Lobbying: Rabat re-opens channel to US Democrats via Glover Park

摘要

Mohammed Ⅵ wants to keep all doors to the United States open in the runup to November's presidential election, where President Donald Trump is almost certain to face Democratic Candidate Joe Biden. On 11 May, Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita revived a lobbying contract with Glover Park, a Washington public affairs firm run by Joel Johnson, a former advisor to Bill Clinton. As in 2018 when it was first hired, Glover Park will operate as a subcontractor of JPC Strategies, a company run by James Christoferson, who is close to the Republican Party, which is why he was chosen to replace Democrat Edward Gabriel to lead Morocco's lobbying efforts in Washington. (Africa Intelligence, 25/01/18). Glover Park's first job for Morocco ended in August 2019 when Andrew King, the partner in charge of this client, set up his own firm, Neale Creek (Africa Intelligence,26/09/19), which still works for Rabat under the aegis of JPC Strategies.