PERSON: Ian Prior

Mercury Public Affairs

Vice President

Ian Prior is a former communications director for American Crossroads, a Super PAC that, according to its website, opposes what it calls “big government and reckless spending.” American Crossroads is affiliated with Crossroads GPS, a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization, and the Crossroads Generation Super PAC. Prior joined American Crossroads in May 2015. Before American Crossroads, he was northeast regional press secretary, and later national press secretary, for the National Republican Congressional Committee. As of March 20 2017, he was deputy director of public affairs for the United States Department of Justice.

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