The Intersecting PR Crisis Campaigns Behind Comet Pizza & the Seth Rich Family - Erick Sanchez & Brad Bauman

v4vapid (72)in #crisis-pr • 7 years ago

Unless you live in DC, you've probably never heard of Erick Sanchez before, but I'm sure you've heard of Comet Pizza by now.

In a recent post, I highlighted some emerging information tying Brad Bauman, and his PR firm The Pastorum Group, to establishment Democrats and the DNC. Also, Bauman's partners at Pastorum are also closely associated with SEIU, USAID, the DNC, Atlantic Council and influential Democrats.

New Ties Between Brad Bauman PR Crisis Consultant, Pastorum Group, SEIU, Clinton, Podesta and Comet Pizza Uncovered

Brad Bauman

Since Wikileaks tweeted about Bauman, it appears the PR consultant is having a little crisis of his own. Aside from sending a cease and desist order to private eye Rod Wheeler, Bauman has gone dark on social media himself. Twitter users have unleashed something of a twitter storm directed at the PR expert.

Here's a small sample:

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Ouch! Rough day for a PR expert.

PR 2.0

Bauman's part of a new generation of lawyers, consultants and campaign strategists in Washington DC. They're a more diverse group then their predecessors; young, tech savvy, with alternative lifestyles and hungry to prove themselves on the Hill.
Another up and coming PR consultant on the Hill is Erick Sanchez, who is also a friend of Brad Bauman's.

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Meet Erick M. Sanchez, the Guy Behind Some of DC's Most Viral Campaigns

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Stand With Comet Campaign

Mr. Sanchez's works for Frontier Public Affairs (PR Firm) and takes full credit for the 'Stand with Comet' campaign and event.

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Here's his bio from the website of Frontier Public Affairs

Erick Sanchez is a senior advisor to Frontier Public Affairs and communications/PR professional with over eight years of communications experience. Mr. Sanchez previously worked in the communications department at the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). In his role as a strategic communications specialist, Mr. Sanchez served as the communications lead on multiple campaigns and led message trainings for various councils within AFSCME’s 1.6 million union membership.

Prior to that, Mr. Sanchez served as Press Secretary to Congressman Tim Ryan (OH-6) from 2009-2011. In that role, Mr. Sanchez was charged with creating and executing strategic earned, paid, and digital media plans.

He started on the Hill in 2008 in a position created by Former Congressman Kendrick Meek of Florida and Congressman Ryan to spearhead efforts to introduce emerging social media platforms (Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, etc.) to personal Hill offices, a new venture for Capitol Hill at that time.

Additionally, he was charged with managing the social media presence for Speaker Pelosi’s ’30 Something Working Group,’ a group of young members who used special order hours to address college students and young professionals with age-specific messaging. Mr. Sanchez worked directly with representatives of the platforms and the members he worked for served as “best practice” models for other offices, with his work featured in The Hill and National Journal.

Frontier PR Partners

John Sandweg - Department of Homeland Security (DHS) / Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE)

Mr. Sandweg played an instrumental role in Departmental policies, programs, and legislative efforts, including the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, pre-clearance operations, customs compliance and export controls, cybersecurity, and the SAFETY Act.

Matt Chandler - Department of Homeland Security

Mr. Chandler managed the Department’s crisis communications efforts during major incidents and events such as the Boston Marathon bombing, several attempted terrorist attacks, dozens of aviation threats and accidents, and natural disasters including Hurricane Sandy.

Rachel Winkler - Department of Homeland Security

She is a former Immigration Law Analyst with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, where she focused on policies impacting the delivery of immigration benefits and services by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, including employment-based immigration programs, family-reunification benefits, as well as humanitarian protections for victims of domestic violence, human trafficking, and other serious crimes. In this role, Rachel helped establish the Department's Council on Combating Violence Against Women and served as a Senior Advisor on the DHS Blue Campaign to combat human trafficking.

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It's interesting that 3 of the major partners at Frontier Public Affairs are former DHS officials but there are more connections to the government agency.

White Hat - Black Hat

Frontier Solutions

Frontier Public Affairs' sister firm is Frontier Solutions who provide, among other things, crisis management services.

http://www.frsdc.com/who-we-are-/

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Perhaps the most telling characteristic of Frontier Solutions is the fact that their partners are also former DHS agents and officials.

John Sandweg - DHS / ICE

Matt Chandler - DHS
Rachel Winkler - DHS

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Robert Rutt - DHS / ICE

Robert Rutt is the former Special Agent in Charge for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations in Houston, Texas

Mr. Rutt served as an Assistant Special Agent in Charge for narcotics and financial investigations in Houston, TX. Mr. Rutt oversaw a multi-agency task force in the Caribbean to address money laundering by financial institutions and served as Task Force Commander of a multi-agency undercover anti-money laundering task force in the Southwest. Mr. Rutt also served as Director of Financial Investigations for the legacy U.S. Customs Service and Unit Chief of Financial Operations for HSI. As a special agent, Mr. Rutt conducted money laundering, narcotics smuggling, Customs fraud, internal affairs and intellectual property theft investigations.

Miguel Unzueta - DHS / ICE

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Miguel Unzueta is the former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge of the San Diego, California

Mr. Unzueta began his federal law enforcement career with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms in 1983 and has an extensive background as an undercover operative.

Jerry Robinette - DHS / ICE

Jerry Robinette is the former Special Agent in Charge for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations in San Antonio, Texas.
Earlier in his federal career, Mr. Robinette served at ICE/U.S. Customs Service Headquarters in Washington D.C. from November 2001 to October 2004. Mr. Robinette served as the Unit Chief for Financial Investigations, ICE's Liaison to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Assistant Director of ICE's Money Laundering Coordination Center and Executive Deputy Director for Customs' Terrorist Financing Unit.

In 1992, Mr. Robinette was awarded the International Narcotic Enforcement Officers Association Special Award of Honor, associated with the seizure of over $100 million dollars and multi-tons of cocaine. In 1997, Mr. Robinette was awarded the International Narcotic Enforcement Officers Association Valor Award and FLEOA Valor Award.

Claude Arnold - DHS / ICE

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Claude Arnold retired as the Special Agent in Charge for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations, Los Angeles, California office.
Mr. Arnold also previously served as an Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC) in Chicago, Illinois. In that capacity, Mr. Arnold supervised the Criminal Alien, Joint Terrorism Task Force, Benefit Fraud, Human Rights Violators, Critical Infrastructure and Compliance Enforcement groups.

George Richardson - Department of Commerce

Mr. Richardson retired from the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC)’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Office of Export Enforcement in December 2011 and has over 28 years of federal export law enforcement experience with DOC and the U.S. Customs Service. Mr. Richardson works with clients assisting with the review, validation and enhancement of their export procedures.

Yvonne Robinette - DHS / ICE

Yvonne Robinette retired from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations in January 2012, with over 33 years of federal law enforcement experience with ICE and the U.S. Customs Service.

Earlier in her career as a U.S. Customs Service Special Agent in Houston, Texas, Ms. Robinette conducted and coordinated criminal investigations targeting transnational crime, money laundering, narcotics smuggling, child pornography, customs fraud, intellectual property theft and internal affairs. Ms. Robinette performed and developed extensive skills in the application of undercover tactics during investigations and conducted undercover operative training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Academy.