Thread by @DanAlexander21

Top government ethics official met with Wilbur Ross yesterday. They would have have plenty to discuss.

1/ Why did Ross lie about a multibillion-dollar asset transfer in conversations with the press? forbes.com/sites/danalexa…

https://twitter.com/OfficeGovEthics/status/1154014171182374912

2/ Why did Ross submit a false document to the Office of Government Ethics stating that he divested all the assets he promised he would? forbes.com/sites/danalexa…

3/ Why did Ross not realize that he still owned more than $10 million worth of stock in Invesco, the parent company of his former investment firm, when he said he'd gotten rid of everything?

4/ Why did Ross not realize that he still had an interest in Greenbrier, a company where he used to serve on the board, when he said he had gotten rid of everything?

5/ Why did Ross short stock in a shipping firm tied to Vladimir Putin after he was told that the New York Times was preparing a story about his connections to the firm, but before that story actually came out? forbes.com/sites/danalexa…

6/ Why did Ross hang onto an interest that made him business partners with the government of China?

7/ Why did Ross open a short position in Sun Bancorp one day before he told officials he had divested his interests in a bunch of companies, including Sun Bancorp? forbes.com/sites/danalexa…

8/ Why did Ross take a meeting with a trade group, whose members included a company in which he held an interest?

9/ Why did take an official meeting with the CEO of Boeing while his wife held an investment in the company?

10 / Why did Ross take a meeting with the CEO of railcar manufacturer Greenbier while he himself held an investment in the company?

11 / Why did Ross schedule a meeting with the CEO of Chevron while his wife had a stake in that company?

12 / Why did he hold onto an interest in Air Lease Corp. for 13 months after he promised federal officials he would get rid of it? forbes.com/sites/danalexa…

13 / Why was one of his deputies, Wendy Teramoto, working on trade deals in China while -- according to her own financial disclosure report -- she was sitting on the board of a shipping company co-owned by the Chinese government? forbes.com/sites/danalexa…

14 / Why did the commerce department issue a misleading response to questions about one of his conflict-ridden meetings?
forbes.com/sites/danalexa…

15 / Why did Ross hold onto a stake in Bank United for 16 months after he said he would divest it? extapps2.oge.gov/201/Presiden.n…

16 / Why did Ross need an extension for his 2019 financial disclosure report, which has still not been released to the public?

17 / The ethics official prob wouldn't want to discuss scandals before Ross got into government. But if he did, there'd be plenty to talk about there as well.

Such as Ross' made up billions: forbes.com/sites/danalexa…

Or his pattern of alleged grifting:
forbes.com/sites/danalexa…