Donald Trump and , specifically , helping him prepare for the upcoming debates . " It is a glaring conflict of interest that Roger Ailes , who resigned from Fox News in July , simultaneously provides advice to Donald Trump while serving as a paid adviser to Fox News chief Rupert Murdoch — debate moderator Chris Wallace ’s boss , " wrote Brock . Although Ailes resigned from Fox News over a sexual harassment scandal , he is also still advising 21st Century Fox executive co - chairman and acting Fox News CEO Rupert Murdoch through 2018 , according to his separation agreement .
Burt described his work on behalf of Nord Stream II as , “ Making sure the client understands what ’s going on in the debate here and providing information to people in the administration on Nord Stream ’s views . ” “ If we want to speak to people in the United States , he helps us set up meetings with people , ” said Jens Mueller , a spokesman for the pipeline project , who said the meetings were with “ the normal stakeholders involved in the debate : think tanks , embassies . ” He said only Burt ’s firm is working on the pipeline ’s behalf in the United States . The revelation of Burt ’s simultaneous lobbying and campaign - advisingcontact.requestadvise.meetcomes at a time of mounting concerns about Russian attempts to manipulate the presidential election . Private security experts and American intelligence officials have concluded that recent hacks of the Democratic National Committee , state elections systems , and political figures were likely carried out by Russian government hackers . Trump , meanwhile , has repeatedly professed admiration for Putin and called into question whether he would honor the United States’ mutual defense obligations to NATO allies should they face Russian invasion .