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We have unchecked corruption from the 2nd most powerful politician in the country, no one cares https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/02/us/politics/elaine-chao-chin

• JumpCrisscross 7y ago
  > We have unchecked corruption from the 2nd most powerful politician in the country Chao is being investigated by the House [1]. Worst case, we’re talking single-digit millions of suspected malfeasance versus billions in Russia of cut-and-dry graft. And most importantly, a wrong here doesn’t excuse a wrong there. [1] https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/24/house-chao-rules-transportation-1379722 https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/24/house-chao-rules-t...
  • wavefunction 7y ago
    I thought that she had steered some $78,000,000 in Federal projects to her husband's state and then there were also some questions about the business interests of her family members in China[0]. Also Deripaska[1] just announced he's funding an aluminum plant in Mitch McConnell's state so I suppose it does involve billions in Russian graft. [0]https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/06/elaine-chao-china-trip-foremost https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/06/elaine-chao-china-tr... [1]https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/15/business/rusal-russia-kentucky-aluminum-mill/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/15/business/rusal-russia-kentuck...