According to filings with the U.S. Justice Department, American lobbyist Marcus Cohen spent over $80,000 on payments and expenses between February and June of 2019 “to elevate the profile” of then-presidential candidate Volodymyr Zelensky, receiving nothing in return.

Details registered by Cohen under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), published on Oct. 2, disclosed that the lobbyist paid Signal Group Consulting $30,000 on two separate occasions to provide services that included organizing private meetings with former Trump press-secretary Sean Spicer and Mike Rubino, a former Trump campaign advisor.