Senior Lewis Aide Took $2 Million From Lobby FirmGuess who picked up nearly $2 million last year from his old lobbying firm? Jeffrey Shockey, the senior committee aide to House Approps Chair Jerry Lewis (R-CA) who left the Hill to lobby his old boss, then returned to work for him again.
Shockey’s career been held up as one of the most egregious examples of the “revolving door” phenomenon, where folks leave government service and immediately cash in from lucrative posts in the private sector. Shockey has now shown one doesn’t actually need to leave the Capitol to take money from private interests.
Now it’s clear that Shockey’s set up more of a “drive-thru window” arrangement.
Update: My colleague Paul asks a salient question: who’s ever gotten a $2 million severance package — for quitting?
