Two communications consultants hired by Republican Mike Rogers’s Michigan Senate campaign are actively registered lobbyists for Israel, foreign agent registration filings show.
Convergence Media staffers Abigail “Abby” Ronson and Jesse Stokes have been providing “strategic communications, planning, and media services” for the government of Israel while simultaneously working for the Rogers campaign.
Ronson and Stokes have been registered Israeli government agents since May 2026 and October 2025, respectively, through an American media production company called Clock Tower X LLC.
The Washington Examiner previously reported that Clock Tower X, a consultancy firm run by former Trump campaign adviser Brad Parscale, entered into a multimillion-dollar contract with the state of Israel last year to drum up support online for Israel.
Clock Tower X has since subcontracted various staffers from Convergence Media, including Ronson and Stokes, to help push favorable content about Israel “on behalf of” the Israeli state, according to disclosure documents filed under the Federal Foreign Agents Registration Act.
Their project goal, however, is described in FARA records as “developing and executing a nationwide campaign in the United States to combat anti-Semitism.”
Campaign finance statements show that the Rogers campaign has paid Convergence Media, a campaign strategy and public affairs firm, $1.6 million for fundraising consulting, media placement, and domain fees over the course of the 2026 election cycle.
Ronson, Convergence Media’s digital communications manager, has been functioning as a spokeswoman for the Rogers campaign, issuing statements to the press attributed to a spokeswoman and posting intimate pictures and videos of Rogers on the campaign trail.
Stokes, Convergence Media’s chief of staff, has authored several press releases for the Rogers campaign, according to Rogers for Senate website meta data, including the campaign’s announcement launching his candidacy.
News of the pair’s lobbying ties, first spotlighted by DropSiteNews on Sunday, comes amid fallout from Rep. Haley Stevens’s (D-MI) surprise decision over the weekend to endorse Rogers, the Republican nominee in the Senate race, instead of the Democratic Party’s pick, Abdul el Sayed.
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Stevens, a staunch supporter of Israel, and el Sayed had sparred in the lead-up to the Democratic primary over their disagreeing positions toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Despite her narrow loss, Stevens was slated to support el Sayed in the general election, but she stunned the public on Sunday by backing Rogers instead.
“We can’t stand with hate. We can’t stand with Hasan Piker,” said Stevens, referring to the anti-Israel streamer who has stumped for el Sayed.
The Rogers campaign has denied that Ronson is a campaign staffer, although she has been using an official Rogers campaign email address, per DropSiteNews, to communicate with members of the media as recently as this week.
Ronson, a former aide to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), was believed to be the creator of an AI-generated image depicting Rogers with bulging biceps. The doctored photo, which Ronson shared on social media, went viral in June and sparked rumors that she created the image as part of the Rogers campaign’s messaging strategy.
“She’s not a staffer,” Rogers campaign spokeswoman Alyssa Brouillet told Detroit News. “Mike doesn’t need AI to frame-mog his opponents.”
The Washington Examiner contacted Ronson, Stokes, the Rodgers campaign, and Clock Tower X for comment.
Convergence Media acknowledged but did not respond to inquiries.
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