Let's Go Down the Rabbit Hole!

[Mystic Wanderer]

Change is something...

Podesta Group may close by the end of the year: report.

'The lobbying firm founded by longtime Democratic operative Tony Podesta is reportedly on the verge of
shuttering after being swept up in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe.



Kimberley Fritts, the Podesta Group's chief executive, told employees on Thursday that the firm would not
exist at the end of the year and that they would likely not be paid through the end of November, sources told
CNN.

Fritts announced her resignation from the top Washington lobbying group after Podesta left the company
amid ties to indictments filed in the Russia investigation.

The Podesta Group was hired along with another firm to do work for former Trump campaign chairman Paul
Manafort and his business partner Richard Gates, who are facing charges of covering up years of work for a
pro-Russia Ukrainian political party and laundering their profits to avoid U.S. detection.

The indictments against Manafort and Gates say that the two did not properly register as foreign agents for
their consulting work with the Ukrainian groups. Both men have pleaded not guilty.

Mueller is now investigating whether the Podesta Group properly identified to U.S. authorities its foreign work
on behalf of a Ukrainian advocacy group in Europe, CNN reported.

Fritts is beginning work on launching a new firm. Her last day at the company Friday created new uncertainty
for the Podesta Group after the departure of Podesta on Oct. 30. 

Multiple employees who spoke to The Hill said the mood at the firm was mostly optimistic, though they said many
of the firm's dozens of employees could be in limbo as Fritts sets up the new firm and brings Podesta Group
talent and clients with her.

Staff said the transition to the new firm would take place in weeks, not months, while senior members of the firm
have been trying to keep as many clients as possible...'

The Hill:

I haven't seen anything mentioned yet, but I believe one thing Q said was that indictments for the Podesta brothers would be opened, or served this past Friday, and Huma would be tomorrow (Monday).    Timing may have been delayed; things happen.