I wish people talking about FARA would stop calling it a “lobbying” statute. It’s not just lobbying (the Lobbying Disclosure Act addresses lobbying specifically). FARA is about foreign influence on public opinion, laws, and policy. It was created in 1938 to combat Nazi propaganda

As an example, in 2017 RT and Sputnik, two Russian media outlets, were required to register under FARA. RT and Sputnik don’t engage in lobbying. But they are foreign propaganda, because they are under the editorial control of the Russian gov’t. Idea is transparency for public

Here’s a list of recent DOJ FARA prosecutions. Some involve direct lobbying, but others include using NGOs or charities as fronts for intelligence interests, or just direct foreign covert operations (like to Russian social media operation in 2016) https://www.justice.gov/nsd-fara/recent-cases