A senator who is a key player in the TikTok fight has seen several of her most senior aides depart to work on behalf of the Chinese-owned social media app.
Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., speaks before Vice President Kamala Harris gives remarks ahead of the one-year anniversary of the Biden administration's Inflation Reduction Act at McKinstry, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023, in Seattle. from national security officials on the threats posed by TikTok, which, under a bill being mulled in the upper chamber, could be banned from app stores in the United States if its Chinese parent company ByteDance does not divest from the app.
One of several firms registered to lobby for TikTok is Mehlman Consulting, which employs Rosemary Gutierrez, ex-deputy chief of staff for Cantwell between 2015 and 2020. Gutierrez is listed on Senate lobbying disclosures totaling $880,000 for TikTok since 2021.
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