 One of the more intimate gatherings was attended by Podesta, Widmar, and Sloan, as well as First Solar's contract lobbyist, Claudia James. So that's three of them. An old friend of Podesta's. Oh, my God. You see how this works? Who worked for decades at a lobbying firm run by Podesta's brother, Tony. Record show. Podesta, Podesta's brother.