Bridges Partners LLC
A Delaware-incorporated public-relations and political-consulting firm that U.S. foreign-agent filings connect to an Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs-funded influencer campaign known as Project Esther.
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- Established
- 2025-06-04
- Location
- Delaware, United States
- Country
- United States
- Legal form
- Delaware limited-liability company
- FARA registration
- Registration no. 7652 with the U.S. Department of Justice
- Documented owners
- Uri Steinberg and Yair Levi
- Documented client relationship
- Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through Havas Media Group Germany
- Documented project
- Project Esther, an influencer campaign described in FARA filings
Overview
Bridges Partners LLC is a Delaware-incorporated public-relations and political-consulting firm. A U.S. Department of Justice Foreign Agents Registration Act filing identifies the firm in connection with an Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs-funded campaign known as Project Esther (U.S. Department of Justice).
Corporate and regulatory record
The FARA filing records the firm under registration number 7652 and describes its ownership, foreign-principal relationship and campaign work. It also describes a contract connected to Havas Media Group Germany and a network of U.S.-based social-media influencers. These details are reported here as information in the filing, not as a finding that every participant had an independent legal obligation to register (FARA registration statement).
Project Esther and public scrutiny
Law.com reported on legal representation associated with the campaign and described the reported $900,000 arrangement (Law.com). Public Citizen later described a complaint alleging that some U.S.-based influencers had not made sufficient foreign-agent disclosures; the complaint is an allegation, not a court judgment (Public Citizen). The Quincy Institute has separately analyzed the campaign within a broader influence-strategy framework, but its wider estimates are presented as that organization’s analysis rather than as settled fact (Quincy Institute).
What this profile does not claim
This profile does not conclude that Bridges Partners or any individual influencer violated FARA. It does not state the identities of undisclosed participants, the final legal outcome of the complaint, or a definitive total for the wider influence strategy beyond the figures attributed to the listed sources.
Timeline
- 2025-06-04
- Bridges Partners LLC is incorporated in Delaware.
- 2025-09-26
- The firm registers under the Foreign Agents Registration Act as registration no. 7652.
- 2025-10-07
- Law.com reports on legal representation connected with the documented influencer campaign.
- 2025-11-12
- Public Citizen and the Quincy Institute announce a complaint alleging disclosure issues involving campaign participants.
What we could not verify
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- The identities of individual influencers were not disclosed in the public filings reviewed.
- The final outcome of the reported complaint and the exact amount paid to each participant could not be confirmed.
- The relationship between the firm and any subcontractors is described only to the extent stated in the listed sources.
Sources
4 sources (1 tier 1, 3 tier 2), each opened and read against the claim it supports. Every source is independent of the subject; no first-party material is cited. See the source policy.
This profile uses U.S. Department of Justice foreign-agent records and independent legal, policy and investigative reporting. Allegations in complaints and policy reports are attributed and are not treated as adjudicated findings.
- FARA Registration Statement: Bridges Partners LLC, Registration No. 7652 Supports: Incorporation, ownership, foreign-principal relationship, Project Esther and the contract described in the filing.
- Pillsbury Advises Consultants Organising $900,000 Social Media Influencer Campaign Backed by Israel Supports: Legal and campaign context reported by an independent legal trade publication.
- FARA Complaint Alleges U.S.-Based Social Media Influencers are Acting as Agents of Israel Supports: The existence and stated allegations of a complaint concerning disclosure by campaign participants.
- The Eighth Front: Inside Israel’s $1 Billion Influence Campaign Supports: Independent policy analysis placing the campaign in a wider public-diplomacy context; broader estimates are attributed.
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