Ex-Sen. Dole facilitated Trump call with Taiwan's leader

The work by Dole, a former Senate Republican leader and the 1996 Republican presidential nominee, was disclosed in documents filed Nov. 30 with the Justice Department's Foreign Agent Registration Act section.

According to the filings, Dole has lobbied for a closer relationship with Taiwan over the past six months by pushing for the Trump campaign to participate in a U.S. delegation to the island and working to arrange a Taiwanese delegation at the Republican National Convention.

Dole reported that he set up a briefing call on Taiwan for the Trump campaign's policy director, convened a meeting between Taiwanese embassy staff and the Trump presidential transition team and helped to include language in the GOP platform supportive of Taiwan.