Editing Trent Lott (section)

== Post-Senate career ==
[[File:Trent Lott and Cindy Hyde-Smith.jpg|thumb|right|Lott with [[Cindy Hyde-Smith]] in 2018]]
In January 2008, he co-founded the Breaux-Lott Leadership Group, a "strategic advice, consulting, and lobbying" firm together with former Louisiana Senator [[John Breaux]].<ref name="thehill.com">{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/56467-trent-lott-keeps-his-southern-ties-through-lobbying/|title=Trent Lott keeps his Southern ties through lobbying|first=Ashley|last=Perks|date=December 8, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Breaux Lott |url=http://breauxlott.com/ |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113110559/http://breauxlott.com/ |archive-date=January 13, 2010 |website=Beaux Lott Leadership Group}}</ref> The firm was later acquired by law and lobbying firm [[Patton Boggs]],<ref name=WaPo20100702>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/01/AR2010070105008.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |first=Dan |last=Eggen |title=Patton Boggs lobbying firm buys group run by Lott, Breaux |date=July 2, 2010}}</ref> now [[Squire Patton Boggs]] following the June 2014 merger with [[Squire Sanders]]. In September 2014, lobbyist filings revealed that Lott was contracted to advocate on behalf of [[Gazprombank]], a Russian majority state-owned bank targeted with sanctions over the [[2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Cohen |first=Alexander |url=http://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/09/02/15450/russian-bank-hires-two-former-us-senators |title=Russian bank hires two former U.S. senators |work=[[Center for Public Integrity]] |date=September 2, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915235259/http://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/09/02/15450/russian-bank-hires-two-former-us-senators |archive-date=September 15, 2014 |access-date=September 21, 2014}}</ref> Lott was fired by Squire Patton Boggs in June 2020; no explanation was initially provided for his departure.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/09/trent-lott-fired-from-top-lobbying-firm-308828|title = Trent Lott fired by top lobbying firm|work = [[Politico]]|date = June 9, 2020|access-date = June 9, 2020|last = Meyer|first = Theodoric}}</ref> The firm later said Lott was removed because of the [[George Floyd protests|anti-racism 2020 protests]], though Lott was already in negotiations to leave the firm. Lott joined lobbying firm Crossroad Strategies; John Breaux joined shortly after leaving Squire Patton Boggs.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gangitano |first=Alex |date=2020-06-15 |title=Lott, Breaux join lobbying shop Crossroads Strategies |url=https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/business-a-lobbying/502725-lott-breaux-join-lobbying-shop-crossroads-strategies/ |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=The Hill |language=en-US}}</ref> Lott also served on the EADS North America (now known as [[Airbus]]) board of directors.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lott |first=Trent |date=2018-02-08 |title=Frivolous lawsuits impacting military readiness |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/politics/372834-frivolous-lawsuits-impacting-military-readiness/ |access-date=2024-01-10 |work=The Hill |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-10-15 |title=Trent Lott Named To EADS Board |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trent-lott-named-to-eads-board/ |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=CBS News |language=en-US |agency=Politico}}</ref>

On February 14, 2009, ''[[The New York Times]]'' reported the indictment of Judge [[Bobby DeLaughter]] for taking bribes from [[Richard Scruggs]], Lott's brother-in-law. Scruggs represented Lott in litigation against [[State Farm Insurance]] company after the insurer refused to pay claims for the loss of his Mississippi home in [[Hurricane Katrina]].<ref name="treaster">{{cite news|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/2007/11/29/business/29bribes.html|title=Lawyer Battling for Katrina Payments Is Indicted|last=Treaster|first=Joseph|date=November 29, 2007|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=October 30, 2024}}</ref> According to ''The New York Times,'' federal prosecutors have said that Lott was induced by Scruggs to offer DeLaughter a federal judgeship in order to gain the judge's favor.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/2009/02/14/us/14bribery.html|title=Civil Rights Hero, Now a Judge, Is Indicted in a Bribery Case|last=Nossiter|first=Adam|date=February 14, 2009|work=The New York Times|access-date=October 30, 2024}}</ref> In 2012, Lott testified in federal court that he never told DeLaughter that he would be recommended for a federal judgeship.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2012/03/trent_lott_testifies_as_richar.html|title=Trent Lott testifies as Richard 'Dickie' Scruggs fights conviction|last=Associated|first=The|date=2012-03-26|website=gulflive.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-04}}</ref>

For the 2016 presidential election, Lott served as a national co-chair for [[John Kasich]], before shifting his support to [[Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign|Donald Trump's campaign]] once he became the nominee.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pender |first=Geoff |title=State GOP leaders shift support to Trump |url=https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/politics/2016/05/04/mississippi-governor-supporting-trump/83913606/ |access-date=2022-02-06 |website=The Clarion-Ledger |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2018 [[Sacha Baron Cohen]]'s television program ''[[Who Is America?]]'' premiered showing Lott supporting the "kinderguardians program" which supported training toddlers with firearms. Lott appeared not to know it was a hoax.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Comedian fools Trent Lott, other GOP politicians into appearing to back arming toddlers |url=https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2018/07/16/trent-lott-supports-arming-toddlers-not-really/787978002/ |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=The Clarion-Ledger |language=en-US}}</ref>

Lott has been named an Honorary Patron of the [[University Philosophical Society]], [[Trinity College, Dublin]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Trent Lott |url=https://bipartisanpolicy.org/person/trent-lott/ |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=Bipartisan Policy Center |language=en}}</ref> Lott is on the Board of Selectors of [[Jefferson Awards for Public Service]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Board &#124; youth community &#124; service award &#124; Jefferson Awards.org |url=http://www.jeffersonawards.org/board |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124055949/http://www.jeffersonawards.org/board |archive-date=November 24, 2010 |access-date=December 5, 2013}}</ref>

===Memoir===
Lott's memoir, entitled ''[[Herding Cats: A Life in Politics]]'', was published in 2005. In the book, Lott spoke about the remark he made at the Strom Thurmond birthday party, former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, and his feelings of betrayal toward the Tennessee senator, claiming "If Frist had not announced exactly when he did, as the fire was about to burn out, I would still be majority leader of the Senate today."<ref>Lott, ''[[Herding Cats: A Life in Politics]]'' (2005), p. 273.</ref> He also described former Democratic Leader [[Tom Daschle]] of [[South Dakota]] as "trustworthy".<ref>Lott, ''Herding Cats: A Life In Politics'' (2005), p. 211.</ref> He also revealed that President [[George W. Bush]], then–Secretary of State [[Colin Powell]], and other GOP leaders played a major role in ending his career as Senate Republican Leader.<ref>Lott, ''Herding Cats: A Life In Politics'' (2005), pp. 271–272.</ref>