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applegrove

(118,696 posts)
Wed Mar 31, 2021, 09:00 PM Mar 2021

Obama Cabinet Official Took Undisclosed Foreign Cash (a republican of course)

Obama Cabinet Official Took Undisclosed Foreign Cash

March 31, 2021 at 8:52 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 1 Comment

https://politicalwire.com/2021/03/31/obama-cabinet-official-took-undisclosed-foreign-cash/

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“Former U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood took $50,000 from an associate of a Lebanese-Nigerian billionaire at the center of a sprawling scheme of illegal foreign campaign contributions,” Axios reports.

“LaHood, a former Republican congressman from Illinois and a member of President Obama’s Cabinet, agreed to repay the money, pay a $40,000 fine and cooperate with prosecutors to settle the matter.”

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Obama Cabinet Official Took Undisclosed Foreign Cash (a republican of course) (Original Post) applegrove Mar 2021 OP
Only scandal in the Obama administration involves a Republican only. applegrove Mar 2021 #1
Iirc, lahood's kid "inherited" daddy's seat and is a loudmouthed jagoff repig trumpanzee Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2021 #2
The risk of hiring repukes, a great likelihood of getting a crook, perv or some other ne'er-do-well Doremus Mar 2021 #3
Republicans can't even be honest when working for a Democrat. joetheman Mar 2021 #4
 

joetheman

(1,450 posts)
4. Republicans can't even be honest when working for a Democrat.
Wed Mar 31, 2021, 10:15 PM
Mar 2021

They have to lie, cheat, and steal to accomplish anything.

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