In February 2017, Plouffe was fined $90,000 by the Chicago Board of Ethics for the violation of ethics rules when he failed to register as a lobbyist after contacting Chicago Mayor [[Rahm Emanuel]] to help [[Uber]] with regulations for picking up travelers at Chicago airports. The board fined Uber $2,000 as well for hiring a lobbyist who violated the city's lobbying laws.<ref name="Plouffe fined $90000">{{cite web|title=Fined|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/chicago/news/2017/02/16/ex-obama-aide-david-plouffe-fined-regarding-uber.html|website=Chicago Business Journal|date=February 16, 2017}}</ref> | In February 2017, Plouffe was fined $90,000 by the Chicago Board of Ethics for the violation of ethics rules when he failed to register as a lobbyist after contacting Chicago Mayor [[Rahm Emanuel]] to help [[Uber]] with regulations for picking up travelers at Chicago airports. The board fined Uber $2,000 as well for hiring a lobbyist who violated the city's lobbying laws.<ref name="Plouffe fined $90000">{{cite web|title=Fined|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/chicago/news/2017/02/16/ex-obama-aide-david-plouffe-fined-regarding-uber.html|website=Chicago Business Journal|date=February 16, 2017}}</ref> |