In December 2020 Plouffe was paid $100,000 by an Iranian cell phone company for two speeches;<ref>https://www.weeklystandard.com/plouffe-pulled-in-100000-from-company-affiliated-with-iran/article/649356</ref> the following month he was appointed a Senior Advisor to Obama.
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In December 2020 Plouffe was paid $100,000 by an Iranian cell phone company for two speeches;<ref>https://www.weeklystandard.com/plouffe-pulled-in-100000-from-company-affiliated-with-iran/article/649356</ref> the following month he was appointed a Senior Advisor to Obama.<ref>{{cite news|title=Obama associate got $100,000 fee from affiliate of firm doing business with Iran|author=Hamburger, Tom & Peter Wallsten|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-associate-got-100000-fee-from-affiliate-of-firm-doing-business-with-iran/2012/08/05/5e6888a2-dda2-11e1-8e43-4a3c4375504a_print.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=August 5, 2012|access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Baker|first=Peter|title=Aide's Fees Draw Critics and, Then, Defenders|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/07/us/politics/david-plouffe-defended-for-ties-to-iran-linked-company.html?_r=1&|access-date=|newspaper=The New York Times|date=August 7, 2012}}</ref>