Dem lobbyist for LightSquared sought meeting at White House

Lobbyist and former Democratic majority leader Dick Gephardt sought a meeting in April with the White House on behalf of the wireless company LightSquared.

The requests to the White House, made in emails sent April 22 and April 27 by an employee at Gephardt Group Government Affairs, were initially rebuffed. White House staffer Avra Siegel said a meeting about LightSquared “wouldn’t make sense” because the company’s attempt to build a wireless network was an issue for regulators, not the White House. “This is an issue that an independent regulatory agency is working on and the White House is not involved, so a meeting here wouldn’t make sense,” Siegel wrote. (11/19)