Ohio Democratic Party: "Who would sign up to speak for a [Haitian] dictator? Rob Portman"

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Who would sign up to speak for a [Haitian] dictator? Rob Portman

Ohio Democratic Party (party) · An Ohio Democratic Party attack ad · August 2016 · Race: U.S. Senator from Ohio

About Rob Portman.

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Mostly False

PolitiFact, August 23, 2016 · read the check

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Checked against Not yet checked: Foreign Agents Registration Act filings with the Department of Justice, which record work for a foreign government; "dictator" is a characterization.

The record: FARA eFile: registrations and documents

Context

The ad referenced Portman's 1985 registration as a foreign agent for Haiti while at the law/lobbying firm Patton, Boggs & Blow, decades before his Senate career.

Topics: Financial interests, 2016 U.S. Senate.

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Sources

2016-08-23-ohio-democratic-party-portman-haitian-dictator · PolitiFact · 2016-08-23 · accessed 2026-09-19
FARA eFile: registrations and documents · U.S. Department of Justice, Foreign Agents Registration Act Unit · accessed 2026-10-15

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