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A story on Elaine Chao would be nice.There’s plenty of material from as early as 1987, when Rudy Giuliani indicted United Orient Bank officers for money laundering. One, James S.C. Chao—father of Rudy’s fellow Reagan appointee, Elaine—wasn’t indicted.
A story on Elaine Chao would be nice.There’s plenty of material from as early as 1987, when Rudy Giuliani indicted United Orient Bank officers for money laundering. One, James S.C. Chao—father of Rudy’s fellow Reagan appointee, Elaine—wasn’t indicted.
@AlecMacGillis @JaneMayerNYer Elaine Chao’s future brother in law, Jeffrey Hwang—like James Chao, a United Orient Bank director and audit committee member—also escaped prosecution by Giuliani’s SDNY. Elaine Chao later appointed a Giuliani staffer as her spokesperson at the Department of Labor.
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As the article mentioned that McConnell practically appointed his wife as Trump’s Secretary of Transportation, it’s not suprising that Chao appointed her husband’s donor/political operative/aquiantance—a State Farm agent by trade—as her Chief of Staff.
As the article mentioned that McConnell practically appointed his wife as Trump’s Secretary of Transportation, it’s not suprising that Chao appointed her husband’s donor/political operative/aquiantance—a State Farm agent by trade—as her Chief of Staff.
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In the months preceding Trump’s Executive Order that tasked Secretary Chao witn the rollback of LNG transportation safety regulations, her brother in law presciently increased his hedge fund’s LNG holdings by tens of millions of dollars.
In the months preceding Trump’s Executive Order that tasked Secretary Chao witn the rollback of LNG transportation safety regulations, her brother in law presciently increased his hedge fund’s LNG holdings by tens of millions of dollars.
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Her brother in law also increased his Vulcan Materials holdings by ~$13 million while Chao held on to the Vulcan Materials stocks she’d promised to divest.
Her brother in law also increased his Vulcan Materials holdings by ~$13 million while Chao held on to the Vulcan Materials stocks she’d promised to divest.
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Her brother in law increased his LNG and shipoing holdings shortly before a $43B deal for Alaskan LNG was inked during Trump’s visit to China. Bank of China, on whose board Chao’s sister Angela sits, was a party to the agreement.
Her brother in law increased his LNG and shipoing holdings shortly before a $43B deal for Alaskan LNG was inked during Trump’s visit to China. Bank of China, on whose board Chao’s sister Angela sits, was a party to the agreement.
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He also dumped a $50M Tesla holding weeks before Trump announced America’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement—when Elon Musk quit a Trump advisory board in disgust.
He also dumped a $50M Tesla holding weeks before Trump announced America’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement—when Elon Musk quit a Trump advisory board in disgust.
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Speaking of Chao’s brothers in law, Chao claimed that Jeffrey Epstein enabler, Alex Acosta, was behind the nomination of another brother in law, Gordon Hartogensis, as director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Speaking of Chao’s brothers in law, Chao claimed that Jeffrey Epstein enabler, Alex Acosta, was behind the nomination of another brother in law, Gordon Hartogensis, as director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
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Coincidentally, a Delaware pension fund—itself backed by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation—invested $35,000,000 in a venture capital fund managed by another brother in law, Jim Breyer—after Hartogensis was confirmed.
Coincidentally, a Delaware pension fund—itself backed by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation—invested $35,000,000 in a venture capital fund managed by another brother in law, Jim Breyer—after Hartogensis was confirmed.
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Shortly after her confirmation, Secretary Chao hired a lobbyist as her “advisor on ports.” Two of the lobbyist’s clients later received tens of millions of dollars in DOT grants. The lobbyist also represents Vulcan Materials, for whom Chao was a director.
Shortly after her confirmation, Secretary Chao hired a lobbyist as her “advisor on ports.” Two of the lobbyist’s clients later received tens of millions of dollars in DOT grants. The lobbyist also represents Vulcan Materials, for whom Chao was a director.
@AlecMacGillis @JaneMayerNYer Anyway, there’s a lot of material to work with—even without mentions of Chao’s communications with the CEO of a McConnell-affiliated Super PAC, the information she omitted from her written nomination testimony, her connections to the United Front Work Department, etc., etc.
@AlecMacGillis @JaneMayerNYer Between McConnell’s angry cries of xenophobia and the fact that Chao was confirmed witn a 93-6 vote, exposing Chao’s and McConnell’s corruption in the media or by Congress isn’t for the faint of heart, but it needs to be exposed.
