Ethics Report Finds Elaine Chao Used Trump Cabinet Post to Promote Family Interests slate.com/news-and-politiโ€ฆ
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How Elaine Chao Used Her Cabinet Post to Help Her Family Make Millions. Buried Report Catalogues Trump Transportation Department Support of Shipping Business; Barr Refused to Prosecute dcreport.org/2021/04/02/eโ€ฆ
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New IG reports: Elaine Chao violated laws, Trump officials blocked hurricane aide to PR, and Portland crackdown cost taxpayers $12 million.

Please forgive the aide/aid typo in the title. Wish I could edit it.

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##Trump-era investigations

Former Trump appointee Kash Patel is under federal investigation for improper disclosure of classified information, possibly related to his belief that Trump was being persecuted by the โ€œdeep state.โ€ Patel took a leading role in Trumpโ€™s battle with the intelligence community, proving himself to be one of the most loyal appointees in the administration. He started out as Rep. Devin Nunesโ€™ aide, writing a memo that alleged FBI bias against Trump and attempted to discredit the investigation into Russian election interference. He was on Trumpโ€™s National Security Council, was reportedly part of Giulianiโ€™s backchannel to Ukraine, and was later appointed to Defense Department Chief of Staff.

  • The same WaPo report also revealed that Patel botched a 2020 hostage rescue mission in Nigeria: โ€œSecretary of State Mike Pompeo and Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, were angry that, in their view, Patel had prematurely said the operation was fully cleared...One senior Pentagon official said he was โ€˜incensedโ€™ at Patel. A second senior Pentagon official described Patelโ€™s actions as potentially โ€˜dangerousโ€™ for the SEALs.โ€

A new report released by the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General revealed that Trumpโ€™s deployment of law enforcement to Portland, OR, last summer cost $12.3 million. The IG notes (PDF) that the estimated damage caused to Hatfield Courthouse, which DHS and FPS were guarding, only cost $1.6 million. Additionally, few of the officers had been trained in riot and crowd control, even though that was their primary mission:

>The inspector generalโ€™s office [examined](https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2021/04/federal-

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Watchdog asked Trump DOJ to criminally investigate Elaine Chao for misuse of office as transportation secretary but was rebuffed baltimoresun.com/news/natโ€ฆ
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Inspector General Report Says Elaine Chao May Have Violated Federal Ethics Laws. motherjones.com/politics/โ€ฆ
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Ethics concerns led to criminal referral involving Elaine Chao, inspector general says washingtonpost.com/local/โ€ฆ
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Betsy DeVos, Elaine Chao accused of resigning to dodge 25th Amendment calls newsweek.com/betsy-devos-โ€ฆ
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Former Trump Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao -- who is also Mitch McConnell's wife -- was criminally referred to the Dept. of Justice by the Dept. of Transportation Inspector General. // Trump's DOJ buried the referral. As they did for numerous other corrupt Trump officials. Including Trump. slate.com/news-and-politiโ€ฆ
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Transportation secretary Elaine Chao is resigning after Capitol riots businessinsider.com/transโ€ฆ
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IG finds misuse of office by Elaine Chao at Transportation independent.co.uk/news/igโ€ฆ
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Why does the first generation Chinese community criticize Andrew Yang for not knowing how to speak Chinese, "looking down" on Chinese people, not knowing when mooncakes are eaten, and being a "banana", while they praise/make excuses for people like Elaine Chao who are corrupt and anti-asian?

ANdrew Yang somehow always has an authenticity issue and this surpisingly is even reflected in the asian-americans he needs to win this election. I simply don't understand how this can be the case, when he's clearly the most radically pro-asian leader we've had this generation. I have yet to meet a Chinese as a first language speaking new yorker who supports Yang...the second generation asian-americans are coming out for him, but the middle aged ones definitely aren't.

On the other hand, they are a-ok with Elaine Chao, in fact, they even praise her for her "filial piety" statement which was disgustingly off base and racist.

Translation:

ๆจๅฎ‰ๆณฝไธ€็‚นๆ”ฟๆฒปๅฎถ็š„้ฃŽๅบฆ้ƒฝๆฒกๆœ‰ใ€‚ ้ชจๅญ้‡Œ็œ‹ไธ่ตทๅŽไบบ็š„ๆ„Ÿ่ง‰ใ€‚ ่ฟ™ๆ ท็š„ไบบ้€‰็บฝ็บฆๅธ‚้•ฟ๏ผŸๅ‘ตๅ‘ตใ€‚

"Andrew Yang does not have the demeanor of a politician at all. In his bones he looks down on Chinese people. Such a candidate for the mayor of New York? Ha ha."

่ฟ™็งไบบ่ƒฝๅฝ“้€‰ ็บฝ็บฆๆฐ‘ไผ—่‹ฆไบ†

"If this type of person gets elected, NYC residents will suffer"

ไธๆ”ฏๆŒ ๅฏๆ€•

"Will not support. Scary"

"ๅ“ฆๆœชๆฅๅธ‚้•ฟๅ—๏ผŸๅคงไบบ็‰ฉไผšไธญๅ›ฝ่ฏๅ—๏ผŸ็œ‹ๅˆฐไป–ไธๆ€Žๆญ็†ไธญๅ›ฝไบบ๏ผŒๆฒกๆ—ถ้—ด่ฟ™ไธๆ˜ฏ็†็”ฑๅง๐Ÿ˜‡ไบบๅ“‹่ฎฒๅˆฐๅ”ไบบๅฅฝๆ”ฏๆŒไป–ไฝ†ไผผไนŽๅฌไธๅˆฐ๏ผŒ่งๅˆฐ็š„ๅค–ๅ›ฝไบบๅฐฑ้žๅธธ็š„็ƒญๆƒ…๏ผŒ็œ‹ๆฅ่‹ฅๅฝ“ไบ†็บฝ็บฆๅธ‚้•ฟไนŸๅธฎไธไธŠไป€ไนˆไบ‹ๅ‘ข๏ผไปฅ่‡ชๅทฑๅˆฉ็›Šไธบ้‡ๅฟƒ๏ผๅคšๅฟ™ไนŸๅฏ่ฎฒไธคๅฅๅง๏ผๅคง็ป†่ถ…๏ผŒ้€‰ไบ†ไนŸ็™ฝ้€‰๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿ˜Žๅฐ่ฑก้ฉฌ้ฉฌ่™Ž่™Ž๐Ÿ˜“"

"Oh, the future mayor? Does he even know how to speak Chinese? Seeing him care so little about Chinese people, having no time is not an excuse. Chinese people never even hear form him, seems like even if he's mayor he won't help with anything! He only cares about his own interests! He could have spoken some Chinese, even a few phrases! Even if you elect him it's for nothing."

"Andrew Yang doesn't speak Chinese so he got scared and ran away."

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Elaine Chao Used DOT Resources For Personal Errands and Family Business

In her time as former President Donald Trump's transportation secretary, Elaine Chao repeatedly used her position and agency staff to help family members who run a shipping business with ties to China, in potential violation of federal ethics laws, according to an Office of Inspector General report.

The findings were uncovered in the Transportation Department's inspector general report released Wednesday that detailed the office's investigation into Chao's dealings as secretary.

The inspector general referred the findings to the Justice Department in December 2020. But with the Trump administration coming to a close, the DOJ declined to open its own investigation, citing "there is not predication" to do so.

Chao, who is married to Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., announced her resignation Jan. 7, saying she was deeply troubled by the previous day's mob attack on the Capitol "in a way that I simply cannot set aside." Her term was set to end at President Biden's swearing-in.

The Transportation Department watchdog launched the probe into Chao's actions as secretary following news reports that detailed her interactions with family in her post as the agency's head. That included an official trip to China in 2017 in which her father and sister were set to join her and participate in high-level meetings.

https://www.npr.org/2021/03/04/973564687/elaine-chao-used-dot-resources-for-personal-errands-family-business-inspector-sa

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