Apple spends record amount in Washington lobbying efforts
<p>Apple spent $2.2 million lobbying the Donald Trump administration in Washington D.C. between April 1 and June 30, 2017, according to a <a target="_blank" href="http://disclosures.house.gov/ld/ldxmlrelease/2017/Q2/300897564.xml" rel="noopener noreferrer">disclosure form</a> filed by the Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives — as noted by <a target="_blank" href="https://www.recode.net/2017/7/21/16008504/apple-amazon-google-record-lobby-trump-immigration-science-privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer">recode</a>. That’s almost double the moolah spent on lobbying from the same three month period in 2016.</p>