2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx to endorse Hillary Clinton [View all]EdwardBernays
(3,343 posts)is worth a google.
First, he's a lawyer. And we know how much lawyers love Hillary...
He was also sued for ripping off an employer:
In 2001, he returned to Charlotte to work as a business litigator for Hunton & Williams.[14] While a member of the city council, he retained his position as a litigator at Hunton & Williams, switching to part-time status.[17] In 2009, he left Hunton & Williams to join DesignLine Corporation, a hybrid electric bus manufacturer, as its Deputy General Counsel. In August 2015, the Trustee for DesignLine filed suit for $420000, clawback against Foxx on the allegation that Foxx didnt actually do the job he reportedly held at DesignLine.
About Hunton & Williams:
Huntons website touts its representation of Wells Fargo, Altria (aka Phillip Morris), the telecom Cingular, and defense contractor General Dynamics, among many others.
Hunton also has a big lobbying business in Washington. Its clients include Koch Industries, the private energy giant whose owners fund a range of right-wing and libertarian causes. (See the 2010 lobbying records for Huntons work for Koch here; it involved fighting climate change legislation.) Other clients include Americans for Affordable Climate Policy, which is funded by the coal industry, the Gas Processors Association, the nuclear power company Entergy, U.S. Sugar Corp., and so on.
http://www.salon.com/2011/02/15/hunton_williams_wikileaks_chamber/