Only the Best People

[Chicks]

Trump HUD Official: ‘I Honestly Don’t Care’ If I’m Breaking Federal Law

Lynne Patton said she may have violated the Hatch Act, then called anyone mad about it a “liberal snowflake.”

https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5...b0512156f46dae

I bet these knuckleheads make you swell up with pride, eh Whell?

[Chicks]

Transport Secretary Elaine Chao Still Owns Road-Paving Company Stock She Promised To Get Rid Of

https://www.thedailybeast.com/elaine...-to-get-rid-of

The grift just never ends with Donny’s “best people”.

[NipperDog]

I feel compelled to go take a shower after reading some of these posts.

I hope that some day we can Make America Normal Again.

[finnbow]

A key witness in former special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation of Russian election interference has been charged with transporting child pornography last year, according to court documents.

George Nader, who had a previous criminal record on such charges, was charged in federal court in Virginia, and is expected to make an initial court appearance in New York.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world...8fb_story.html

[Chicks]

The “family values” party.

[Chicks]

Paul Manafort will reportedly be moved from federal lockup to Rikers Island

https://nypost.com/2019/06/04/paul-m...rs-island/amp/

Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Jr.’s office requested the transfer after a New York grand jury charged Manafort with a number of crimes, including residential mortgage fraud and falsifying business records.

But he’ll have the sharpest-looking orange jumpsuit in da joint!

[finnbow]

Paul J. Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign chairman who is serving a federal prison sentence, is expected to be transferred as early as this week to the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City, where he will most likely be held in solitary confinement while facing state fraud charges, people with knowledge of the matter said...

On March 13, a Manhattan grand jury handed up an indictment charging Mr. Manafort with 16 state felonies, including residential mortgage fraud, and accusing him of a yearlong scheme in which he allegedly falsified business records to obtain millions of dollars in loans. The new case was brought by the Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus R. Vance Jr.

The president has broad power to issue pardons for federal crimes, but has no such authority in state cases.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/04/n...nfinement.html

[Chicks]

Elaine Chao’s conflicts of interests could have major consequences

https://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/20...gGK/story.html

Graft has been standard operating procedure for officials in this administration, so I can’t blame you for shrugging at this point. The opportunists currently in power consider the US government nothing more than a not-so-secret cave of riches waiting to be plundered by those smart enough (here’s looking at you, Jared Kushner), or connected enough (ibid), to get the magic password.

Like other Trump cabinet members, Elaine Chao may live in the US, but her wealth is tied to a global industry. The Chaos’ interests are financial, not national. And that’s why we should keep an eye on any moves to abolish the Jones Act. Because what may seem like run-of-the-mill Trump administration graft may, in fact, be a red herring. Much greater ambitions — global hegemony-sized ambitions — are at play.

[donquixote99]

No one seems to like the Jones Act these days except the unions and some pols in states that still have shipyards...and there are lots of big interests, including Mrs. McConnell's, that want it gone.

[finnbow]

A real estate company part-owned by Jared Kushner has received $90m in foreign funding from an opaque offshore vehicle since he entered the White House as a senior adviser to his father-in-law Donald Trump.

Investment has flowed from overseas to the company, Cadre, while Kushner works as an international envoy for the US, according to corporate filings and interviews. The money came through a vehicle run by Goldman Sachs in the Cayman Islands, a tax haven that guarantees corporate secrecy.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...-goldman-sachs