Fabrizio is not a solo operator upon his hire by his longtime associates Manafort and Gates in May 2016. In fact, he works for Arthur J. Finkelstein and Associates, a consultancy run by controversial right-wing political consultants Arthur Finkelstein and George Birnbaum.112 Apart from having advised both Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan, Finkelstein is famous for having been the “secret campaign manager” behind Benjamin Netanyahu’s historically narrow election as prime minister of Israel in 1996, a campaign that made Finkelstein a “star,” according to BuzzFeed News.
