Cove Strategies fourth-quarter 2020 report for Parker H. Petit

Reporting cited here

1. documented

   Cove Strategies reported $750,000 in fourth-quarter 2020 income from Parker H. Petit for work that included a pardon request and other criminal-justice policy issues, with the Executive Office of the President as the only listed contacted office. Axios reported that Matt Schlapp led the firm and that Petit did not receive a pardon.

   LD-2 income, issue description and contacted office

   Trump ally's firm reports $750,000 for an unsuccessful first-term pardon push · Lobbying disclosed; Petit did not receive clemency

2. documented

   Paid advocacy directed at Trump's clemency process is documented across both administrations. First-term records include a $750,000 engagement that did not produce a pardon and retainers or contingent fees charged by Trump-connected advocates. In the second term, a lobbying filing recorded $960,000 from Joseph Schwartz before Trump pardoned him; CBS recorded a separate $300,000 pitch, documented a disputed $600,000 payment for an unsuccessful effort, and found that about 70 percent of second-term clemency actions were not routed through the Justice Department channel, or 92 percent including January 6 cases. A 2020 federal order described a separate alleged bribery-for-pardon investigation, and lawmakers have announced further oversight plans. These records document recurring paid clemency advocacy and disclosed six-figure fees. They do not establish that Trump received the brokers' fees or prove a criminal quid pro quo by Trump.

   Cove Strategies income, pardon issue and contacted office

   Clemency advocacy — fees, access pitches and DOJ routing · Congressional oversight announced; payment disputes and legal questions remain unresolved