Thread by @DrDenaGrayson

🚨BREAKING: @USDOT’s IG asked DOJ in December to CRIMINALLY investigate Elaine Chao’s alleged misuse of her office as transportation secretary to promote her family’s shipping business—run by her sister—that has extensive business ties with #China.
nytimes.com/2021/03/03/us/…

The IG said DOJ’s criminal & public integrity divisions *both* declined to pursue it, even after the IG found REPEATED examples of Chao using her staff & office to benefit her family & their business and revealed that staff members at the agency had raised ethics concerns.🤬

The IG probe came after Chao’s grifting for her family was exposed–including a trip to China she'd planned to take in 2017 w/her father & sister. The IG confirmed that planning for the trip–which was canceled–raised ethics concerns among other officials.👇🏼
nytimes.com/2019/06/02/us/…

Chao refused to respond to the IG's questions & instead provided a Sept 2020 memo, claiming promoting her family was part of her official duties.

“Asian audiences welcome & respond positively to actions by the Secretary that include her father in activities when appropriate."😳

As of 2019, Chao's family company–Foremost Group–handled a large portion of orders at one of China’s biggest STATE-funded shipyards & has secured long-term charters with a STATE-owned steel maker. Its ships carry bulk cargo (iron ore and coal), shipping the commodities to China.

This is #China we're talking about. An *American* shipping company does not easily land such large, lucrative contracts with STATE-OWNED entities in #China.

Makes you wonder, how did Elaine Chao's family land this?🧐

‼️Chao's 2017 trip had planned to include stops at locations in #China that had reaped financial support from her family’s company and also a meeting with “top leaders” in China that was to include her father and sister, but NOT other members of Transportation Department staff.

Now that the "former guy" is gone, it's time to expose and punish every one of the corrupt GRIFTERS who sold out our country for their own profit.

#ElaineChao #GrifterChao #TrumpCrimeSyndicate

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