Two years before President Trump nominated him to become ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell wrote an op-ed about Nigeria’s highly charged 2015 presidential race, a move that drew notice from Nigerian media. A year later, Grenell defended the government of Moldova against corruption allegations from a whistleblower who, Grenell argued, was a Russian operative bent on destabilizing an Eastern European country trying to move toward the West.
Washington Post: Grenell’s paid consulting included work for US nonprofit funded by Hungary
(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 31, 2019 US ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell awaits the arrival of US Secretary of State at Tegel airport in Berlin.
