Complaint to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Regarding Former Rep. Alexander Mooney

Campaign Legal Center asked the Department of Justice to investigate whether former U.S. Representative Alexander Mooney (“Rep. Mooney”) violated federal law by failing to register as a lobbyist as required by Lobbying Disclosure Act (“LDA”). Rep. Mooney apparently lobbied current members of Congress on behalf of his two-person lobbying firm. Under 18 U.S.C. § 207(e)(1)(B), Rep. Mooney is barred for one year after leaving Congress from attempting to influence any member of Congress or congressional employee on behalf of any other person to take action in their official capacity. If Rep. Mooney is in fact lobbying, he may also be violating the LDA by failing to register as a lobbyist.