Former Trump campaign aides Jason Osborne and Michael Rubino are setting up a foreign lobbying firm. The firm, which will represent foreign interests, is headquartered in the Washington D.C. townhouse of former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski.
The new firm, known as Twin Rocks Global LLC, will represent a Russian-backed Serbian nationalist party, according to Foreign Agent Registration Act records filed two weeks ago.
The filing states that Osborne and Rubino’s firm will act as a consultant for the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD), a Serbian political party in Bosnia that cooperates with the ruling party in Russia, ABC News reports.
After working under Lewandowski on the Trump campaign, Osborne and Rubino worked as lobbyists for Lewandowski’s Avenue Strategies firm, which was also cofounded with another Trump campaign veteran.
However, Lewandowski quit the firm last May after he was criticized for peddling access to the White House and participating in lobbying without formally registering, The Hill reports. Lewandowski told The Washington Post that he wanted to make it clear going forward that he would not work for foreign clients or lobby.
Osborne and Rubino, however, formed their own lobbying firm, Turnberry Solutions, and set up shop at the Pennsylvania Avenue address of a townhouse leased by Lewandowski, which he described as his “new base of operations in Washington.”
Lewandowski reportedly lives on the upper floors when he is in D.C., and uses the lower floors as a workspace for him and Turnberry Solutions. Now, Twin Rocks Global LLC is registered at that same address.
According to ABC News, Lewandowski, Osborne and Rubino were spotted together during Lewandowski’s controversial visit to Serbia in April 2018, where the former Trump campaign manager spoke at an event and talked with Serbian politicians and other leaders about the topic of “America Today.”
Osborne and Rubino reportedly met with SNSD Vice President Zeljka Cvijanovic a few weeks later to discuss American politics and President Donald Trump’s support of their party.
Russia has nurtured a close relationship with the Serbian government over the years.
According to The Hill, Osborne and Rubino said in their filing that they will share information on behalf of SNSD using op-eds distributed to public officials, legislators, government agencies and newspapers. The two men said they have not yet received any monetary compensation.