He lobbied for Saudis after 9/11. Now he's repping them on Yemen

Michael Petruzzello, a lobbyist known for helping to rehabilitate Saudi Arabia’s image in the wake of 9/11, the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, and famine in Yemen, is now registered as a foreign agent of the Saudi-backed government in Yemen. According to new filings disclosed under the Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA), Petruzzello and a team of five other lobbyists will provide “strategic communications counsel” and “media and stakeholder relations” services to the Republic of Yemen.In exchange for lobbying services, Petruzzello’s firm Geopolitical Solutions LLC will receive $110,000 per mont