Web site of D.C. Lobbyists Kessler & Associates disappears

The Web site for D.C. lobbying firm Kessler & Associates (screenshot pictured below) is no longer available "live" on the Web -- but a cache version is available. And in "taking down" the Web site they failed to remove a .pdf file of Kessler & Associates marketing materials which remains accessible on the Web.

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Following allegations and calls for investigations involving Richard Kessler (Rick Kessler/Ripon Society/Ripon Education Fund), former Rep. Billy Lee Evans (one of Rep. Don Young's nine "A-Team" lobbyists), and others tied to the lobbying firm, the Web site was "taken down."

Among allegations, a group of Detroit gambling interests including Marian Ilitch and Michael Malik (and their partners/affiliates) quietly funneled $665,000 to Kessler & Associates to lobby Rep. Don Young and others on gambling matters from 2003-2005. The payments were funneled via another lobbyist, former Rep. Alan Wheat (Wheat Government Relations).