Barry Bennett, a longtime Republican political consultant, and his associate Douglas Watts were charged on Tuesday with violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).
Mr. Bennett’s company, Avenue Strategies, signed a contract with Yemen Watch, also known as Yemen Crisis Watch, in September 2017 to help a Middle East country with a campaign against its rival countries, the indictment shows.
Yemen Watch was founded and operated by Mr. Watts and was in operation between September 2017 and January 2018. During that period, Avenue Strategies received payments of about $2.1 million from the middle east country.
However, Mr. Watts and Yemen Watch didn’t register with the Attorney General under the FARA, the Justice Department (DOJ) said….
