China-backed DeSantis donor hires top GOP lobbyist, foreign ties not disclosed A Tampa refrigerant company with direct Chinese backing was publicly disclosed as a new client of top lobbyist Brian Ballard five days after the Miami Herald revealed that the company had been a major political donor to Ron DeSantis and other Florida Republicans. But despite the fact that the company, iGas USA, is partially owned by a state-controlled Chinese company, the lobbying registration form filed by Ballard’s company initially failed to indicate that iGas is part foreign-owned, as is required by law.
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