Posted on 07/07/2017 2:19:08 PM PDT by jazusamo
Full title: Media Ignores Virginia Gov. McAuliffe’s Role in Green Car Scandal that Fleeced Taxpayers out of Millions
An electric car company that folded after taking millions of taxpayer dollars was founded by Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe, the chairman of Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign and former Democratic National Committee (DNC) chair, but the mainstream media is ignoring this pertinent fact. The Mississippi-based company, GreenTech, shut down in January but is back in the spotlight because this week the state’s auditor demanded the firm repay $6.4 million in public funds. Only a small Richmond, Virginia newspaper prominently reported McAuliffe’s ties to the scandal, stating in the headline that “Mississippi auditor demands $6.4M repayment from McAuliffe’s former electric car company.”
Most mainstream news outlets ignored the story altogether and a few kept McAuliffe’s name out the minimal coverage. Washington D.C.’s mainstream newspaper went with a lengthy wire service story that matter-of-factly mentions McAuliffe in the very last sentence. “Among former insiders is Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe,” the end of the article states. “He resigned as the firm’s chairman in December 2012 and said he divested his interest.” How convenient! The article omits that, as GreenTech founder, McAuliffe brokered the deal in which the company got millions in public funds by promising to invest $60 million locally and creating hundreds of new full-time jobs. That never happened and instead taxpayers got fleeced. Now Mississippi State Auditor Stacey Pickering is ordering that the money be repaid with interest and investigative costs. The exact figure is $6,360,019.60.
McAuliffe is a renowned Democratic fundraiser who made a fortune with shady investments in a telecommunications giant that went bankrupt. He started his fundraising career in Jimmy Carter’s 1979 reelection campaign and has raised big bucks for Democrats over the years, but not without controversy. McAuliffe was investigated for campaign-finance abuses during the 1996 presidential election and was deposed by the Senate committee investigating the matter . In 2002 the Virginia governor was investigated for his role in an unprecedented case of political profiteering for turning a $100,000 investment in telecommunications giant Global Crossings into an $18 million profit. The company later made the fourth-largest bankruptcy filing in history and McAuliffe insisted he only did “political work” for the company’s founder who, incidentally, donated $1 million to Bill Clinton’s Presidential Library.
In 2013, McAuliffe appeared on Judicial Watch’s most corrupt politicians list and last year Judicial Watch sued the governor on behalf of Virginia voters for signing an executive order to restore voting rights to about 206,000 convicted felons. In court proceedings, Judicial Watch argued that the blanket restoration of rights to felons violates “provisions of the Virginia Constitution mandating that voting rights may only be restored on an individual basis, following a particular, individualized review and a finding of sufficient grounds for restoring such rights.” Plaintiffs alleged that their votes and the lawful votes of other Virginians will be cancelled out or diminished by felons who are not eligible to vote under Virginia’s laws and constitution.
Though his pals in the mainstream media are keeping his name out of the GreenTech scandal, McAuliffe could still be in serious trouble. The Virginia paper that reported his key role in the bankrupt electric car company points this out: “McAuliffe’s office has said the governor has had no involvement with the company since stepping down as its chairman and divesting his financial stake. But the escalating standoff in Mississippi raises the likelihood that the business deal McAuliffe brokered could be headed toward a bitter end in court. Ending his four-year term as governor with a higher national profile and record as an exuberant pitchman for Virginia, GreenTech’s unraveling could dog McAuliffe amid speculation about a 2020 presidential bid.”
Of course they are.
But, much of America is too dumbed-down, thinking they’re “very informed” because they watch “the news”.
Of course they ignore it. The MSM (Main Subversive Media) are enemies of the Republic and people.
Help President Trump drain the Swamp...Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe is one of the Clinton's dirtiest.
He sure is! Thanks for addresses.
How I loathe this snake.
When we visited Richmond, we got to see Virginia’s magnificent capitol building. After we left there, we got a glimpse of the governor’s mansion, which has a fence and is heavily guarded. I remarked, as we passed the guard shack, “That’s a beautiful mansion. It’s a shame they have McAuliffe in there stinkin’ it up.” One of the guys looked like he appreciated my comment, but the other did not.
The investigation will be spear-headed by the acting director of the FBI.....
Ooooppps.... That FBI fellow already has a close tie to the governor.
I hear you, he’s definitely a loathsome RAT.
Clintons dirtiest?
That practically makes him the front runner for the DNC in 2020.
Green Tech was not about selling electric cars. It was about selling visas to investors. McAwful was involved because he could lobby govt to expedite the visas.
As slimy as they come.
I Can’t Believe Terry McAuliffe Is Going to Be Governor of Virginia (From Mother Jones!)
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/11/terry-mcauliffe-governor-virginia/
Partially true...It seems the EV car company was the scam to attract investors for a $500,000 or $1,000,000 investment in return for an EB-5 visa.
The scam company got taxpayer dollars from Mississippi and I suppose from some investors seeking EB-5 visas.
Long article in the Compost:
Amen...McAuliffe is nothing more than a RAT con artist and should be in the graybar hotel, not the guv’s mansion.
Exactly
Who says crime doesn’t pay.
Especially if you are a democRAT and a member of the “Club”
Just shows how the MSM is in the back pocket of the Democrats, or at least 95 %.
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