohn said that when he wrote the messages, he was grieving the Hortmans' deaths and the Hoffmans' related shootings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I sent a series of heated and emotional texts to a friend of nearly thirteen years in the midst of this immense grief.\" \"I support the calls from community leaders and public officials to temper our political discourse, and I condemn violence in all its forms,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I didn't accomplish that here.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bohn has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the Inter Faculty Organization on Friday. The lawsuit claims that Bohn started sending the SMS on Wednesday just before 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. The union also promised to educate its members and work with law enforcement as required.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Minnesota lobbyist charged after allegedly threatening State Capitol","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"minnesota-lobbyist-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-state-capitol","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8062","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":6},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Additionally, he served as the \"chairman\" and public face of the \"embryonic\" endeavor. According to Dannatt, the conversations with the US corporation<\/a> gained legitimacy because of his name and position. He stated that he had accepted the title even though there was \"no board to chair, no meetings to attend, or other business to conduct.\" \"I am not sure how else a retired four-star general who sits in the House of Lords could be described to the Americans,\" he remarked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the Guardian reported in March that Dannatt had offered to arrange meetings with politicians for undercover reporters posing as business customers seeking to persuade the government, the House of Lords authorities have been looking into him. He was seen on camera claiming that he could introduce people in the government and that he would \"make a point of getting to know\" the minister in the best position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House of Lords commissioner for standards, the watchdog that examines allegations of misconduct in the upper house, is looking into him. Amid worries that their operations were not adequately monitored, the Lords' discussion project looked into the members of the House of Lords' business interests. It was discovered that 91 peers had received compensation for their political or policy assistance from for-profit businesses. Under freedom of information laws, the additional records pertaining to Dannatt's correspondence with the government in June 2022 were made public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"Former army chief Lord Dannatt lobbied ministers for hefty sums to back a private contract","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"former-army-chief-lord-dannatt-lobbied-ministers-for-hefty-sums-to-back-a-private-contract","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8069","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8062,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_content":"\n The killings of Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, have raised worries about legislator safety, and on Friday, a registered lobbyist from Minnesota was charged with \"threats of violence,\" including targeting the State Capitol. Jonathan Bohn is a native of Woodbury who represents academics at Minnesota State University as a lobbyist for the Inter Faculty Organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A guy called the Carver County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday, claiming that Bohn was an acquaintance who had threatened him that evening. The guy claimed that because of political disagreements that had developed, the two had not spoken for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, who were shot and injured that same evening, the attacks on the Hortmans have sparked concerns about the relatively open Minnesota Capitol and increased police security for some state and federal officials. Governor Tim Walz stated Thursday that the state legislation allowing permit holders to carry concealed guns within the Capitol building should be reexamined by the Legislature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Three of the four alleged messages that Bohn sent\u2014three of which included threats\u2014are included in the criminal complaint against him. According to one, Bohn \"bought 500 bullets.\" Bohn reportedly planned <\/a>to bring a gun to the Capitol and shoot someone, according to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a statement issued from prison, Bohn said that when he wrote the messages, he was grieving the Hortmans' deaths and the Hoffmans' related shootings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I sent a series of heated and emotional texts to a friend of nearly thirteen years in the midst of this immense grief.\" \"I support the calls from community leaders and public officials to temper our political discourse, and I condemn violence in all its forms,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I didn't accomplish that here.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bohn has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the Inter Faculty Organization on Friday. The lawsuit claims that Bohn started sending the SMS on Wednesday just before 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. The union also promised to educate its members and work with law enforcement as required.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Minnesota lobbyist charged after allegedly threatening State Capitol","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"minnesota-lobbyist-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-state-capitol","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8062","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":6},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Later, when he was chairing the venture, Dannatt was paid four times. He refused to disclose the amount he received, but referred to these as \"honorarium\" payments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Additionally, he served as the \"chairman\" and public face of the \"embryonic\" endeavor. According to Dannatt, the conversations with the US corporation<\/a> gained legitimacy because of his name and position. He stated that he had accepted the title even though there was \"no board to chair, no meetings to attend, or other business to conduct.\" \"I am not sure how else a retired four-star general who sits in the House of Lords could be described to the Americans,\" he remarked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the Guardian reported in March that Dannatt had offered to arrange meetings with politicians for undercover reporters posing as business customers seeking to persuade the government, the House of Lords authorities have been looking into him. He was seen on camera claiming that he could introduce people in the government and that he would \"make a point of getting to know\" the minister in the best position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House of Lords commissioner for standards, the watchdog that examines allegations of misconduct in the upper house, is looking into him. Amid worries that their operations were not adequately monitored, the Lords' discussion project looked into the members of the House of Lords' business interests. It was discovered that 91 peers had received compensation for their political or policy assistance from for-profit businesses. Under freedom of information laws, the additional records pertaining to Dannatt's correspondence with the government in June 2022 were made public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"Former army chief Lord Dannatt lobbied ministers for hefty sums to back a private contract","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"former-army-chief-lord-dannatt-lobbied-ministers-for-hefty-sums-to-back-a-private-contract","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8069","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8062,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_content":"\n The killings of Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, have raised worries about legislator safety, and on Friday, a registered lobbyist from Minnesota was charged with \"threats of violence,\" including targeting the State Capitol. Jonathan Bohn is a native of Woodbury who represents academics at Minnesota State University as a lobbyist for the Inter Faculty Organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A guy called the Carver County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday, claiming that Bohn was an acquaintance who had threatened him that evening. The guy claimed that because of political disagreements that had developed, the two had not spoken for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, who were shot and injured that same evening, the attacks on the Hortmans have sparked concerns about the relatively open Minnesota Capitol and increased police security for some state and federal officials. Governor Tim Walz stated Thursday that the state legislation allowing permit holders to carry concealed guns within the Capitol building should be reexamined by the Legislature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Three of the four alleged messages that Bohn sent\u2014three of which included threats\u2014are included in the criminal complaint against him. According to one, Bohn \"bought 500 bullets.\" Bohn reportedly planned <\/a>to bring a gun to the Capitol and shoot someone, according to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a statement issued from prison, Bohn said that when he wrote the messages, he was grieving the Hortmans' deaths and the Hoffmans' related shootings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I sent a series of heated and emotional texts to a friend of nearly thirteen years in the midst of this immense grief.\" \"I support the calls from community leaders and public officials to temper our political discourse, and I condemn violence in all its forms,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I didn't accomplish that here.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bohn has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the Inter Faculty Organization on Friday. The lawsuit claims that Bohn started sending the SMS on Wednesday just before 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. The union also promised to educate its members and work with law enforcement as required.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Minnesota lobbyist charged after allegedly threatening State Capitol","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"minnesota-lobbyist-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-state-capitol","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8062","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":6},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Dannatt said he received no compensation for his interactions with the government. He said that since he thought it would benefit the nation and save employment, he assisted a buddy who was a prominent businessman in the consortium in trying to purchase the plant. \"To put it simply, I was assisting a friend in achieving a result that was highly beneficial to the country,\" he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Later, when he was chairing the venture, Dannatt was paid four times. He refused to disclose the amount he received, but referred to these as \"honorarium\" payments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Additionally, he served as the \"chairman\" and public face of the \"embryonic\" endeavor. According to Dannatt, the conversations with the US corporation<\/a> gained legitimacy because of his name and position. He stated that he had accepted the title even though there was \"no board to chair, no meetings to attend, or other business to conduct.\" \"I am not sure how else a retired four-star general who sits in the House of Lords could be described to the Americans,\" he remarked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the Guardian reported in March that Dannatt had offered to arrange meetings with politicians for undercover reporters posing as business customers seeking to persuade the government, the House of Lords authorities have been looking into him. He was seen on camera claiming that he could introduce people in the government and that he would \"make a point of getting to know\" the minister in the best position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House of Lords commissioner for standards, the watchdog that examines allegations of misconduct in the upper house, is looking into him. Amid worries that their operations were not adequately monitored, the Lords' discussion project looked into the members of the House of Lords' business interests. It was discovered that 91 peers had received compensation for their political or policy assistance from for-profit businesses. Under freedom of information laws, the additional records pertaining to Dannatt's correspondence with the government in June 2022 were made public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"Former army chief Lord Dannatt lobbied ministers for hefty sums to back a private contract","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"former-army-chief-lord-dannatt-lobbied-ministers-for-hefty-sums-to-back-a-private-contract","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8069","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8062,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_content":"\n The killings of Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, have raised worries about legislator safety, and on Friday, a registered lobbyist from Minnesota was charged with \"threats of violence,\" including targeting the State Capitol. Jonathan Bohn is a native of Woodbury who represents academics at Minnesota State University as a lobbyist for the Inter Faculty Organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A guy called the Carver County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday, claiming that Bohn was an acquaintance who had threatened him that evening. The guy claimed that because of political disagreements that had developed, the two had not spoken for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, who were shot and injured that same evening, the attacks on the Hortmans have sparked concerns about the relatively open Minnesota Capitol and increased police security for some state and federal officials. Governor Tim Walz stated Thursday that the state legislation allowing permit holders to carry concealed guns within the Capitol building should be reexamined by the Legislature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Three of the four alleged messages that Bohn sent\u2014three of which included threats\u2014are included in the criminal complaint against him. According to one, Bohn \"bought 500 bullets.\" Bohn reportedly planned <\/a>to bring a gun to the Capitol and shoot someone, according to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a statement issued from prison, Bohn said that when he wrote the messages, he was grieving the Hortmans' deaths and the Hoffmans' related shootings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I sent a series of heated and emotional texts to a friend of nearly thirteen years in the midst of this immense grief.\" \"I support the calls from community leaders and public officials to temper our political discourse, and I condemn violence in all its forms,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I didn't accomplish that here.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bohn has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the Inter Faculty Organization on Friday. The lawsuit claims that Bohn started sending the SMS on Wednesday just before 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. The union also promised to educate its members and work with law enforcement as required.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Minnesota lobbyist charged after allegedly threatening State Capitol","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"minnesota-lobbyist-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-state-capitol","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8062","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":6},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Dannatt said he received no compensation for his interactions with the government. He said that since he thought it would benefit the nation and save employment, he assisted a buddy who was a prominent businessman in the consortium in trying to purchase the plant. \"To put it simply, I was assisting a friend in achieving a result that was highly beneficial to the country,\" he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Later, when he was chairing the venture, Dannatt was paid four times. He refused to disclose the amount he received, but referred to these as \"honorarium\" payments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Additionally, he served as the \"chairman\" and public face of the \"embryonic\" endeavor. According to Dannatt, the conversations with the US corporation<\/a> gained legitimacy because of his name and position. He stated that he had accepted the title even though there was \"no board to chair, no meetings to attend, or other business to conduct.\" \"I am not sure how else a retired four-star general who sits in the House of Lords could be described to the Americans,\" he remarked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the Guardian reported in March that Dannatt had offered to arrange meetings with politicians for undercover reporters posing as business customers seeking to persuade the government, the House of Lords authorities have been looking into him. He was seen on camera claiming that he could introduce people in the government and that he would \"make a point of getting to know\" the minister in the best position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House of Lords commissioner for standards, the watchdog that examines allegations of misconduct in the upper house, is looking into him. Amid worries that their operations were not adequately monitored, the Lords' discussion project looked into the members of the House of Lords' business interests. It was discovered that 91 peers had received compensation for their political or policy assistance from for-profit businesses. Under freedom of information laws, the additional records pertaining to Dannatt's correspondence with the government in June 2022 were made public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"Former army chief Lord Dannatt lobbied ministers for hefty sums to back a private contract","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"former-army-chief-lord-dannatt-lobbied-ministers-for-hefty-sums-to-back-a-private-contract","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8069","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8062,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_content":"\n The killings of Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, have raised worries about legislator safety, and on Friday, a registered lobbyist from Minnesota was charged with \"threats of violence,\" including targeting the State Capitol. Jonathan Bohn is a native of Woodbury who represents academics at Minnesota State University as a lobbyist for the Inter Faculty Organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A guy called the Carver County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday, claiming that Bohn was an acquaintance who had threatened him that evening. The guy claimed that because of political disagreements that had developed, the two had not spoken for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, who were shot and injured that same evening, the attacks on the Hortmans have sparked concerns about the relatively open Minnesota Capitol and increased police security for some state and federal officials. Governor Tim Walz stated Thursday that the state legislation allowing permit holders to carry concealed guns within the Capitol building should be reexamined by the Legislature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Three of the four alleged messages that Bohn sent\u2014three of which included threats\u2014are included in the criminal complaint against him. According to one, Bohn \"bought 500 bullets.\" Bohn reportedly planned <\/a>to bring a gun to the Capitol and shoot someone, according to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a statement issued from prison, Bohn said that when he wrote the messages, he was grieving the Hortmans' deaths and the Hoffmans' related shootings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I sent a series of heated and emotional texts to a friend of nearly thirteen years in the midst of this immense grief.\" \"I support the calls from community leaders and public officials to temper our political discourse, and I condemn violence in all its forms,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I didn't accomplish that here.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bohn has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the Inter Faculty Organization on Friday. The lawsuit claims that Bohn started sending the SMS on Wednesday just before 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. The union also promised to educate its members and work with law enforcement as required.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Minnesota lobbyist charged after allegedly threatening State Capitol","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"minnesota-lobbyist-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-state-capitol","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8062","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":6},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Less than two weeks later, Dannatt met with Lee Rowley, the relevant business minister and the bid's CEO, to request government backing<\/a>. It is unclear if Dannatt broke the House of Lords' rules that forbid peers from influencing ministers and officials in return for money or other financial benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dannatt said he received no compensation for his interactions with the government. He said that since he thought it would benefit the nation and save employment, he assisted a buddy who was a prominent businessman in the consortium in trying to purchase the plant. \"To put it simply, I was assisting a friend in achieving a result that was highly beneficial to the country,\" he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Later, when he was chairing the venture, Dannatt was paid four times. He refused to disclose the amount he received, but referred to these as \"honorarium\" payments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Additionally, he served as the \"chairman\" and public face of the \"embryonic\" endeavor. According to Dannatt, the conversations with the US corporation<\/a> gained legitimacy because of his name and position. He stated that he had accepted the title even though there was \"no board to chair, no meetings to attend, or other business to conduct.\" \"I am not sure how else a retired four-star general who sits in the House of Lords could be described to the Americans,\" he remarked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the Guardian reported in March that Dannatt had offered to arrange meetings with politicians for undercover reporters posing as business customers seeking to persuade the government, the House of Lords authorities have been looking into him. He was seen on camera claiming that he could introduce people in the government and that he would \"make a point of getting to know\" the minister in the best position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House of Lords commissioner for standards, the watchdog that examines allegations of misconduct in the upper house, is looking into him. Amid worries that their operations were not adequately monitored, the Lords' discussion project looked into the members of the House of Lords' business interests. It was discovered that 91 peers had received compensation for their political or policy assistance from for-profit businesses. Under freedom of information laws, the additional records pertaining to Dannatt's correspondence with the government in June 2022 were made public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"Former army chief Lord Dannatt lobbied ministers for hefty sums to back a private contract","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"former-army-chief-lord-dannatt-lobbied-ministers-for-hefty-sums-to-back-a-private-contract","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8069","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8062,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_content":"\n The killings of Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, have raised worries about legislator safety, and on Friday, a registered lobbyist from Minnesota was charged with \"threats of violence,\" including targeting the State Capitol. Jonathan Bohn is a native of Woodbury who represents academics at Minnesota State University as a lobbyist for the Inter Faculty Organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A guy called the Carver County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday, claiming that Bohn was an acquaintance who had threatened him that evening. The guy claimed that because of political disagreements that had developed, the two had not spoken for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, who were shot and injured that same evening, the attacks on the Hortmans have sparked concerns about the relatively open Minnesota Capitol and increased police security for some state and federal officials. Governor Tim Walz stated Thursday that the state legislation allowing permit holders to carry concealed guns within the Capitol building should be reexamined by the Legislature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Three of the four alleged messages that Bohn sent\u2014three of which included threats\u2014are included in the criminal complaint against him. According to one, Bohn \"bought 500 bullets.\" Bohn reportedly planned <\/a>to bring a gun to the Capitol and shoot someone, according to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a statement issued from prison, Bohn said that when he wrote the messages, he was grieving the Hortmans' deaths and the Hoffmans' related shootings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I sent a series of heated and emotional texts to a friend of nearly thirteen years in the midst of this immense grief.\" \"I support the calls from community leaders and public officials to temper our political discourse, and I condemn violence in all its forms,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I didn't accomplish that here.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bohn has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the Inter Faculty Organization on Friday. The lawsuit claims that Bohn started sending the SMS on Wednesday just before 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. 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\"I want to step in and take the conversation to a ministerial level.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Less than two weeks later, Dannatt met with Lee Rowley, the relevant business minister and the bid's CEO, to request government backing<\/a>. It is unclear if Dannatt broke the House of Lords' rules that forbid peers from influencing ministers and officials in return for money or other financial benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dannatt said he received no compensation for his interactions with the government. He said that since he thought it would benefit the nation and save employment, he assisted a buddy who was a prominent businessman in the consortium in trying to purchase the plant. \"To put it simply, I was assisting a friend in achieving a result that was highly beneficial to the country,\" he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Later, when he was chairing the venture, Dannatt was paid four times. He refused to disclose the amount he received, but referred to these as \"honorarium\" payments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Additionally, he served as the \"chairman\" and public face of the \"embryonic\" endeavor. According to Dannatt, the conversations with the US corporation<\/a> gained legitimacy because of his name and position. He stated that he had accepted the title even though there was \"no board to chair, no meetings to attend, or other business to conduct.\" \"I am not sure how else a retired four-star general who sits in the House of Lords could be described to the Americans,\" he remarked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the Guardian reported in March that Dannatt had offered to arrange meetings with politicians for undercover reporters posing as business customers seeking to persuade the government, the House of Lords authorities have been looking into him. He was seen on camera claiming that he could introduce people in the government and that he would \"make a point of getting to know\" the minister in the best position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House of Lords commissioner for standards, the watchdog that examines allegations of misconduct in the upper house, is looking into him. Amid worries that their operations were not adequately monitored, the Lords' discussion project looked into the members of the House of Lords' business interests. It was discovered that 91 peers had received compensation for their political or policy assistance from for-profit businesses. Under freedom of information laws, the additional records pertaining to Dannatt's correspondence with the government in June 2022 were made public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"Former army chief Lord Dannatt lobbied ministers for hefty sums to back a private contract","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"former-army-chief-lord-dannatt-lobbied-ministers-for-hefty-sums-to-back-a-private-contract","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8069","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8062,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_content":"\n The killings of Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, have raised worries about legislator safety, and on Friday, a registered lobbyist from Minnesota was charged with \"threats of violence,\" including targeting the State Capitol. Jonathan Bohn is a native of Woodbury who represents academics at Minnesota State University as a lobbyist for the Inter Faculty Organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A guy called the Carver County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday, claiming that Bohn was an acquaintance who had threatened him that evening. The guy claimed that because of political disagreements that had developed, the two had not spoken for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, who were shot and injured that same evening, the attacks on the Hortmans have sparked concerns about the relatively open Minnesota Capitol and increased police security for some state and federal officials. Governor Tim Walz stated Thursday that the state legislation allowing permit holders to carry concealed guns within the Capitol building should be reexamined by the Legislature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Three of the four alleged messages that Bohn sent\u2014three of which included threats\u2014are included in the criminal complaint against him. According to one, Bohn \"bought 500 bullets.\" Bohn reportedly planned <\/a>to bring a gun to the Capitol and shoot someone, according to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a statement issued from prison, Bohn said that when he wrote the messages, he was grieving the Hortmans' deaths and the Hoffmans' related shootings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I sent a series of heated and emotional texts to a friend of nearly thirteen years in the midst of this immense grief.\" \"I support the calls from community leaders and public officials to temper our political discourse, and I condemn violence in all its forms,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I didn't accomplish that here.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bohn has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the Inter Faculty Organization on Friday. The lawsuit claims that Bohn started sending the SMS on Wednesday just before 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. 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\"I want to step in and take the conversation to a ministerial level.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Less than two weeks later, Dannatt met with Lee Rowley, the relevant business minister and the bid's CEO, to request government backing<\/a>. It is unclear if Dannatt broke the House of Lords' rules that forbid peers from influencing ministers and officials in return for money or other financial benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dannatt said he received no compensation for his interactions with the government. He said that since he thought it would benefit the nation and save employment, he assisted a buddy who was a prominent businessman in the consortium in trying to purchase the plant. \"To put it simply, I was assisting a friend in achieving a result that was highly beneficial to the country,\" he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Later, when he was chairing the venture, Dannatt was paid four times. He refused to disclose the amount he received, but referred to these as \"honorarium\" payments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Additionally, he served as the \"chairman\" and public face of the \"embryonic\" endeavor. According to Dannatt, the conversations with the US corporation<\/a> gained legitimacy because of his name and position. He stated that he had accepted the title even though there was \"no board to chair, no meetings to attend, or other business to conduct.\" \"I am not sure how else a retired four-star general who sits in the House of Lords could be described to the Americans,\" he remarked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the Guardian reported in March that Dannatt had offered to arrange meetings with politicians for undercover reporters posing as business customers seeking to persuade the government, the House of Lords authorities have been looking into him. He was seen on camera claiming that he could introduce people in the government and that he would \"make a point of getting to know\" the minister in the best position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House of Lords commissioner for standards, the watchdog that examines allegations of misconduct in the upper house, is looking into him. Amid worries that their operations were not adequately monitored, the Lords' discussion project looked into the members of the House of Lords' business interests. It was discovered that 91 peers had received compensation for their political or policy assistance from for-profit businesses. Under freedom of information laws, the additional records pertaining to Dannatt's correspondence with the government in June 2022 were made public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"Former army chief Lord Dannatt lobbied ministers for hefty sums to back a private contract","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"former-army-chief-lord-dannatt-lobbied-ministers-for-hefty-sums-to-back-a-private-contract","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8069","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8062,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_content":"\n The killings of Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, have raised worries about legislator safety, and on Friday, a registered lobbyist from Minnesota was charged with \"threats of violence,\" including targeting the State Capitol. Jonathan Bohn is a native of Woodbury who represents academics at Minnesota State University as a lobbyist for the Inter Faculty Organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A guy called the Carver County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday, claiming that Bohn was an acquaintance who had threatened him that evening. The guy claimed that because of political disagreements that had developed, the two had not spoken for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, who were shot and injured that same evening, the attacks on the Hortmans have sparked concerns about the relatively open Minnesota Capitol and increased police security for some state and federal officials. Governor Tim Walz stated Thursday that the state legislation allowing permit holders to carry concealed guns within the Capitol building should be reexamined by the Legislature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Three of the four alleged messages that Bohn sent\u2014three of which included threats\u2014are included in the criminal complaint against him. According to one, Bohn \"bought 500 bullets.\" Bohn reportedly planned <\/a>to bring a gun to the Capitol and shoot someone, according to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a statement issued from prison, Bohn said that when he wrote the messages, he was grieving the Hortmans' deaths and the Hoffmans' related shootings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I sent a series of heated and emotional texts to a friend of nearly thirteen years in the midst of this immense grief.\" \"I support the calls from community leaders and public officials to temper our political discourse, and I condemn violence in all its forms,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I didn't accomplish that here.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bohn has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the Inter Faculty Organization on Friday. The lawsuit claims that Bohn started sending the SMS on Wednesday just before 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. 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He wrote, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I want to step in and take the conversation to a ministerial level.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Less than two weeks later, Dannatt met with Lee Rowley, the relevant business minister and the bid's CEO, to request government backing<\/a>. It is unclear if Dannatt broke the House of Lords' rules that forbid peers from influencing ministers and officials in return for money or other financial benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dannatt said he received no compensation for his interactions with the government. He said that since he thought it would benefit the nation and save employment, he assisted a buddy who was a prominent businessman in the consortium in trying to purchase the plant. \"To put it simply, I was assisting a friend in achieving a result that was highly beneficial to the country,\" he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Later, when he was chairing the venture, Dannatt was paid four times. He refused to disclose the amount he received, but referred to these as \"honorarium\" payments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Additionally, he served as the \"chairman\" and public face of the \"embryonic\" endeavor. According to Dannatt, the conversations with the US corporation<\/a> gained legitimacy because of his name and position. He stated that he had accepted the title even though there was \"no board to chair, no meetings to attend, or other business to conduct.\" \"I am not sure how else a retired four-star general who sits in the House of Lords could be described to the Americans,\" he remarked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the Guardian reported in March that Dannatt had offered to arrange meetings with politicians for undercover reporters posing as business customers seeking to persuade the government, the House of Lords authorities have been looking into him. He was seen on camera claiming that he could introduce people in the government and that he would \"make a point of getting to know\" the minister in the best position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House of Lords commissioner for standards, the watchdog that examines allegations of misconduct in the upper house, is looking into him. Amid worries that their operations were not adequately monitored, the Lords' discussion project looked into the members of the House of Lords' business interests. It was discovered that 91 peers had received compensation for their political or policy assistance from for-profit businesses. Under freedom of information laws, the additional records pertaining to Dannatt's correspondence with the government in June 2022 were made public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"Former army chief Lord Dannatt lobbied ministers for hefty sums to back a private contract","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"former-army-chief-lord-dannatt-lobbied-ministers-for-hefty-sums-to-back-a-private-contract","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8069","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8062,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_content":"\n The killings of Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, have raised worries about legislator safety, and on Friday, a registered lobbyist from Minnesota was charged with \"threats of violence,\" including targeting the State Capitol. Jonathan Bohn is a native of Woodbury who represents academics at Minnesota State University as a lobbyist for the Inter Faculty Organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A guy called the Carver County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday, claiming that Bohn was an acquaintance who had threatened him that evening. The guy claimed that because of political disagreements that had developed, the two had not spoken for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, who were shot and injured that same evening, the attacks on the Hortmans have sparked concerns about the relatively open Minnesota Capitol and increased police security for some state and federal officials. Governor Tim Walz stated Thursday that the state legislation allowing permit holders to carry concealed guns within the Capitol building should be reexamined by the Legislature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Three of the four alleged messages that Bohn sent\u2014three of which included threats\u2014are included in the criminal complaint against him. According to one, Bohn \"bought 500 bullets.\" Bohn reportedly planned <\/a>to bring a gun to the Capitol and shoot someone, according to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a statement issued from prison, Bohn said that when he wrote the messages, he was grieving the Hortmans' deaths and the Hoffmans' related shootings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I sent a series of heated and emotional texts to a friend of nearly thirteen years in the midst of this immense grief.\" \"I support the calls from community leaders and public officials to temper our political discourse, and I condemn violence in all its forms,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I didn't accomplish that here.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bohn has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the Inter Faculty Organization on Friday. The lawsuit claims that Bohn started sending the SMS on Wednesday just before 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. 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Dannatt put more pressure on the government to assist after the owner declared they planned to close it. The cross-bench peer took three important stances. He first asked a minister he knew to put him in touch with the minister who would be in the greatest position to make the choice. He then emailed a public worker to request that they schedule a meeting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n He wrote, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I want to step in and take the conversation to a ministerial level.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Less than two weeks later, Dannatt met with Lee Rowley, the relevant business minister and the bid's CEO, to request government backing<\/a>. It is unclear if Dannatt broke the House of Lords' rules that forbid peers from influencing ministers and officials in return for money or other financial benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dannatt said he received no compensation for his interactions with the government. He said that since he thought it would benefit the nation and save employment, he assisted a buddy who was a prominent businessman in the consortium in trying to purchase the plant. \"To put it simply, I was assisting a friend in achieving a result that was highly beneficial to the country,\" he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Later, when he was chairing the venture, Dannatt was paid four times. He refused to disclose the amount he received, but referred to these as \"honorarium\" payments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Additionally, he served as the \"chairman\" and public face of the \"embryonic\" endeavor. According to Dannatt, the conversations with the US corporation<\/a> gained legitimacy because of his name and position. He stated that he had accepted the title even though there was \"no board to chair, no meetings to attend, or other business to conduct.\" \"I am not sure how else a retired four-star general who sits in the House of Lords could be described to the Americans,\" he remarked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the Guardian reported in March that Dannatt had offered to arrange meetings with politicians for undercover reporters posing as business customers seeking to persuade the government, the House of Lords authorities have been looking into him. He was seen on camera claiming that he could introduce people in the government and that he would \"make a point of getting to know\" the minister in the best position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House of Lords commissioner for standards, the watchdog that examines allegations of misconduct in the upper house, is looking into him. Amid worries that their operations were not adequately monitored, the Lords' discussion project looked into the members of the House of Lords' business interests. It was discovered that 91 peers had received compensation for their political or policy assistance from for-profit businesses. Under freedom of information laws, the additional records pertaining to Dannatt's correspondence with the government in June 2022 were made public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"Former army chief Lord Dannatt lobbied ministers for hefty sums to back a private contract","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"former-army-chief-lord-dannatt-lobbied-ministers-for-hefty-sums-to-back-a-private-contract","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8069","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8062,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_content":"\n The killings of Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, have raised worries about legislator safety, and on Friday, a registered lobbyist from Minnesota was charged with \"threats of violence,\" including targeting the State Capitol. Jonathan Bohn is a native of Woodbury who represents academics at Minnesota State University as a lobbyist for the Inter Faculty Organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A guy called the Carver County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday, claiming that Bohn was an acquaintance who had threatened him that evening. The guy claimed that because of political disagreements that had developed, the two had not spoken for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, who were shot and injured that same evening, the attacks on the Hortmans have sparked concerns about the relatively open Minnesota Capitol and increased police security for some state and federal officials. Governor Tim Walz stated Thursday that the state legislation allowing permit holders to carry concealed guns within the Capitol building should be reexamined by the Legislature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Three of the four alleged messages that Bohn sent\u2014three of which included threats\u2014are included in the criminal complaint against him. According to one, Bohn \"bought 500 bullets.\" Bohn reportedly planned <\/a>to bring a gun to the Capitol and shoot someone, according to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a statement issued from prison, Bohn said that when he wrote the messages, he was grieving the Hortmans' deaths and the Hoffmans' related shootings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I sent a series of heated and emotional texts to a friend of nearly thirteen years in the midst of this immense grief.\" \"I support the calls from community leaders and public officials to temper our political discourse, and I condemn violence in all its forms,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I didn't accomplish that here.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bohn has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the Inter Faculty Organization on Friday. The lawsuit claims that Bohn started sending the SMS on Wednesday just before 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. 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Dannatt put more pressure on the government to assist after the owner declared they planned to close it. The cross-bench peer took three important stances. He first asked a minister he knew to put him in touch with the minister who would be in the greatest position to make the choice. He then emailed a public worker to request that they schedule a meeting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n He wrote, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I want to step in and take the conversation to a ministerial level.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Less than two weeks later, Dannatt met with Lee Rowley, the relevant business minister and the bid's CEO, to request government backing<\/a>. It is unclear if Dannatt broke the House of Lords' rules that forbid peers from influencing ministers and officials in return for money or other financial benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dannatt said he received no compensation for his interactions with the government. He said that since he thought it would benefit the nation and save employment, he assisted a buddy who was a prominent businessman in the consortium in trying to purchase the plant. \"To put it simply, I was assisting a friend in achieving a result that was highly beneficial to the country,\" he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Later, when he was chairing the venture, Dannatt was paid four times. He refused to disclose the amount he received, but referred to these as \"honorarium\" payments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Additionally, he served as the \"chairman\" and public face of the \"embryonic\" endeavor. According to Dannatt, the conversations with the US corporation<\/a> gained legitimacy because of his name and position. He stated that he had accepted the title even though there was \"no board to chair, no meetings to attend, or other business to conduct.\" \"I am not sure how else a retired four-star general who sits in the House of Lords could be described to the Americans,\" he remarked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the Guardian reported in March that Dannatt had offered to arrange meetings with politicians for undercover reporters posing as business customers seeking to persuade the government, the House of Lords authorities have been looking into him. He was seen on camera claiming that he could introduce people in the government and that he would \"make a point of getting to know\" the minister in the best position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House of Lords commissioner for standards, the watchdog that examines allegations of misconduct in the upper house, is looking into him. Amid worries that their operations were not adequately monitored, the Lords' discussion project looked into the members of the House of Lords' business interests. It was discovered that 91 peers had received compensation for their political or policy assistance from for-profit businesses. Under freedom of information laws, the additional records pertaining to Dannatt's correspondence with the government in June 2022 were made public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"Former army chief Lord Dannatt lobbied ministers for hefty sums to back a private contract","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"former-army-chief-lord-dannatt-lobbied-ministers-for-hefty-sums-to-back-a-private-contract","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8069","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8062,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_content":"\n The killings of Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, have raised worries about legislator safety, and on Friday, a registered lobbyist from Minnesota was charged with \"threats of violence,\" including targeting the State Capitol. Jonathan Bohn is a native of Woodbury who represents academics at Minnesota State University as a lobbyist for the Inter Faculty Organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A guy called the Carver County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday, claiming that Bohn was an acquaintance who had threatened him that evening. The guy claimed that because of political disagreements that had developed, the two had not spoken for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, who were shot and injured that same evening, the attacks on the Hortmans have sparked concerns about the relatively open Minnesota Capitol and increased police security for some state and federal officials. Governor Tim Walz stated Thursday that the state legislation allowing permit holders to carry concealed guns within the Capitol building should be reexamined by the Legislature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Three of the four alleged messages that Bohn sent\u2014three of which included threats\u2014are included in the criminal complaint against him. According to one, Bohn \"bought 500 bullets.\" Bohn reportedly planned <\/a>to bring a gun to the Capitol and shoot someone, according to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a statement issued from prison, Bohn said that when he wrote the messages, he was grieving the Hortmans' deaths and the Hoffmans' related shootings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I sent a series of heated and emotional texts to a friend of nearly thirteen years in the midst of this immense grief.\" \"I support the calls from community leaders and public officials to temper our political discourse, and I condemn violence in all its forms,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I didn't accomplish that here.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bohn has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the Inter Faculty Organization on Friday. The lawsuit claims that Bohn started sending the SMS on Wednesday just before 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. The union also promised to educate its members and work with law enforcement as required.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Minnesota lobbyist charged after allegedly threatening State Capitol","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"minnesota-lobbyist-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-state-capitol","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8062","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":6},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
The House of Lords officials are currently looking into him for a different set of allegations after he was captured on camera while working undercover for the Guardian. According to the latest documents, Lord Dannatt personally persuaded a senior official and ministers to provide financial and political support to a business he was chairing that aimed to purchase a plant in Cheshire from a US owner in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dannatt put more pressure on the government to assist after the owner declared they planned to close it. The cross-bench peer took three important stances. He first asked a minister he knew to put him in touch with the minister who would be in the greatest position to make the choice. He then emailed a public worker to request that they schedule a meeting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n He wrote, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I want to step in and take the conversation to a ministerial level.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Less than two weeks later, Dannatt met with Lee Rowley, the relevant business minister and the bid's CEO, to request government backing<\/a>. It is unclear if Dannatt broke the House of Lords' rules that forbid peers from influencing ministers and officials in return for money or other financial benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dannatt said he received no compensation for his interactions with the government. He said that since he thought it would benefit the nation and save employment, he assisted a buddy who was a prominent businessman in the consortium in trying to purchase the plant. \"To put it simply, I was assisting a friend in achieving a result that was highly beneficial to the country,\" he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Later, when he was chairing the venture, Dannatt was paid four times. He refused to disclose the amount he received, but referred to these as \"honorarium\" payments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Additionally, he served as the \"chairman\" and public face of the \"embryonic\" endeavor. According to Dannatt, the conversations with the US corporation<\/a> gained legitimacy because of his name and position. He stated that he had accepted the title even though there was \"no board to chair, no meetings to attend, or other business to conduct.\" \"I am not sure how else a retired four-star general who sits in the House of Lords could be described to the Americans,\" he remarked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the Guardian reported in March that Dannatt had offered to arrange meetings with politicians for undercover reporters posing as business customers seeking to persuade the government, the House of Lords authorities have been looking into him. He was seen on camera claiming that he could introduce people in the government and that he would \"make a point of getting to know\" the minister in the best position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House of Lords commissioner for standards, the watchdog that examines allegations of misconduct in the upper house, is looking into him. Amid worries that their operations were not adequately monitored, the Lords' discussion project looked into the members of the House of Lords' business interests. It was discovered that 91 peers had received compensation for their political or policy assistance from for-profit businesses. Under freedom of information laws, the additional records pertaining to Dannatt's correspondence with the government in June 2022 were made public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"Former army chief Lord Dannatt lobbied ministers for hefty sums to back a private contract","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"former-army-chief-lord-dannatt-lobbied-ministers-for-hefty-sums-to-back-a-private-contract","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8069","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8062,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_content":"\n The killings of Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, have raised worries about legislator safety, and on Friday, a registered lobbyist from Minnesota was charged with \"threats of violence,\" including targeting the State Capitol. Jonathan Bohn is a native of Woodbury who represents academics at Minnesota State University as a lobbyist for the Inter Faculty Organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A guy called the Carver County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday, claiming that Bohn was an acquaintance who had threatened him that evening. The guy claimed that because of political disagreements that had developed, the two had not spoken for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, who were shot and injured that same evening, the attacks on the Hortmans have sparked concerns about the relatively open Minnesota Capitol and increased police security for some state and federal officials. Governor Tim Walz stated Thursday that the state legislation allowing permit holders to carry concealed guns within the Capitol building should be reexamined by the Legislature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Three of the four alleged messages that Bohn sent\u2014three of which included threats\u2014are included in the criminal complaint against him. According to one, Bohn \"bought 500 bullets.\" Bohn reportedly planned <\/a>to bring a gun to the Capitol and shoot someone, according to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a statement issued from prison, Bohn said that when he wrote the messages, he was grieving the Hortmans' deaths and the Hoffmans' related shootings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I sent a series of heated and emotional texts to a friend of nearly thirteen years in the midst of this immense grief.\" \"I support the calls from community leaders and public officials to temper our political discourse, and I condemn violence in all its forms,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I didn't accomplish that here.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bohn has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the Inter Faculty Organization on Friday. The lawsuit claims that Bohn started sending the SMS on Wednesday just before 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. The union also promised to educate its members and work with law enforcement as required.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Minnesota lobbyist charged after allegedly threatening State Capitol","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"minnesota-lobbyist-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-state-capitol","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8062","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":6},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
According to records, a member of the House of Lords pushed the government to provide millions of pounds in funding for a business venture he was directing. For the second time, former British army commander Richard Dannatt could have broken parliamentary rules on lobbying, the Guardian revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House of Lords officials are currently looking into him for a different set of allegations after he was captured on camera while working undercover for the Guardian. According to the latest documents, Lord Dannatt personally persuaded a senior official and ministers to provide financial and political support to a business he was chairing that aimed to purchase a plant in Cheshire from a US owner in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dannatt put more pressure on the government to assist after the owner declared they planned to close it. The cross-bench peer took three important stances. He first asked a minister he knew to put him in touch with the minister who would be in the greatest position to make the choice. He then emailed a public worker to request that they schedule a meeting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n He wrote, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I want to step in and take the conversation to a ministerial level.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Less than two weeks later, Dannatt met with Lee Rowley, the relevant business minister and the bid's CEO, to request government backing<\/a>. It is unclear if Dannatt broke the House of Lords' rules that forbid peers from influencing ministers and officials in return for money or other financial benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dannatt said he received no compensation for his interactions with the government. He said that since he thought it would benefit the nation and save employment, he assisted a buddy who was a prominent businessman in the consortium in trying to purchase the plant. \"To put it simply, I was assisting a friend in achieving a result that was highly beneficial to the country,\" he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Later, when he was chairing the venture, Dannatt was paid four times. He refused to disclose the amount he received, but referred to these as \"honorarium\" payments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Additionally, he served as the \"chairman\" and public face of the \"embryonic\" endeavor. According to Dannatt, the conversations with the US corporation<\/a> gained legitimacy because of his name and position. He stated that he had accepted the title even though there was \"no board to chair, no meetings to attend, or other business to conduct.\" \"I am not sure how else a retired four-star general who sits in the House of Lords could be described to the Americans,\" he remarked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the Guardian reported in March that Dannatt had offered to arrange meetings with politicians for undercover reporters posing as business customers seeking to persuade the government, the House of Lords authorities have been looking into him. He was seen on camera claiming that he could introduce people in the government and that he would \"make a point of getting to know\" the minister in the best position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House of Lords commissioner for standards, the watchdog that examines allegations of misconduct in the upper house, is looking into him. Amid worries that their operations were not adequately monitored, the Lords' discussion project looked into the members of the House of Lords' business interests. It was discovered that 91 peers had received compensation for their political or policy assistance from for-profit businesses. Under freedom of information laws, the additional records pertaining to Dannatt's correspondence with the government in June 2022 were made public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"Former army chief Lord Dannatt lobbied ministers for hefty sums to back a private contract","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"former-army-chief-lord-dannatt-lobbied-ministers-for-hefty-sums-to-back-a-private-contract","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8069","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8062,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_content":"\n The killings of Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, have raised worries about legislator safety, and on Friday, a registered lobbyist from Minnesota was charged with \"threats of violence,\" including targeting the State Capitol. Jonathan Bohn is a native of Woodbury who represents academics at Minnesota State University as a lobbyist for the Inter Faculty Organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A guy called the Carver County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday, claiming that Bohn was an acquaintance who had threatened him that evening. The guy claimed that because of political disagreements that had developed, the two had not spoken for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, who were shot and injured that same evening, the attacks on the Hortmans have sparked concerns about the relatively open Minnesota Capitol and increased police security for some state and federal officials. Governor Tim Walz stated Thursday that the state legislation allowing permit holders to carry concealed guns within the Capitol building should be reexamined by the Legislature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Three of the four alleged messages that Bohn sent\u2014three of which included threats\u2014are included in the criminal complaint against him. According to one, Bohn \"bought 500 bullets.\" Bohn reportedly planned <\/a>to bring a gun to the Capitol and shoot someone, according to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a statement issued from prison, Bohn said that when he wrote the messages, he was grieving the Hortmans' deaths and the Hoffmans' related shootings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I sent a series of heated and emotional texts to a friend of nearly thirteen years in the midst of this immense grief.\" \"I support the calls from community leaders and public officials to temper our political discourse, and I condemn violence in all its forms,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I didn't accomplish that here.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bohn has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the Inter Faculty Organization on Friday. The lawsuit claims that Bohn started sending the SMS on Wednesday just before 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. The union also promised to educate its members and work with law enforcement as required.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Minnesota lobbyist charged after allegedly threatening State Capitol","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"minnesota-lobbyist-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-state-capitol","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8062","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":6},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Republicans who are advocating for the proposal's inclusion are looking into whether it conforms with the Senate's intricate regulations, which stipulate that each clause in a \"budget reconciliation\" package must have an effect on the budget. This strategy is being used by the party to pass the law without the support of Democrats.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Big tech lobbies to block state AI laws for 10 years","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"big-tech-lobbies-to-block-state-ai-laws-for-10-years","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-25 18:27:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-25 18:27:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8076","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8069,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-22 18:03:19","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-22 18:03:19","post_content":"\n According to records, a member of the House of Lords pushed the government to provide millions of pounds in funding for a business venture he was directing. For the second time, former British army commander Richard Dannatt could have broken parliamentary rules on lobbying, the Guardian revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House of Lords officials are currently looking into him for a different set of allegations after he was captured on camera while working undercover for the Guardian. According to the latest documents, Lord Dannatt personally persuaded a senior official and ministers to provide financial and political support to a business he was chairing that aimed to purchase a plant in Cheshire from a US owner in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dannatt put more pressure on the government to assist after the owner declared they planned to close it. The cross-bench peer took three important stances. He first asked a minister he knew to put him in touch with the minister who would be in the greatest position to make the choice. He then emailed a public worker to request that they schedule a meeting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n He wrote, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I want to step in and take the conversation to a ministerial level.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Less than two weeks later, Dannatt met with Lee Rowley, the relevant business minister and the bid's CEO, to request government backing<\/a>. It is unclear if Dannatt broke the House of Lords' rules that forbid peers from influencing ministers and officials in return for money or other financial benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dannatt said he received no compensation for his interactions with the government. He said that since he thought it would benefit the nation and save employment, he assisted a buddy who was a prominent businessman in the consortium in trying to purchase the plant. \"To put it simply, I was assisting a friend in achieving a result that was highly beneficial to the country,\" he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Later, when he was chairing the venture, Dannatt was paid four times. He refused to disclose the amount he received, but referred to these as \"honorarium\" payments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Additionally, he served as the \"chairman\" and public face of the \"embryonic\" endeavor. According to Dannatt, the conversations with the US corporation<\/a> gained legitimacy because of his name and position. He stated that he had accepted the title even though there was \"no board to chair, no meetings to attend, or other business to conduct.\" \"I am not sure how else a retired four-star general who sits in the House of Lords could be described to the Americans,\" he remarked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the Guardian reported in March that Dannatt had offered to arrange meetings with politicians for undercover reporters posing as business customers seeking to persuade the government, the House of Lords authorities have been looking into him. He was seen on camera claiming that he could introduce people in the government and that he would \"make a point of getting to know\" the minister in the best position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House of Lords commissioner for standards, the watchdog that examines allegations of misconduct in the upper house, is looking into him. Amid worries that their operations were not adequately monitored, the Lords' discussion project looked into the members of the House of Lords' business interests. It was discovered that 91 peers had received compensation for their political or policy assistance from for-profit businesses. Under freedom of information laws, the additional records pertaining to Dannatt's correspondence with the government in June 2022 were made public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"Former army chief Lord Dannatt lobbied ministers for hefty sums to back a private contract","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"former-army-chief-lord-dannatt-lobbied-ministers-for-hefty-sums-to-back-a-private-contract","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8069","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8062,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_content":"\n The killings of Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, have raised worries about legislator safety, and on Friday, a registered lobbyist from Minnesota was charged with \"threats of violence,\" including targeting the State Capitol. Jonathan Bohn is a native of Woodbury who represents academics at Minnesota State University as a lobbyist for the Inter Faculty Organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A guy called the Carver County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday, claiming that Bohn was an acquaintance who had threatened him that evening. The guy claimed that because of political disagreements that had developed, the two had not spoken for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, who were shot and injured that same evening, the attacks on the Hortmans have sparked concerns about the relatively open Minnesota Capitol and increased police security for some state and federal officials. Governor Tim Walz stated Thursday that the state legislation allowing permit holders to carry concealed guns within the Capitol building should be reexamined by the Legislature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Three of the four alleged messages that Bohn sent\u2014three of which included threats\u2014are included in the criminal complaint against him. According to one, Bohn \"bought 500 bullets.\" Bohn reportedly planned <\/a>to bring a gun to the Capitol and shoot someone, according to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a statement issued from prison, Bohn said that when he wrote the messages, he was grieving the Hortmans' deaths and the Hoffmans' related shootings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I sent a series of heated and emotional texts to a friend of nearly thirteen years in the midst of this immense grief.\" \"I support the calls from community leaders and public officials to temper our political discourse, and I condemn violence in all its forms,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I didn't accomplish that here.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bohn has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the Inter Faculty Organization on Friday. The lawsuit claims that Bohn started sending the SMS on Wednesday just before 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. The union also promised to educate its members and work with law enforcement as required.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Minnesota lobbyist charged after allegedly threatening State Capitol","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"minnesota-lobbyist-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-state-capitol","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8062","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":6},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
As Silicon Valley vies to produce ever-more-powerful models, proponents of AI safety, including Dario Amodei, co-founder of Anthropic, have cautioned that depending only on self-regulation may have catastrophic societal repercussions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Republicans who are advocating for the proposal's inclusion are looking into whether it conforms with the Senate's intricate regulations, which stipulate that each clause in a \"budget reconciliation\" package must have an effect on the budget. This strategy is being used by the party to pass the law without the support of Democrats.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Big tech lobbies to block state AI laws for 10 years","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"big-tech-lobbies-to-block-state-ai-laws-for-10-years","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-25 18:27:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-25 18:27:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8076","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8069,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-22 18:03:19","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-22 18:03:19","post_content":"\n According to records, a member of the House of Lords pushed the government to provide millions of pounds in funding for a business venture he was directing. For the second time, former British army commander Richard Dannatt could have broken parliamentary rules on lobbying, the Guardian revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House of Lords officials are currently looking into him for a different set of allegations after he was captured on camera while working undercover for the Guardian. According to the latest documents, Lord Dannatt personally persuaded a senior official and ministers to provide financial and political support to a business he was chairing that aimed to purchase a plant in Cheshire from a US owner in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dannatt put more pressure on the government to assist after the owner declared they planned to close it. The cross-bench peer took three important stances. He first asked a minister he knew to put him in touch with the minister who would be in the greatest position to make the choice. He then emailed a public worker to request that they schedule a meeting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n He wrote, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I want to step in and take the conversation to a ministerial level.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Less than two weeks later, Dannatt met with Lee Rowley, the relevant business minister and the bid's CEO, to request government backing<\/a>. It is unclear if Dannatt broke the House of Lords' rules that forbid peers from influencing ministers and officials in return for money or other financial benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dannatt said he received no compensation for his interactions with the government. He said that since he thought it would benefit the nation and save employment, he assisted a buddy who was a prominent businessman in the consortium in trying to purchase the plant. \"To put it simply, I was assisting a friend in achieving a result that was highly beneficial to the country,\" he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Later, when he was chairing the venture, Dannatt was paid four times. He refused to disclose the amount he received, but referred to these as \"honorarium\" payments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Additionally, he served as the \"chairman\" and public face of the \"embryonic\" endeavor. According to Dannatt, the conversations with the US corporation<\/a> gained legitimacy because of his name and position. He stated that he had accepted the title even though there was \"no board to chair, no meetings to attend, or other business to conduct.\" \"I am not sure how else a retired four-star general who sits in the House of Lords could be described to the Americans,\" he remarked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the Guardian reported in March that Dannatt had offered to arrange meetings with politicians for undercover reporters posing as business customers seeking to persuade the government, the House of Lords authorities have been looking into him. He was seen on camera claiming that he could introduce people in the government and that he would \"make a point of getting to know\" the minister in the best position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House of Lords commissioner for standards, the watchdog that examines allegations of misconduct in the upper house, is looking into him. Amid worries that their operations were not adequately monitored, the Lords' discussion project looked into the members of the House of Lords' business interests. It was discovered that 91 peers had received compensation for their political or policy assistance from for-profit businesses. Under freedom of information laws, the additional records pertaining to Dannatt's correspondence with the government in June 2022 were made public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"Former army chief Lord Dannatt lobbied ministers for hefty sums to back a private contract","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"former-army-chief-lord-dannatt-lobbied-ministers-for-hefty-sums-to-back-a-private-contract","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8069","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8062,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_content":"\n The killings of Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, have raised worries about legislator safety, and on Friday, a registered lobbyist from Minnesota was charged with \"threats of violence,\" including targeting the State Capitol. Jonathan Bohn is a native of Woodbury who represents academics at Minnesota State University as a lobbyist for the Inter Faculty Organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A guy called the Carver County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday, claiming that Bohn was an acquaintance who had threatened him that evening. The guy claimed that because of political disagreements that had developed, the two had not spoken for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, who were shot and injured that same evening, the attacks on the Hortmans have sparked concerns about the relatively open Minnesota Capitol and increased police security for some state and federal officials. Governor Tim Walz stated Thursday that the state legislation allowing permit holders to carry concealed guns within the Capitol building should be reexamined by the Legislature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Three of the four alleged messages that Bohn sent\u2014three of which included threats\u2014are included in the criminal complaint against him. According to one, Bohn \"bought 500 bullets.\" Bohn reportedly planned <\/a>to bring a gun to the Capitol and shoot someone, according to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a statement issued from prison, Bohn said that when he wrote the messages, he was grieving the Hortmans' deaths and the Hoffmans' related shootings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I sent a series of heated and emotional texts to a friend of nearly thirteen years in the midst of this immense grief.\" \"I support the calls from community leaders and public officials to temper our political discourse, and I condemn violence in all its forms,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I didn't accomplish that here.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bohn has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the Inter Faculty Organization on Friday. The lawsuit claims that Bohn started sending the SMS on Wednesday just before 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. The union also promised to educate its members and work with law enforcement as required.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Minnesota lobbyist charged after allegedly threatening State Capitol","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"minnesota-lobbyist-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-state-capitol","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8062","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":6},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
During a Senate hearing last month, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stated that it would be \"catastrophic\" for the US to mandate that tech firms achieve specific standards, such safety and transparency, before launching their products. With the EU's new AI Act, this could soon be the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As Silicon Valley vies to produce ever-more-powerful models, proponents of AI safety, including Dario Amodei, co-founder of Anthropic, have cautioned that depending only on self-regulation may have catastrophic societal repercussions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Republicans who are advocating for the proposal's inclusion are looking into whether it conforms with the Senate's intricate regulations, which stipulate that each clause in a \"budget reconciliation\" package must have an effect on the budget. This strategy is being used by the party to pass the law without the support of Democrats.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Big tech lobbies to block state AI laws for 10 years","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"big-tech-lobbies-to-block-state-ai-laws-for-10-years","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-25 18:27:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-25 18:27:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8076","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8069,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-22 18:03:19","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-22 18:03:19","post_content":"\n According to records, a member of the House of Lords pushed the government to provide millions of pounds in funding for a business venture he was directing. For the second time, former British army commander Richard Dannatt could have broken parliamentary rules on lobbying, the Guardian revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House of Lords officials are currently looking into him for a different set of allegations after he was captured on camera while working undercover for the Guardian. According to the latest documents, Lord Dannatt personally persuaded a senior official and ministers to provide financial and political support to a business he was chairing that aimed to purchase a plant in Cheshire from a US owner in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dannatt put more pressure on the government to assist after the owner declared they planned to close it. The cross-bench peer took three important stances. He first asked a minister he knew to put him in touch with the minister who would be in the greatest position to make the choice. He then emailed a public worker to request that they schedule a meeting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n He wrote, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I want to step in and take the conversation to a ministerial level.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Less than two weeks later, Dannatt met with Lee Rowley, the relevant business minister and the bid's CEO, to request government backing<\/a>. It is unclear if Dannatt broke the House of Lords' rules that forbid peers from influencing ministers and officials in return for money or other financial benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dannatt said he received no compensation for his interactions with the government. He said that since he thought it would benefit the nation and save employment, he assisted a buddy who was a prominent businessman in the consortium in trying to purchase the plant. \"To put it simply, I was assisting a friend in achieving a result that was highly beneficial to the country,\" he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Later, when he was chairing the venture, Dannatt was paid four times. He refused to disclose the amount he received, but referred to these as \"honorarium\" payments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Additionally, he served as the \"chairman\" and public face of the \"embryonic\" endeavor. According to Dannatt, the conversations with the US corporation<\/a> gained legitimacy because of his name and position. He stated that he had accepted the title even though there was \"no board to chair, no meetings to attend, or other business to conduct.\" \"I am not sure how else a retired four-star general who sits in the House of Lords could be described to the Americans,\" he remarked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the Guardian reported in March that Dannatt had offered to arrange meetings with politicians for undercover reporters posing as business customers seeking to persuade the government, the House of Lords authorities have been looking into him. He was seen on camera claiming that he could introduce people in the government and that he would \"make a point of getting to know\" the minister in the best position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House of Lords commissioner for standards, the watchdog that examines allegations of misconduct in the upper house, is looking into him. Amid worries that their operations were not adequately monitored, the Lords' discussion project looked into the members of the House of Lords' business interests. It was discovered that 91 peers had received compensation for their political or policy assistance from for-profit businesses. Under freedom of information laws, the additional records pertaining to Dannatt's correspondence with the government in June 2022 were made public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"Former army chief Lord Dannatt lobbied ministers for hefty sums to back a private contract","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"former-army-chief-lord-dannatt-lobbied-ministers-for-hefty-sums-to-back-a-private-contract","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8069","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8062,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_content":"\n The killings of Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, have raised worries about legislator safety, and on Friday, a registered lobbyist from Minnesota was charged with \"threats of violence,\" including targeting the State Capitol. Jonathan Bohn is a native of Woodbury who represents academics at Minnesota State University as a lobbyist for the Inter Faculty Organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A guy called the Carver County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday, claiming that Bohn was an acquaintance who had threatened him that evening. The guy claimed that because of political disagreements that had developed, the two had not spoken for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, who were shot and injured that same evening, the attacks on the Hortmans have sparked concerns about the relatively open Minnesota Capitol and increased police security for some state and federal officials. Governor Tim Walz stated Thursday that the state legislation allowing permit holders to carry concealed guns within the Capitol building should be reexamined by the Legislature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Three of the four alleged messages that Bohn sent\u2014three of which included threats\u2014are included in the criminal complaint against him. According to one, Bohn \"bought 500 bullets.\" Bohn reportedly planned <\/a>to bring a gun to the Capitol and shoot someone, according to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a statement issued from prison, Bohn said that when he wrote the messages, he was grieving the Hortmans' deaths and the Hoffmans' related shootings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I sent a series of heated and emotional texts to a friend of nearly thirteen years in the midst of this immense grief.\" \"I support the calls from community leaders and public officials to temper our political discourse, and I condemn violence in all its forms,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I didn't accomplish that here.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bohn has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the Inter Faculty Organization on Friday. The lawsuit claims that Bohn started sending the SMS on Wednesday just before 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. The union also promised to educate its members and work with law enforcement as required.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Minnesota lobbyist charged after allegedly threatening State Capitol","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"minnesota-lobbyist-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-state-capitol","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8062","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":6},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Proponents contend that the clause is required to avoid a patchwork of uneven regional regulations that may hinder innovation and push the US farther behind China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During a Senate hearing last month, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stated that it would be \"catastrophic\" for the US to mandate that tech firms achieve specific standards, such safety and transparency, before launching their products. With the EU's new AI Act, this could soon be the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As Silicon Valley vies to produce ever-more-powerful models, proponents of AI safety, including Dario Amodei, co-founder of Anthropic, have cautioned that depending only on self-regulation may have catastrophic societal repercussions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Republicans who are advocating for the proposal's inclusion are looking into whether it conforms with the Senate's intricate regulations, which stipulate that each clause in a \"budget reconciliation\" package must have an effect on the budget. This strategy is being used by the party to pass the law without the support of Democrats.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Big tech lobbies to block state AI laws for 10 years","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"big-tech-lobbies-to-block-state-ai-laws-for-10-years","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-25 18:27:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-25 18:27:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8076","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8069,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-22 18:03:19","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-22 18:03:19","post_content":"\n According to records, a member of the House of Lords pushed the government to provide millions of pounds in funding for a business venture he was directing. For the second time, former British army commander Richard Dannatt could have broken parliamentary rules on lobbying, the Guardian revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House of Lords officials are currently looking into him for a different set of allegations after he was captured on camera while working undercover for the Guardian. According to the latest documents, Lord Dannatt personally persuaded a senior official and ministers to provide financial and political support to a business he was chairing that aimed to purchase a plant in Cheshire from a US owner in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dannatt put more pressure on the government to assist after the owner declared they planned to close it. The cross-bench peer took three important stances. He first asked a minister he knew to put him in touch with the minister who would be in the greatest position to make the choice. He then emailed a public worker to request that they schedule a meeting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n He wrote, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I want to step in and take the conversation to a ministerial level.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Less than two weeks later, Dannatt met with Lee Rowley, the relevant business minister and the bid's CEO, to request government backing<\/a>. It is unclear if Dannatt broke the House of Lords' rules that forbid peers from influencing ministers and officials in return for money or other financial benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dannatt said he received no compensation for his interactions with the government. He said that since he thought it would benefit the nation and save employment, he assisted a buddy who was a prominent businessman in the consortium in trying to purchase the plant. \"To put it simply, I was assisting a friend in achieving a result that was highly beneficial to the country,\" he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Later, when he was chairing the venture, Dannatt was paid four times. He refused to disclose the amount he received, but referred to these as \"honorarium\" payments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Additionally, he served as the \"chairman\" and public face of the \"embryonic\" endeavor. According to Dannatt, the conversations with the US corporation<\/a> gained legitimacy because of his name and position. He stated that he had accepted the title even though there was \"no board to chair, no meetings to attend, or other business to conduct.\" \"I am not sure how else a retired four-star general who sits in the House of Lords could be described to the Americans,\" he remarked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the Guardian reported in March that Dannatt had offered to arrange meetings with politicians for undercover reporters posing as business customers seeking to persuade the government, the House of Lords authorities have been looking into him. He was seen on camera claiming that he could introduce people in the government and that he would \"make a point of getting to know\" the minister in the best position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House of Lords commissioner for standards, the watchdog that examines allegations of misconduct in the upper house, is looking into him. Amid worries that their operations were not adequately monitored, the Lords' discussion project looked into the members of the House of Lords' business interests. It was discovered that 91 peers had received compensation for their political or policy assistance from for-profit businesses. Under freedom of information laws, the additional records pertaining to Dannatt's correspondence with the government in June 2022 were made public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"Former army chief Lord Dannatt lobbied ministers for hefty sums to back a private contract","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"former-army-chief-lord-dannatt-lobbied-ministers-for-hefty-sums-to-back-a-private-contract","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8069","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8062,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_content":"\n The killings of Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, have raised worries about legislator safety, and on Friday, a registered lobbyist from Minnesota was charged with \"threats of violence,\" including targeting the State Capitol. Jonathan Bohn is a native of Woodbury who represents academics at Minnesota State University as a lobbyist for the Inter Faculty Organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A guy called the Carver County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday, claiming that Bohn was an acquaintance who had threatened him that evening. The guy claimed that because of political disagreements that had developed, the two had not spoken for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, who were shot and injured that same evening, the attacks on the Hortmans have sparked concerns about the relatively open Minnesota Capitol and increased police security for some state and federal officials. Governor Tim Walz stated Thursday that the state legislation allowing permit holders to carry concealed guns within the Capitol building should be reexamined by the Legislature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Three of the four alleged messages that Bohn sent\u2014three of which included threats\u2014are included in the criminal complaint against him. According to one, Bohn \"bought 500 bullets.\" Bohn reportedly planned <\/a>to bring a gun to the Capitol and shoot someone, according to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a statement issued from prison, Bohn said that when he wrote the messages, he was grieving the Hortmans' deaths and the Hoffmans' related shootings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I sent a series of heated and emotional texts to a friend of nearly thirteen years in the midst of this immense grief.\" \"I support the calls from community leaders and public officials to temper our political discourse, and I condemn violence in all its forms,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I didn't accomplish that here.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bohn has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the Inter Faculty Organization on Friday. The lawsuit claims that Bohn started sending the SMS on Wednesday just before 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. The union also promised to educate its members and work with law enforcement as required.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Minnesota lobbyist charged after allegedly threatening State Capitol","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"minnesota-lobbyist-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-state-capitol","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8062","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":6},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Republican legislators and the technology industry are also divided over the planned ban, with some voicing worries about preventing states from monitoring strong technologies that may damage the economy and society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Proponents contend that the clause is required to avoid a patchwork of uneven regional regulations that may hinder innovation and push the US farther behind China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During a Senate hearing last month, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stated that it would be \"catastrophic\" for the US to mandate that tech firms achieve specific standards, such safety and transparency, before launching their products. With the EU's new AI Act, this could soon be the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As Silicon Valley vies to produce ever-more-powerful models, proponents of AI safety, including Dario Amodei, co-founder of Anthropic, have cautioned that depending only on self-regulation may have catastrophic societal repercussions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Republicans who are advocating for the proposal's inclusion are looking into whether it conforms with the Senate's intricate regulations, which stipulate that each clause in a \"budget reconciliation\" package must have an effect on the budget. This strategy is being used by the party to pass the law without the support of Democrats.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Big tech lobbies to block state AI laws for 10 years","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"big-tech-lobbies-to-block-state-ai-laws-for-10-years","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-25 18:27:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-25 18:27:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8076","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8069,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-22 18:03:19","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-22 18:03:19","post_content":"\n According to records, a member of the House of Lords pushed the government to provide millions of pounds in funding for a business venture he was directing. For the second time, former British army commander Richard Dannatt could have broken parliamentary rules on lobbying, the Guardian revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House of Lords officials are currently looking into him for a different set of allegations after he was captured on camera while working undercover for the Guardian. According to the latest documents, Lord Dannatt personally persuaded a senior official and ministers to provide financial and political support to a business he was chairing that aimed to purchase a plant in Cheshire from a US owner in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dannatt put more pressure on the government to assist after the owner declared they planned to close it. The cross-bench peer took three important stances. He first asked a minister he knew to put him in touch with the minister who would be in the greatest position to make the choice. He then emailed a public worker to request that they schedule a meeting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n He wrote, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I want to step in and take the conversation to a ministerial level.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Less than two weeks later, Dannatt met with Lee Rowley, the relevant business minister and the bid's CEO, to request government backing<\/a>. It is unclear if Dannatt broke the House of Lords' rules that forbid peers from influencing ministers and officials in return for money or other financial benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dannatt said he received no compensation for his interactions with the government. He said that since he thought it would benefit the nation and save employment, he assisted a buddy who was a prominent businessman in the consortium in trying to purchase the plant. \"To put it simply, I was assisting a friend in achieving a result that was highly beneficial to the country,\" he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Later, when he was chairing the venture, Dannatt was paid four times. He refused to disclose the amount he received, but referred to these as \"honorarium\" payments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Additionally, he served as the \"chairman\" and public face of the \"embryonic\" endeavor. According to Dannatt, the conversations with the US corporation<\/a> gained legitimacy because of his name and position. He stated that he had accepted the title even though there was \"no board to chair, no meetings to attend, or other business to conduct.\" \"I am not sure how else a retired four-star general who sits in the House of Lords could be described to the Americans,\" he remarked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the Guardian reported in March that Dannatt had offered to arrange meetings with politicians for undercover reporters posing as business customers seeking to persuade the government, the House of Lords authorities have been looking into him. He was seen on camera claiming that he could introduce people in the government and that he would \"make a point of getting to know\" the minister in the best position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House of Lords commissioner for standards, the watchdog that examines allegations of misconduct in the upper house, is looking into him. Amid worries that their operations were not adequately monitored, the Lords' discussion project looked into the members of the House of Lords' business interests. It was discovered that 91 peers had received compensation for their political or policy assistance from for-profit businesses. Under freedom of information laws, the additional records pertaining to Dannatt's correspondence with the government in June 2022 were made public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","post_title":"Former army chief Lord Dannatt lobbied ministers for hefty sums to back a private contract","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"former-army-chief-lord-dannatt-lobbied-ministers-for-hefty-sums-to-back-a-private-contract","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-25 18:13:06","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8069","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8062,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-21 08:21:27","post_content":"\n The killings of Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, have raised worries about legislator safety, and on Friday, a registered lobbyist from Minnesota was charged with \"threats of violence,\" including targeting the State Capitol. Jonathan Bohn is a native of Woodbury who represents academics at Minnesota State University as a lobbyist for the Inter Faculty Organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A guy called the Carver County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday, claiming that Bohn was an acquaintance who had threatened him that evening. The guy claimed that because of political disagreements that had developed, the two had not spoken for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, who were shot and injured that same evening, the attacks on the Hortmans have sparked concerns about the relatively open Minnesota Capitol and increased police security for some state and federal officials. Governor Tim Walz stated Thursday that the state legislation allowing permit holders to carry concealed guns within the Capitol building should be reexamined by the Legislature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Three of the four alleged messages that Bohn sent\u2014three of which included threats\u2014are included in the criminal complaint against him. According to one, Bohn \"bought 500 bullets.\" Bohn reportedly planned <\/a>to bring a gun to the Capitol and shoot someone, according to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a statement issued from prison, Bohn said that when he wrote the messages, he was grieving the Hortmans' deaths and the Hoffmans' related shootings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He stated, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I sent a series of heated and emotional texts to a friend of nearly thirteen years in the midst of this immense grief.\" \"I support the calls from community leaders and public officials to temper our political discourse, and I condemn violence in all its forms,\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n he continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I didn't accomplish that here.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Bohn has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the Inter Faculty Organization on Friday. The lawsuit claims that Bohn started sending the SMS on Wednesday just before 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged victim informed police that he was worried because Bohn \"was a lobbyist who is frequently at the Capitol,\" however, it is unclear if he was a Capitol employee. According to the allegations, police discovered an unloaded firearm in a locked container in the lobbyist<\/a>'s garage after apprehending Bohn and carrying out a search request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a statement from the Minnesota House Republican Caucus, Bohn was taken into custody after Rep. Jim Nash, R-Waconia, informed law enforcement of the letter delivered to one of his constituents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Inter Faculty Group declared in a statement that it \"condemns political violence and threats of violence in any form.\" Such behavior is intolerable and contradicts the principles that govern our work. The union also promised to educate its members and work with law enforcement as required.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Minnesota lobbyist charged after allegedly threatening State Capitol","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"minnesota-lobbyist-charged-after-allegedly-threatening-state-capitol","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-22 08:28:41","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8062","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":6},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"epic_block_3"};
Big tech corporations' position, according to critics, is aimed at maintaining their lead in the competition to create artificial general intelligence, which is defined as models that are generally more intelligent than humans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Republican legislators and the technology industry are also divided over the planned ban, with some voicing worries about preventing states from monitoring strong technologies that may damage the economy and society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Proponents contend that the clause is required to avoid a patchwork of uneven regional regulations that may hinder innovation and push the US farther behind China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During a Senate hearing last month, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stated that it would be \"catastrophic\" for the US to mandate that tech firms achieve specific standards, such safety and transparency, before launching their products. With the EU's new AI Act, this could soon be the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As Silicon Valley vies to produce ever-more-powerful models, proponents of AI safety, including Dario Amodei, co-founder of Anthropic, have cautioned that depending only on self-regulation may have catastrophic societal repercussions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Republicans who are advocating for the proposal's inclusion are looking into whether it conforms with the Senate's intricate regulations, which stipulate that each clause in a \"budget reconciliation\" package must have an effect on the budget. This strategy is being used by the party to pass the law without the support of Democrats.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Big tech lobbies to block state AI laws for 10 years","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"big-tech-lobbies-to-block-state-ai-laws-for-10-years","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-06-25 18:27:26","post_modified_gmt":"2025-06-25 18:27:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/dctransparency.com\/?p=8076","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":8069,"post_author":"7","post_date":"2025-06-22 18:03:19","post_date_gmt":"2025-06-22 18:03:19","post_content":"\n According to records, a member of the House of Lords pushed the government to provide millions of pounds in funding for a business venture he was directing. For the second time, former British army commander Richard Dannatt could have broken parliamentary rules on lobbying, the Guardian revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The House of Lords officials are currently looking into him for a different set of allegations after he was captured on camera while working undercover for the Guardian. According to the latest documents, Lord Dannatt personally persuaded a senior official and ministers to provide financial and political support to a business he was chairing that aimed to purchase a plant in Cheshire from a US owner in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dannatt put more pressure on the government to assist after the owner declared they planned to close it. The cross-bench peer took three important stances. He first asked a minister he knew to put him in touch with the minister who would be in the greatest position to make the choice. He then emailed a public worker to request that they schedule a meeting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n He wrote, <\/p>\n\n\n\n \"I want to step in and take the conversation to a ministerial level.\"<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Less than two weeks later, Dannatt met with Lee Rowley, the relevant business minister and the bid's CEO, to request government backing<\/a>. It is unclear if Dannatt broke the House of Lords' rules that forbid peers from influencing ministers and officials in return for money or other financial benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dannatt said he received no compensation for his interactions with the government. He said that since he thought it would benefit the nation and save employment, he assisted a buddy who was a prominent businessman in the consortium in trying to purchase the plant. \"To put it simply, I was assisting a friend in achieving a result that was highly beneficial to the country,\" he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Later, when he was chairing the venture, Dannatt was paid four times. He refused to disclose the amount he received, but referred to these as \"honorarium\" payments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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