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JoeOtterbein

(7,702 posts)
Tue Oct 25, 2022, 11:43 PM Oct 2022

MAGA Candidate 'Screwed Up' Employer's Name 30+ Times: Report

Daily Beast

After a Daily Beast report on Joe Kent’s mystery job, the Republican House contender is changing his story—and his public filings

William Bredderman
Researcher
Updated Oct. 25, 2022 11:18PM ET / Published Oct. 25, 2022 10:22PM ET

Two days after The Daily Beast reported that American Enterprise Solutions—the company Washington State House candidate Joe Kent has identified as his employer on 34 political donations, two personal financial disclosures, and in at least one public appearance—did not appear to exist, the Republican asserted that he and his team had been saying and writing it wrong the whole time. According to Oregon Public Broadcasting, Kent produced heavily redacted materials on Tuesday indicating the company’s name was in fact “Advanced Enterprise Solutions.”

“There’s a good chance I screwed it up,” the PBS and National Public Radio affiliate quoted Kent as saying, regarding the donations and his own public statement. He blamed the repeated errors to the firm supposedly using the name “American Enterprise Systems” in the past.

Meanwhile, a campaign staffer took responsibility for the repeated inaccurate financial disclosures, describing the name mix-up as a “typo,” and vowing to submit corrected materials to the House Ethics Committee “post haste.”
Two days after The Daily Beast reported that American Enterprise Solutions—the company Washington State House candidate Joe Kent has identified as his employer on 34 political donations, two personal financial disclosures, and in at least one public appearance—did not appear to exist, the Republican asserted that he and his team had been saying and writing it wrong the whole time. According to Oregon Public Broadcasting, Kent produced heavily redacted materials on Tuesday indicating the company’s name was in fact “Advanced Enterprise Solutions.”

“There’s a good chance I screwed it up,” the PBS and National Public Radio affiliate quoted Kent as saying, regarding the donations and his own public statement. He blamed the repeated errors to the firm supposedly using the name “American Enterprise Systems” in the past.

Meanwhile, a campaign staffer took responsibility for the repeated inaccurate financial disclosures, describing the name mix-up as a “typo,” and vowing to submit corrected materials to the House Ethics Committee “post haste.”

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MAGA Candidate 'Screwed Up' Employer's Name 30+ Times: Report (Original Post) JoeOtterbein Oct 2022 OP
That's really weird. What company doesn't want to be identified? nt Phoenix61 Oct 2022 #1
One that's bribing Republican politicians Captain Zero Oct 2022 #2
Good answer! nt Phoenix61 Oct 2022 #5
There! Fixed it: "Billionaire's Bribery Fund, Inc." gratuitous Oct 2022 #3
That guy is one weird ass bastard. He is always in pictures with The_Casual_Observer Oct 2022 #4
He lives in WA's 3rd. maxsolomon Oct 2022 #13
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me 30 or more times... shame on... you? Initech Oct 2022 #6
It's not a typo either ... "American" is NOT "Advanced" FakeNoose Oct 2022 #7
Yeah..riiiigght I_UndergroundPanther Oct 2022 #8
I'll believe it when I see some old paycheck stubs. KS Toronado Oct 2022 #9
And...we STILL don't know who the guy works for jmowreader Oct 2022 #10
I was with the same firm for 35 years, as both a clerk and an attorney. rsdsharp Oct 2022 #11
There is this company ⬇️ blogslug Oct 2022 #12

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
3. There! Fixed it: "Billionaire's Bribery Fund, Inc."
Tue Oct 25, 2022, 11:59 PM
Oct 2022

You can see how anyone could make a typo like that.

Isn't the candidate supposed to sign off on those forms under penalty of perjury? How does a "typo" keep creeping in like that?

Initech

(100,087 posts)
6. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me 30 or more times... shame on... you?
Wed Oct 26, 2022, 12:23 AM
Oct 2022

Not sure who to shame in that one.

FakeNoose

(32,659 posts)
7. It's not a typo either ... "American" is NOT "Advanced"
Wed Oct 26, 2022, 12:32 AM
Oct 2022

Probably nobody on that campaign even gives 2 spits.

jmowreader

(50,560 posts)
10. And...we STILL don't know who the guy works for
Wed Oct 26, 2022, 05:05 AM
Oct 2022

I googled Advanced Enterprise Solutions, and got eight different companies spread out all over the country before I decided to stop counting. Since they all do some sort of VAR work on various high-end corporate computer software systems - usually Oracle - I have no idea why this knucklehead's minders didn't just set him up a shell company to claim he works for.

rsdsharp

(9,188 posts)
11. I was with the same firm for 35 years, as both a clerk and an attorney.
Wed Oct 26, 2022, 01:50 PM
Oct 2022

I honestly don’t recall the number of name changes we had, as senior partners came and went, and we changed from a partnership to a professional corporation. It had to be 8-10. But I always knew the proper firm name.

blogslug

(38,004 posts)
12. There is this company ⬇️
Wed Oct 26, 2022, 02:57 PM
Oct 2022

Torres-Advanced Enterprise Solutions, LLC

They were (are?) a security company who made the rounds during the right-wing Benghazi freakout. In fact, one of the guys who ran that company (Jerry Torres) just lost a primary for a congressional district in Florida.

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