Former Rep. David Rivera (R-FL), a political mentor to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, was convicted Friday for his role in a secret $50 million campaign to lobby officials in Washington on behalf of the Venezuelan government, the Washington Post reports.
“Rubio testified before the jury early in the trial — the first time in more than four decades that a sitting Cabinet secretary has served as a witness in a criminal trial.”
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Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.