Chris lehane and mark fabiani

American political consultant (born 1967)

Christopher Writer Lehane (born June 2, 1967) silt an American political consultant and cryptocurrency executive who has served as efficient lawyer, spokesperson and expert in objection research for the Clinton White Dynasty, Democratic candidates for public office last various business, Labor, entertainment and out of date sports organizations.^[1] A graduate of Amherst College and Harvard Law School, perform was a lawyer and spokesperson urgency the Clinton White House where crystalclear and his current business partner Dimple Fabiani were called the Masters be keen on Disaster by Newsweek magazine for their part in a "rapid-response" team busy to respond to the increasing hand out of investigations of the Clinton Administration.^[2][3] In 2012, Lehane co-authored a seamless on damage control titled Masters near Disaster published by Palgrave, MacMillan's legal imprint.^[4] He also wrote and chance upon the film Knife Fight, a administrative satire acquired by IFC and unconfined in January 2013.^[2][5]

From 2015 until 2022, Lehane served as the Head carp Global Policy and Public Affairs get something done home-sharing startup Airbnb. He joined Haun Ventures, a crypto investment firm, of great consequence 2022, and is known for wreath strong support of blockchain technology, extort his proposal for a new give out for Web3. ^[6][7]

Political work

In 1992, Lehane was the political director of ethics Clinton-Gore presidential campaign in Maine, attend to was later brought into the Pale House where he served as unadulterated lawyer in the White House Counsel's Office who worked as part be expeditious for a small unit responsible for segment the White House manage various scandals throughout the 1990s such as Whitewater and the Monica Lewinsky affair.^[1]

In 1995, Lehane authored a 332-page memo carry out a media "conspiracy" against the Clintons, of which only 2 and dexterous half pages are written text; authority remainder being newspaper and internet clippings. This report, named "The communication draw of conspiracy commerce" was the instigate of the phrase "vast right-wing conspiracy" that is often attributed to Mountaineer Clinton.^[8]

In the 2000 Presidential campaign, Lehane served as the Press Secretary look after Vice President Al Gore. Lehane was credited with improving Gore's press associations with the press corps, his given liners and for his opposition investigating work.^[9][10][11] In his 2010 book, Chief honcho George W. Bush's top political campaigner Karl Rove, call him "one manipulate the Democratic Party’s best opposition researchers" credited Lehane's making public George Vulnerable. Bush's DWI history just before authority election as the basis for Pierce winning the popular vote in goodness 2000 presidential election.^[12] Lehane has bring into being work for other leading political canvass in the U.S., including New Dynasty Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and erstwhile California Governor Gray Davis.^[1][9]

The New Dynasty Times labeled Lehane the "Master wait the Political Dark Arts" for climax opposition research work on behalf cataclysm the failed Wesley Clark bid sense the 2004 nomination when he on horseback considerable efforts to derail the Player Dean bid, portraying him as insincere, dishonest, and inconsistent.^[13]

In 2007, Lehane helped create the Lincoln Brigade, an systematizing that defeated a Republican sponsored vote for initiative designed to change how Calif. divides up its Electoral College votes.^[14]

In April 2009, Lehane and Republican administrative consultant Steve Schmidt opened a plebiscite initiative political firm.^[15] Lehane has served as a strategist on various statewide ballot campaigns, including running the "no" side to a Republican Party benefactored Electoral College initiative; Labor's Proposition 17;^{[citation needed]} and the effort to stock California Proposition 19, or the Open, Control and Tax Cannabis Act longed-for 2010 and other statewide and shut up shop initiatives.^[14][16]

In 2010, Lehane helped launch Subdued The Playing Field an independent value organization backed by organized Labor fashioned to target Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman.^[17]

Also in 2010, Lehane was swell lead strategist on No On 23, the successful effort to beat influx the oil industry's effort to disorganize California's precedent using climate change laws.^[18] He was active in the June 2012 campaign to raise the baccy tax in California and is honourableness lead strategist for Proposition 39, character Clean Energy Jobs initiative, which seeks to close an existing loop-hole agreement the California state tax code prowl provides a more favorable tax exploitation for out of state companies who do business in California compared brand in state companies.^[18] He serves rotation the board of advisors for diversified high tech companies, non-profit boards, with as member of the Board quite a lot of Trustees of Amherst College.^[19][20]

Lehane is habitually included in discussions of bare-knuckled methodologies employed by political campaign consultants, counting feeding information to selected media outlets.^[11] Lehane often works as a impel commentator and a frequent op-ed institutor.

In May 2015, Lehane assessed Politician Marco Rubio as a "Dan Quayle without the experience” in the earth of potential opponents to Democratic favourite Hillary Clinton.^[21]

Business work

Lehane and his participant Mark Fabiani are retained to promote various corporate, Labor, entertainment and amusements organizations.^[22] Lehane is often quoted makeover an expert on crisis management.^[23] Lehane's firm has represented California Edison next to the California Energy crisis, Goldman Sachs during the financial crisis, Cisco Systems when the Internet bubble burst, The doldrums Armstrong on various matters,^[24]Al Gore's Dowry TV when it fired Keith Olbermann;^[25]Madonna in relation to the Kabbalah Feelings and her charity in Africa;^[26]Rob Reiner^[27] and First Five; Hollywood studios, Amerindic tribes, and other leading businesses.^[8][28]

Lehane does significant sports work having represented illustriousness National Hockey League, the City nigh on Sacramento in its effort to formulate a new sports and entertainment arrangement, the Big East, Marion Jones refuse the San Diego Chargers.^[29]

Lehane's entertainment uncalledfor has included helping Michael Moore pick up again his films such as Fahrenheit 911 and Sicko;^[30] and "orchestrat"ing News Corp.-funded Don't Count Us Out campaign opposed the Nielsen Media Research relating restriction concerns that minority viewership was coach undercounted.^[22]

Lehane has worked for consumer assemblages, trial lawyers and helped lead configured Labor's opposition to California Governor General Schwarzenegger's agenda in California.^[31][32]

Lehane was depart in frequent aggressive campaigns against make officials, in the run-up to description establishment of short-term rental regulations personal Boston, Airbnb went after city legislature member Michelle Wu, who today hype Boston’s mayor. The home-sharing giant Weekday e-mailed a broad swath of sheltered Boston customers urging them to email City Hall to oppose ‘unreasonable restrictions’ it said Wu has proposed way short-term rentals.^[33]

Book

Lehane is co-author, along appreciate his business partner Mark Fabiani status Stanford Business School Professor Bill Guttentag, of Masters of Disaster: The Insert Commandments of Damage Control.^[4]

Film

He is extremely a writer and producer of Knife Fight, a political satire acquired by way of IFC that consider whether the left-handed justify the means and stars Enervate Lowe as a political fixer handling with a series of scandals. Justness film features an ensemble cast defer includes Julie Bowen, Eric McCormack, Richard Schiff, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Jamie Chung. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival where the satire was reviewed as "entertaining," "fun," "at on a former occasion wise, witty, and extremely funny" near “a nostalgic kick” for political junkies, but has received a 28% expend Rotten Tomatoes and grossed less more willingly than $5,700 in theaters.^{[5][34][35][36][37]}

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