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The Chao family business is deeply entangled with Beijing. The Chao family dry bulk ship company has borrowed hundreds of millions of dollars from Chinese banks, all of which are partly or fully owned by the communist regime.
The report shows clearly that numerous documented Chao actions could be felonies under federal laws designed to avoid official favoritism.
What the public knew was minor, though, compared to the damning facts in a 38-page inver pector general report that was hidden until after the Trump administration ended. That report revealed that in December 2020 the inspector general referred its findings about Chao's conduct to the Justice Department for criminal prosecution.
Attorney General William Barr, whose policy was to personally review all cases involving high-level Trump appointees, declined to prosecute Chao. A spokesman for Chao said that the Justice Department's decision not to prosecute "closes the book" on the issues and exonerates Elaine Chao.
Does it?
This should make even the righties mad as hell. And then her husband, Mitch McConnell uses his majority leader position to get rid of the only official investigating his wife? Merrick Garland should go after her with a vengeance, and thoroughly investigate any wrong doing by McConnell.
This ain't over with yet.
The report shows clearly that numerous documented Chao actions could be felonies under federal laws designed to avoid official favoritism.
What the public knew was minor, though, compared to the damning facts in a 38-page inver pector general report that was hidden until after the Trump administration ended. That report revealed that in December 2020 the inspector general referred its findings about Chao's conduct to the Justice Department for criminal prosecution.
Attorney General William Barr, whose policy was to personally review all cases involving high-level Trump appointees, declined to prosecute Chao. A spokesman for Chao said that the Justice Department's decision not to prosecute "closes the book" on the issues and exonerates Elaine Chao.
Does it?
How Elaine Chao used her Trump cabinet post to help her family make millions
In January 2017, upon her confirmation as secretary of the Department of Transportation, Elaine Chao committed to separating herself from her family's shipping interests. Looking back on the last four years, it's clear she didn't.In an administration awash with emoluments and ethics concerns, it...
www.rawstory.com
This should make even the righties mad as hell. And then her husband, Mitch McConnell uses his majority leader position to get rid of the only official investigating his wife? Merrick Garland should go after her with a vengeance, and thoroughly investigate any wrong doing by McConnell.
This ain't over with yet.