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Betsy DeVos' time in public service - if it can be called that - has consisted exclusively of punching down at the disadvantaged and less fortunate. From outrageous attempts to end U.S. funding for the Special Olympics and reducing grants for special needs children, to reversing Obama-era college fraud protections and dismantling for-profit college fraud investigation units, DeVos' has shown that her primary interests are her interests.
DeVos personally halted internal investigations into abuses by for-profit colleges, dismantling and reassigning members of the investigatory team, even going so far as naming the former dean of the now defunct DeVry university as supervisor of the team investigating DeVry.
Job Titles:
- Secretary of Transportation
- U.S. Transportation Secretary
As U.S. Transportation Secretary, Elaine Chao has sought to disadvantage American maritime shipping companies in apparent attempts to benefit her family's shipping business. Chao's activities have led the House Oversight and Reform Committee to launch an investigation into whether Chao has used her position to benefit herself, her family, and her family's business.
Jared Kushner was ultimately only granted clearance after intervention by his father-in-law and the current U.S. President, Donald Trump. The son of convicted white-collar criminal Charles Kushner, Jared received his college education at Harvard - but not before his wealthy father (an alumni of New York University) pledged $2.5M to Harvard in 1998, the year Jared applied to the Ivy League school.
Jared maintains an infamously close relationship with Saudi Prince Mohammed "Bone Saw" bin Salman - who, it bears reminding, is the man who ordered the assassination of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, resulting in his live-dismemberment in a Saudi Arabian consulate in Turkey in 2018).
When Kushner Companies was of seeking loans, Jared Kushner met with the executives of two major investment banks in the White House. Shortly after, Kushner Co. was granted over $500M in loans from the same investment banks.
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- Employment History
- World Patent Marketing Case ( Aug. 2015 )
Job Titles:
- National Security Advisor
- Trump 's Ex - Adviser
Flynn considered a ‘co-conspirator' in attempt to extradite Turkish political dissident living legally in the United States; Flynn's former lobbying organization, Flynn Intel Group, received over $500,000 a group intimately associated with the Turkish president Erdoğan's government.
Flynn now seen as ‘co-conspirator' in Turkish plot by prosecutors | CBC
S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan, presiding over Flynn's sentencing, told Flynn: "Arguably, you sold your country out, I'm not hiding my disgust, my disdain for this criminal offense."
Pentagon's inspector general opened an investigation into payments to Flynn from the Russian state-run television network Russia Today (RT).
Job Titles:
- Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
- Head of the CFPB
Job Titles:
- Special Advisor to the President
Former state attorney general, long-time Donald Trump ally, and member of the Presidents impeachment defense team, Pam Bondi is no stranger to scandals - particularly as they relate to Donald Trump.
Job Titles:
- Campaign Manager
- Heavily Praised Author Who Claims Holocaust, Sandy Hook, and 9 / 11 Were Faked Media Matters ( 4.12.16 )
In the bizarro world of Roger Stone, being bad is good. At least until Friday's arrest | Miami Herald (1.25.19)
Took taxpayer funded chartered flight for $12,375 to Las Vegas to give a 12-minute speech to an NHL team owned by a major donor to Zinke's congressional campaign.
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- EPA Head
- First EPA Administrator
Ordered his drivers to use lights and sirens for non-emergency business, including for a visit to an upscale restaurant he frequented; reassigned lead agent of security detail after agent told Pruitt sirens could only be used in emergencies.
EPA head Scott Pruitt lived in D.C. condo connected to energy lobbyist | PBS (3.30.18)
While a board member of World Patent Marketing, Whitaker personally promoted such outrageous notions as "time travel", evidence of Big Foot, and a toilet for the ‘well-endowed' man.
Acting AG Matt Whitaker under fire for alleged Bigfoot, toilet, time travel scams | Syracuse (1.29.19)
As the executive director of a tax-exempt organization with undisclosed donors, Whitaker's salary (paid by unknown donors) was the organizations largest expense.
Despite claiming a non-political tax-exempt status, Whitaker's organization primarily sought Hillary Clinton related controversy and called for investigations into 40 Democratic officials and only a few Republicans.