Richard Olson, a former U.S. ambassador to Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates, has been criminally charged for his alleged role in an undisclosed lobbying campaign for the Qatari government, records show.
Prosecutors accuse Olson, a career foreign service officer who served as an ambassador under President Obama, of courting foreign work while in office and using his political influence to advance Qatari interests in Washington after leaving government.
The Justice Department has charged him with making false statements in ethics paperwork and violating laws restricting foreign lobbying by ex-federal officials, both misdemeanors.
In court filings, Olson said he plans to plead guilty.
The lobbyist also flew Olson to London in early 2015, while he was serving as ambassador, to meet an unidentified Bahraini businessperson who offered Olson a $300,000-per-year contract at their company, the Justice Department says.
After leaving government service in late 2016, Olson worked with his Pakistani American contact and high-level Qatari government officials to advance Doha’s interests in Washington, prosecutors allege.
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