LOS ANGELES—Mayor Eric Garcetti’s parents hired McGuireWoods Consulting to lobby for the mayor’s ambassadorship nomination to make it through the U.S. Senate, it was reported Friday.
Garcetti was nominated by President Joe Biden to be the U.S. ambassador to India on July 9, 2021.
The Senate’s confirmation of the nomination has become more uncertain amid accusations that Garcetti was aware of allegations of sexual assault and harassment made against his former senior adviser Rick Jacobs.
An investigation requested by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) concluded that it was “more probable than not” that Jacobs “sexually harassed multiple individuals and made racist comments towards others.”…