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… – wrapped in aluminum foil–stashed in the freezer of his home. Then there is House Speaker Nancy Pelosi secretly inserting a last-minute provision into a multi billion-dollar redevelopment bill that benefited her husband financially and her highly publicized, taxpayer-financed lavish jet to ferry her and her entourage from coast-to-coast. Meanwhile, Pelosi’s California pal in the Senate, Democrat Dianne Feinstein was forced to …
…nsin nonprofit called La Casa de Esperanza (The House of Hope) spent a chunk of its $20 million weatherization budget to buy gift cards for its employees, Christmas decorations, Halloween candy and to pay parking tickets. The husband of a charity employee also got $10,000 worth of U.S. taxpayer-financed work on his home and much of the weatherization done on houses that actually qualified was faulty or didn’t meet the federal standards. Texas ha…
In a flagrant example of pay-to-play politics, the president of a company that helped House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her banker husband make millions of dollars has been awarded a prestigious foreign ambassadorship. Foreign ambassadors are appointed by the president and it’s quite common that the coveted positions go to big donors and fundraisers. Barack Obama has stuck to the script of most presidents—both Democrat and Republican—by appointing…
…homes in three counties but instead has spent some of the money on gift cards for its employees, Christmas decorations, Halloween candy and to pay parking tickets, according to a Milwaukee newspaper report. Additionally, the husband of a charity employee illegally got $10,000 worth of U.S. taxpayer-financed work on his home and much of the weatherization done on houses that actually qualified was faulty or didn’t meet the federal standards. In a…
Indicating what lies ahead if another Clinton occupies the White House, many of Hillary’s big donors participated in the 1990s fundraising scandal in which her husband sold Lincoln Bedroom sleepovers and other White House perks for millions of dollars. The unprecedented White House-for-cash stays were part of Bill Clinton’s brilliant strategy to raise $100 million for his reelection. The deep-pocketed guests included representatives of large co…
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