Holiday Happy Hour with "Dangerous Company" Author Sam Patten

Please join the Maine Lawyers Chapter for a holiday happy hour featuring Sam Patten, author of the newly released book "Dangerous Company" and a direct descendant of Federalist Papers author John Jay. Sam will entertain questions and casual banter about his book and his life experience spreading democracy as a "foreign agent" around the world. (See Sam's bio below to learn more about his past life!) Per usual, we will have the full selection of beer and wine available along with light appetizers to share.

Featuring:

• Sam Patten, Author, Dangerous Company

Please contact Kyle Singhal at mainefedsoc@gmail.com with any questions.

Members: Free

Non Members: $25

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Sam Patten became briefly notorious during Robert Mueller's probe of alleged Russian collusion: Patten pled guilty to failing to register as a foreign agent for a Ukrainian politician. An international political operative, Patten had worked on the same team in Ukraine as Paul Manafort. Patten had also worked for Cambridge Analytica, prompting commentators like MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow to question whether he was the missing link in some foreign plot to put Trump in the White House.

For much of his career, before all the controversy and legal battles, Patten promoted democracy abroad – for the International Republican Institute (IRI) in Russia and Iraq, and for Freedom House where he oversaw Eurasia programs. Patten served as a senior adviser in the second Bush administration and then became a private consultant working for clients in the former Soviet Union, the Middle East, and Africa. In Northern Iraq, he worked for a major Kurdish faction and later the Arab Sunnis in the immediate run-up to ISIS’ 2014 massive land grab and declaration of an Islamic state. He also worked for multiple sides in the country of Georgia – both for and against former president Mikheil Saakashvili, and in Ukraine, where his fortunes ultimately changed.