Posted on 03/25/2015 1:44:51 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
The No. 2 official at the Homeland Security Department intervened several times in projects with connections to insiders, including Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe and a brother of Hillary Rodham Clinton, according to a report issued by the department's watchdog Tuesday.
Alejandro Mayorkas, while head of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, created an "appearance of favoritism" in a program that offers visas to wealthy foreigners willing to invest in American companies, the report says, though it stops short of saying Mayorkas was guilty of wrongdoing.
More than 15 whistle-blowers came forward to complain that Mayorkas was giving special treatment to connected applicants, the report by the department's Office of Inspector General says.
The projects included McAuliffe's electric car company, GreenTech Automotive; a series of films by Sony Pictures; and a luxury hotel and casino in Las Vegas.
Mayorkas intervened "in unprecedented ways," the report says, and "created a perception … that certain individuals had special access and would receive special consideration." If it were not for Mayorkas, the report says, the applications would have been decided differently. . .
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
“Questions”. The name of a long forgotten song but very appropriate here.
1. Is there an honest and/or competent senior official in the Dept. of Homeland Security (past or present)? Napolitano - a complete moron; Jeh Johnson - a bigger complete moron; Mayorkas - a failure
At least someone in the IG’s office is doing there job.
2. Is there an honest member of Hillary Clinton’s immediate family (leaving out her daughter)? Bill and his brothers? Any Rodham?
The answer, for $2,000, is “NEVER”
Time to start fitting them all for orange prison suits.
Buh-bye Hitlery and Dingy Harry, and even McAuliffe.
Never leave out Chelsea.....How did she buy a $10 MILLION DOLLAR CONDO????
[Roger Clinton received over $300,000 in traveler’s checks, mostly coming from people in Taiwan and South Korea. He claimed much of this was in exchange for his musical performances. Besides lobbying for pardons, Roger also accepted money from two companies that wanted him to lobby his brother to ease restrictions on dealing with Cuba, though he wasn’t registered as a lobbyist. Shortly before refusing to testify before Burton’s committee, he received fifteen thousand dollars from his brother Bill, who described it as a personal loan to help him get a lawyer. . .Hugh Rodham, Hillary’s brother, was taking money and promising access to help get pardons. Two such high profile cases were those of drug kingpin Carlos Vignali, and convicted swindler Glenn Braswell. Rodham received hundreds of thousands of dollars from each, and they were both granted pardons. Rodham was quoted as telling a top White House aide that the pardon for Vignali was “very important” to Hillary.]
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