LegiStorm

A former congressional aide has hit the career jackpot.

Brandon Leggiero is now government relations and PAC director at the American Gaming Association, a casino-industry trade group. AGA has disclosed nearly $1.5 million on federal lobbying in the last year.

He comes from the office of Rep. Mark Amodei (R-Nev.), where he was a legislative assistant. Amodei's district doesn't include Las Vegas but does include Reno, another gaming-heavy city.

A House legislative director has headed to the consulting world.

Michael Tehrani is now a policy and public affairs adviser at Redhorse Corp., which specializes in environment, energy, IT and intelligence work. Redhorse once farmed out its lobbying work to Avenue Strategies, which was founded by former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski. The group now works through Turnberry Solutions, which was co-founded by senior aides to Trump's 2016 campaign, including a former Avenue lobbyist.

Tehrani, a U.S. army vet, comes from the office of Rep. Austin Scott (R-Ga.), where he most recently served as legislative director and military legislative assistant.

A former GOP congressional aide is back to the Senate, this time with lobbying experience under his belt.

Ed Kim is now Sen. Martha McSally's (R-Ariz.) health legislative assistant. He comes from Lockridge, where he spent the last few months lobbying mostly for local government groups.

Before he left for K Street, Kim worked for the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Texas), Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.) and ex-Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.).

Former U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey, a close associate of Rudy Giuliani, has registered as a foreign agent on behalf of an Iranian political-opposition group.

Mukasey is representing the National Council of Resistance of Iran, a France-based coalition closely associated with the People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK) militant group, which aims to overthrow the Iranian government. The U.S. government has at times classified both groups as terrorist organizations.

Mukasey, who served as USAG under President George W. Bush, will "communicate with executive branch and legislative officials regarding U.S. policies toward Iran and the National Council of Resistance of Iran and its members," according to a recent Justice Department filing. He is working at no charge to NCRI, excluding any travel expenses.

Mukasey is a longtime associate of Rudy Giuliani, Trump's personal attorney. In 2017, the two represented a Turkish client accused of helping Iran to evade U.S. sanctions.

He is also the father of Marc Mukasey, a former law partner to Giuliani. Marc's legal clients this year have reportedly included the Trump Foundation, as well as much of the Trump clan -- Donald Jr., Ivanka, Eric and the president himself.

This isn't Michael Mukasey's first registration as a foreign agent: In 2018, he worked as part of a Debevoise & Plimpton team seeking to resolve Qatar's diplomatic crisis.

A GOP committee staffer has birthed a new career in advocacy.

Bridget Handy is now a government relations liaison at Live Action, a pro-life group.

She comes from the House Education and Labor Committee, where she's worked as a legislative assistant and, more recently, in communications. Handy has also worked for ex-Rep. Bruce Poliquin (R-Maine).