ELAINE CHAO: Appointed her husband’s political operative/donor in apparent violation of a federal criminal statute.
ELAINE CHAO: Her brother in law (formerly with SAC Capital) manages a hedge fund that invests in LNG, shipping, and infrastructure holdings shortly before administration announcements regarding LNG, shipping, and infrastructure.
ELAINE CHAO: Has another brother in law on the Blackstone Group’s board of directors.
ELAINE CHAO: When @RudyGiuliani charged members of United Orient Bank for money laundering, two directors/members of the bank’s audit committee—Chao’s father, and a future brother in law—were unindicted.
ELAINE CHAO: A longtime Federalist Society advisor and Heritage Foundation Distinguished Fellow who enjoyed a private dinner with a SCOTUS Associate Justice at the home of a member of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
ELAINE CHAO: Was—with her brother in law, Jim Breyer—a News Corporation director until her Senate confirmation.
ELAINE CHAO: Appointed a twice-convicted drunk driver as head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
ELAINE CHAO: Meets privately with media organizations controlled by the Chinese Communist Party; with Republican pollsters; and with Boeing lobbyists.