In 2016 Goddard Gunster were engaged ( through businessman Arron Banks ) by Leave.EU , a political campaign group that supported the United Kingdom 's withdrawal from the European Union ( Brexit ) in the June 2016 referendum . " A Goddard Gunster employee told '' PRWeek '' : " the firm had some of its staff embedded in the Leave.EU office in London , and that 10 staff in the US were assigned to the account , while CEO Gerry Gunster regularly travelled to the UK . The agency has two offices in the US , plus London , Switzerland and Egypt bases . " In May 2018 Leave.EU was fined £ 70,000 for breaches of UK election law in the referendum . According to '' BBC News '' : " Leave.EU 's spending return did not include services Leave.EU had received from Goddard Gunster . " A year later , in May 2019 , an report by Matt Frei for '' Channel 4 News '' in the UK stated that invoices showed Goddard Gunster billed Banks ' company Southern Rock £ 108,684 for a party held in Nigel Farage 's honour in July 2016 at the Hay-Adams Hotel , Washington DC . This included paying '' Fox News '' anchor Tucker Carlson £ 11,305.41 to interview Farage at the event . Farage also had meetings with Republican Senator Bob Corker and US National Security Advisor , John Bolton at that year 's Republican National Convention . The meetings were coordinated by Goddard Gunster
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