Douglas E. Schoen[1][2] (born June 27, 1953) is an American lawyer, political analyst, author, lobbyist, and conservative commentator.
In 1977, he co-founded the political consulting firm Penn, Schoen & Berland, and was hired by President Bill Clinton and Ukrainian steel oligarch Victor Pinchuk.
[9] While still at Harvard, Schoen first worked as an independent political consultant for Louis R. Gigante, associate pastor of St. Athanasius Roman Catholic Church, in the South Bronx, who successfully ran for New York City Council in 1973.
[10] Schoen worked for the political campaigns of politicians including Jay Rockefeller, Richard Shelby and Evan Bayh.
[10] Following the 1994 United States elections, President Bill Clinton hired Dick Morris, who brought on Schoen and Penn.
[12] In 2011, Schoen was paid $40,000 a month by Victor Pinchuk, as reported in his Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 statement.
[12] Between September 2011 and November 2012, Schoen arranged nearly a dozen meetings between Pinchuk and senior State Department officials, including Melanne Verveer.
[18] In March 2017, former Trump aide Monica Crowley registered as a foreign agent working for Pinchuk under Schoen's direction.
[28][29] He has stated that Obama divided the country along partisan lines, and said that the Affordable Care Act has been a "disaster" for the Democratic Party.