@SenSanders is featured in Peter Schwizer's "Profiles in Corruption".
I encourage everyone to read or listen to it.
However, I know many don't have the time to do this.
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I encourage everyone to read or listen to it.
However, I know many don't have the time to do this.
I decided to tweet a summary of the graft & corruption in his ...
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... career & family, using "corruption by proxy".
1) Bernie's strategy his entire political career has been to have an enemy (the wealthy) that he can use to rally constituents to get behind him to fight & vanquish. We see this demonstrated in every speech he gives.
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1) Bernie's strategy his entire political career has been to have an enemy (the wealthy) that he can use to rally constituents to get behind him to fight & vanquish. We see this demonstrated in every speech he gives.
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2) Bernie & his wife Jane have been extremely secretive about how they accumulated such wealth, and just how wealthy they are.
3) Bernie has many relationships with wealthy financers that he hides from the public because of the hypocrisy.
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3) Bernie has many relationships with wealthy financers that he hides from the public because of the hypocrisy.
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4) After college, he went to Israel to live on a kibbutz. It was associated with a Soviet political faction. The faction held Joseph Stalin in high regard.
5) "Throughout the 1970's Sanders continued to avoid consistent employment" - he spent ...
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5) "Throughout the 1970's Sanders continued to avoid consistent employment" - he spent ...
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... his time as activist & agitator, and endlessly ran for office. He even claimed unemployment while a candidate!
6) He derided working-class jobs as "moron work".
7) He'd "steal" electricity for his apartment from a landlord's outlet in the basement w/extension cords.
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6) He derided working-class jobs as "moron work".
7) He'd "steal" electricity for his apartment from a landlord's outlet in the basement w/extension cords.
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8) In 1980, he won his race for mayor of Burlington, VT by 10 votes out of 8,650 votes cast. Think about this: the entire Bernie Sanders phenomenon rode on those 10 votes!
9) He ran as a Socialist, and the wealthy enemy of his campaign was developer Tony Pomerleau.
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9) He ran as a Socialist, and the wealthy enemy of his campaign was developer Tony Pomerleau.
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10) 10-days after his win, at a victory party, he met his 2nd wife, Jane Driscoll. She has played an important role in his career as his "consigliere". They married in '88.
11) Schweizer writes that Sanders immediately fell into a pattern of benefiting ...
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11) Schweizer writes that Sanders immediately fell into a pattern of benefiting ...
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... himself & family by using his political office for personal gain.
12) He appointed his GF Jane, not yet his wife, to a position unadvertised, initially unpaid, that became a salaried position soon thereafter. Once they got married, she got a hefty pay raise.
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12) He appointed his GF Jane, not yet his wife, to a position unadvertised, initially unpaid, that became a salaried position soon thereafter. Once they got married, she got a hefty pay raise.
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13) He put a friend in charge of his Community & Economic Development Office. Those with connections got business, those who didn't had to fend for themselves.
14) He tried to tax a charitable hospital that had to go to court, & prevail, to not have to pay the $2M+ bill.
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14) He tried to tax a charitable hospital that had to go to court, & prevail, to not have to pay the $2M+ bill.
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15) In general, he was not a big fan of charities and gives to very few charities based on his tax returns.
16) While demonizing Tony Pomerleau during his campaign, once in office he formed an alliance that would last decades and financially benefit Sanders & family.
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16) While demonizing Tony Pomerleau during his campaign, once in office he formed an alliance that would last decades and financially benefit Sanders & family.
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17) Pomerleau supported Jane's work as Youth Office Director of Burlington and facilitated Jane's $10M Burlington College venture.
18) While having railed against the political establishment for holding secret talks with developers, once in office he did the same.
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18) While having railed against the political establishment for holding secret talks with developers, once in office he did the same.
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19) Progressives from the Green Movement in Burlington accused him of collusion with business interests while striking major development deals with wealthy developers.
20) While criticizing the military-industrial complex during his campaign, he turned around and ...
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20) While criticizing the military-industrial complex during his campaign, he turned around and ...
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... supported them as they built-up large plants in and around Burlington, like GE.
I am struck by Bernie's ability to regularly & continually say one thing and do another.
21) He classified campaign staffers as consultants to avoid paying social security, ...
I am struck by Bernie's ability to regularly & continually say one thing and do another.
21) He classified campaign staffers as consultants to avoid paying social security, ...
... unemployment, and workers' compensation taxes.
22) An audit of the campaign by the State of Vermont in 1990 found 7 staffers had been classified as consultants simply to avoid paying the employer portion of payroll taxes.
23) Once in DC, his wife Jane was ...
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22) An audit of the campaign by the State of Vermont in 1990 found 7 staffers had been classified as consultants simply to avoid paying the employer portion of payroll taxes.
23) Once in DC, his wife Jane was ...
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... always on the taxpayers' payroll.
24) After 10-years in DC, Jane & family set up a consulting company that operated under 3 different names to provide income tied to Bernie's political career.
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24) After 10-years in DC, Jane & family set up a consulting company that operated under 3 different names to provide income tied to Bernie's political career.
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... scheme of politicians.
25) On 9/27/2000, "Sanders & Driscoll LLC" was formed, run by Jane, her daughter Carina, and son David. The other 2 names they operated under were "Leadership Strategies" & "Progressive Media Strategies".
26) These were financial conduits ...
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25) On 9/27/2000, "Sanders & Driscoll LLC" was formed, run by Jane, her daughter Carina, and son David. The other 2 names they operated under were "Leadership Strategies" & "Progressive Media Strategies".
26) These were financial conduits ...
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... used to funnel cash to the family.
27) On financial disclosure forms, all Bernie & Jane would disclose about income from these businesses was "greater than $1,000". Nobody knows how much they made or are making. Their children have no disclosure requirements.
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27) On financial disclosure forms, all Bernie & Jane would disclose about income from these businesses was "greater than $1,000". Nobody knows how much they made or are making. Their children have no disclosure requirements.
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28) However, some of Bernie's campaign contributions were funneled to the company. While running in the early 2000's, Sander's critics complained he'd funneled more than $150,000 to the family company for campaign-related work between 2000-2004.
29) Jane acted ...
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29) Jane acted ...
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... as a "media buyer" for Bernie's campaigns. For every TV & radio ad purchased, the buyer gets 15% commission, and is not disclosed anywhere, only the bulk amount. Nobody knows how much Jane earned from this, and she has no background in media buying.
30) In 2004 ...
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30) In 2004 ...
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... Jane was named the President of Burlington College, based on her political ties through Bernie.
31) Jane established exchange programs with Cuba, which was under US sanctions. They needed the approval of the Treasury Department. Jane called ...
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31) Jane established exchange programs with Cuba, which was under US sanctions. They needed the approval of the Treasury Department. Jane called ...
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... them, dropped Bernie's name, and the approvals were given. 😉
32) Jane steered Burlington College money to the family business, owned by Carina, called The Vermont Woodworking School. First-year, $56K. By 2010, it was over $130K. And $182K in 2012. In total ...
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32) Jane steered Burlington College money to the family business, owned by Carina, called The Vermont Woodworking School. First-year, $56K. By 2010, it was over $130K. And $182K in 2012. In total ...
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... the college funneled more than $500K to Carina's company.
33) During this time, the small college was never on sound financial footing. However, every year it seemed Jane's salary continued to rise. By 2009, $160K.
34) In 2010, Jane announced ambitious plans ...
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33) During this time, the small college was never on sound financial footing. However, every year it seemed Jane's salary continued to rise. By 2009, $160K.
34) In 2010, Jane announced ambitious plans ...
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... to expand the campus. She wanted to spend more than $10M buying land even though the college had financial difficulties. They had less than 200 students and an annual budget of around $4M. How could this be possible? 🤔
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35) Jane turned to the wealthy Pomerleau family. Tony helped negotiate the deal & provide a bridge loan of $500K to make the purchase happen.
36) The deal included a bank loan of $6.5M and a taker-back mortgage from the seller for $3.6M, secured by the ...
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36) The deal included a bank loan of $6.5M and a taker-back mortgage from the seller for $3.6M, secured by the ...
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... Vermont Educational and Health Buildings Financing Agency, or VEHBFA. A board member of VEHBFA later was named to the Burlington College board.
37) To make the deal happen with the bank, Jane represented that she had $2M in confirmed donations, even though ...
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37) To make the deal happen with the bank, Jane represented that she had $2M in confirmed donations, even though ...
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... the 2 million-dollar donations she represented were a bequest and a match of that bequest from someone who would have to die for Burlington College to receive the funds.
38) Almost immediately the college fell behind in paying for the land. Jane was asked ...
38) Almost immediately the college fell behind in paying for the land. Jane was asked ...
... to leave the college by its board in 2011 and was paid a $200K severance. Soon thereafter, the college collapsed.
39) Afterwards, there were more misrepresentations identified on the bank loan application. The FBI & Justice Department got involved ...
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39) Afterwards, there were more misrepresentations identified on the bank loan application. The FBI & Justice Department got involved ...
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... and launched a fraud investigation.
40) Supposition is that the only way a small college with no money could get a loan as big as that received by Burlington College was Senatorial pressure from Bernie.
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40) Supposition is that the only way a small college with no money could get a loan as big as that received by Burlington College was Senatorial pressure from Bernie.
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The numbers don't make financial sense. No bank would lend that kind of money based on the college's ability to pay, or in this case not pay! The college closed in 2016.
41) In 2017, federal investigators started questioning college officials ...
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41) In 2017, federal investigators started questioning college officials ...
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... about potential financial fraud.
42) They found a burglary took place in 2016 that wiped out all the college's electronic records. It looked like it was a set-up burglary designed to destroy evidence.
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42) They found a burglary took place in 2016 that wiped out all the college's electronic records. It looked like it was a set-up burglary designed to destroy evidence.
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43) Some good reporting on the strange burglary:
vtdigger.org/?s=burlington+…
44) All other records were destroyed by the State.
45) Sanders has milked getting paid for writing. He's written more books than substantial pieces of legislation. See:
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vtdigger.org/?s=burlington+…
44) All other records were destroyed by the State.
45) Sanders has milked getting paid for writing. He's written more books than substantial pieces of legislation. See:
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He's given none of his book proceeds to charity, as many politicians do.
46) The money Bernie gets for book-writing & book sales, including sales to his campaign, funded by donations, is staggering. According to federal filings, in 2016 & 2017, Bernie ...
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46) The money Bernie gets for book-writing & book sales, including sales to his campaign, funded by donations, is staggering. According to federal filings, in 2016 & 2017, Bernie ...
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... and Jane earned over $1M each year!
47) Sanders owns 3 homes, one in Burlington, one in DC, and one on Lake Champlain. They purchased the lake house just months after Burlington College closed its doors forever. It has 500' of lake frontage.
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47) Sanders owns 3 homes, one in Burlington, one in DC, and one on Lake Champlain. They purchased the lake house just months after Burlington College closed its doors forever. It has 500' of lake frontage.
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They cannot explain where they got the money for the purchase.
48) While Bernie claims to take no large contributions from the Fortune 500 & Wall Street, he attends events w/these people who donate to the party, which then funnels the money back to the Sanders campaign.
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48) While Bernie claims to take no large contributions from the Fortune 500 & Wall Street, he attends events w/these people who donate to the party, which then funnels the money back to the Sanders campaign.
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49) The Sanders campaign spent over $83M on media buys during his 2016 Presidential campaign. It all went to a mysterious company with no web site, no phone number & no office space. Old Town Media LLC is registered to a suburban VA address & owned by two friends of Jane.
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Here's more:
nationalfile.com/bernie-campaig…
At a 15% typical commission on media buys, the $83M would generate $12.45M in commissions.
Who, how many, and how much did people make on this? Was Jane Sanders financially-involved in these transactions?
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nationalfile.com/bernie-campaig…
At a 15% typical commission on media buys, the $83M would generate $12.45M in commissions.
Who, how many, and how much did people make on this? Was Jane Sanders financially-involved in these transactions?
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Federal reporting makes it easy to hide these kinds of transactions.
50) Bernie & the family also have some very interesting ties to charitable organizations they have started and run, like The Sanders Institute. Google it and check it out.
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50) Bernie & the family also have some very interesting ties to charitable organizations they have started and run, like The Sanders Institute. Google it and check it out.
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If you found this interesting & informative, buy Schwizer's books, "Profiles in Corruption", released Jan 21st, and his "Secret Empires".
In addition to @SenSanders story, they lay out @JoeBiden's "corruption-by-proxy" using his family.
The Biden & Co. crime syndicate.
In addition to @SenSanders story, they lay out @JoeBiden's "corruption-by-proxy" using his family.
The Biden & Co. crime syndicate.
*Schweizer* 
