The Uber campaign: how ex-Obama aides helped sell firm to world
by Stephanie Kirchgaessner, Felicity Lawrence and Joh from Technology | The Guardian on (#618N7)
Uber sought access to leaders, officials and diplomats through David Plouffe and Jim Messina, leak shows
It was a Sunday afternoon in early November 2015 when David Plouffe emailed his fellow former Barack Obama campaigner Matthew Barzun, typing Mr ambassador" in the subject line.
Plouffe was working for Uber, and Barzun had been rewarded for his fundraising efforts for the US president with the plum job of American ambassador to the UK.
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