Swamp Watch News

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... and a little more grift.

IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig has earned at least $100,000 per year renting out properties at a Trump-branded resort in Hawaii, according to his financial disclosure.

Rettig, who was appointed by President Trump in 2018, earned between $100,000 and $200,000 per year from his 50% ownership in two units at the Trump International Waikiki over the last two years, according to an analysis of the disclosure by the government watchdog group Citizens for Ethics and Responsibility in Washington.

Rettig has held a stake in the units since 2006, three years before the property opened. Rettig did not disclose the link to the Trump-branded property in the financial disclosure, simply listing them as "Residential Real Estate" and "Residential Real Estate (2)" in Honolulu.

Trump, of course, has refused to divest from his company and therefore continues to profit from the property as well. CREW noted that 10% of the price Rettig paid to purchase the units went directly to the Trump Organization. Trump, who has repeatedly made taxpayer-funded trips to his properties, visited the Waikiki resort in 2017 during a trip to Asia.

Rettig previously failed to disclose that his properties were at the Trump-branded resort during his confirmation process.

[_Icarus]

The most corrupt administration in history strikes again with a triple whammy this week...

Steve Bannon, three others charged with fraud in border wall fundraising campaign

Trump Reportedly Spent $58 Million In Campaign Funds On Legal Fees And Compliance

Louis DeJoy Reportedly Pressured Former Employees To Donate To GOP, Then Reimbursed Them

[_Doctor CamNC4Me]

Jesus Christ. ANOTHER Trump appointee is a conman and scumbag:

https://lawandcrime.com/2020-election/t ... ire-fraud/

It really is amazing that we now have fairly strong evidence that the Postmaster General secured his job on the back of systemic and intentional violations of campaign finance laws . . . and nothing happens.

- Doc

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One of the largest awardees in a key Trump pandemic relief operation redirected $3 million to its own nonprofit organization despite its lack of track record or capacity in delivering food to people in need, House Democrats have alleged.

Yegg Inc., a California firm that offers business finance solutions, was awarded $16.6 million to supply milk and dairy boxes for the Farmers to Families Food Box program May 8.

In a letter Sunday, James E. Clyburn, chairman of the House’s select subcommittee on the coronavirus crisis, asked George Egbuonu, president of Yegg, to cooperate with the committee’s investigation into the food box program.

The letter alleged that rather than providing food boxes to major food banks across 10 counties in Southern California, as contracted, Yegg instead delivered almost $3 million in food boxes to an organization called Helping Feet, also owned by Egbuonu.

“Yegg reported that it delivered almost $3 million of food boxes, including and 38,956 dairy boxes and 171,000 fluid milk boxes to an organization named Helping Feet. This entity is not a Southern California food bank. Rather, it is an organization that you founded, with no public information indicating a mission, experience, or capacity to deliver food to people in need,” the letter said.

“Documents and information recently obtained by the Select Subcommittee raise additional concerns about whether Yegg was truthful in its proposal to USDA and whether millions of dollars of food paid for by taxpayers reached the intended recipients,” the letter said.