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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsObama 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 Obamas 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
Iirc, lahood's kid "inherited" daddy's seat and is a loudmouthed jagoff repig trumpanzee
Hassin Bin Sober
Mar 2021
#2
applegrove
(118,696 posts)1. Only scandal in the Obama administration involves a Republican only.
No surprize.
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,330 posts)2. Iirc, lahood's kid "inherited" daddy's seat and is a loudmouthed jagoff repig trumpanzee
Doremus
(7,261 posts)3. The risk of hiring repukes, a great likelihood of getting a crook, perv or some other ne'er-do-well
joetheman
(1,450 posts)4. Republicans can't even be honest when working for a Democrat.
They have to lie, cheat, and steal to accomplish anything.