John Podesta left the lobbying firm in 1993 to become Staff Secretary for the [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]] [[White House]], leaving Tony Podesta in charge. The firm went defunct in the later half of 2017 as a result of the [[Mueller probe]] and the firm's involvement with the [[Brussels]] based European Centre for Modern Ukraine, (ECFMU) a [[front organization]] for former [[Ukrainian]] President [[Viktor Yanukovych]]. Podesta Group did not file as an agent of a foreign power under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). | John Podesta left the lobbying firm in 1993 to become Staff Secretary for the [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]] [[White House]], leaving Tony Podesta in charge. The firm went defunct in the later half of 2017 as a result of the [[Mueller probe]] and the firm's involvement with the [[Brussels]] based European Centre for Modern Ukraine, (ECFMU) a [[front organization]] for former [[Ukrainian]] President [[Viktor Yanukovych]]. Podesta Group did not file as an agent of a foreign power under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). |