The Bahamas taps Roger Stone and CJ Pearson as lobbyists

The Strait of Hormuz may still be closed. But the MAGA influencer-to-foreign agent pipeline remains wide open.

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As The Wall Street Journal reported in January, we’re witnessing a growing trend of influencers from President Donald Trump’s purportedly “America First” movement being hired to advance the interests of foreign nations in Washington. The Journal’s report specifically mentioned popular MAGA social media influencers — in many cases, people without any diplomatic expertise — being sought out to act as paid agents for nations seeking to sway the United States government, including Israel and Qatar.

The latest beneficiaries of this trend? Extremist Trump adviser Roger Stone and fellow MAGA activist CJ Pearson — both of whom played key roles in Trump’s failed attempts to overturn his 2020 election loss — have been hired as lobbyists for the Bahamas.

On Friday, the Miami Herald reported on court filings showing that Stone and Pearson have agreed to serve as agents for the Bahamas in lucrative deals: