Posted on 08/10/2023 2:38:40 AM PDT by Libloather
FIRST ON FOX: Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders quietly funneled $200,000 from his campaign's coffers to his wife's nonprofit institute, which appears to do very little work and pays six figures' worth of compensation to her son, Fox News Digital has found.
The independent senator's committee cut two $100,000 checks to the Sanders Institute for reported charitable contributions in January and March, its Federal Election Commission records show. The expenditures are the largest from the Sanders campaign to any entity this election cycle.
The senator's wife, Jane O'Meara Sanders, and stepson, David Driscoll, co-established the Sanders Institute in 2017 to act as a think tank to promote progressive voices, The Washington Post wrote at its launch.
"The purpose is to revitalize democracy in the support of progressive institutions," Jane Sanders told the Post. "Our feeling is at our point in time, our country is at a crossroads, and people are engaged in a political process that can be opaque."
"A vital democracy requires an informed electorate, civil discourse, and bold thinking," she continued. "So we put together this team to focus on issues, but not in a partisan way, not in a way that just focuses on the latest crazy thing. It will not be about Trump; it will be about the issues facing the country."
Just two years after its launch, in 2019, the institute announced it would suspend operations as Sen. Sanders sought the Democratic nomination for president to avoid the "appearance of impropriety" and presumably to take away a line of attack from his rivals over its money.
The institute has since quietly resumed operations while seemingly sidestepping media attention. Its latest publicly available tax forms from 2021 show the nonprofit burnt nearly 40% of its donations on salaries while appearing to conduct minimal work...
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Another picture perfect example of legally laundering money..
And
Another perfect example of why the 17th Amendment needs to be repealed via a Convention of States.
Our Founding Father’s were not stupid
This is why people who have no chance of winning run for President.
Amen.
Chris Chistie has raised millions just being a Trump stalking horse. It’s a big payoff.
I’ve never understood how any elected official can espouse the virtues of communism while there is a Federal law against Communism. Sure, the Commies scream about how the act was passed but it’s still on the books.
Bernie’s just a typical politician, using whichever cause will get them elected, aid in fund raising and allow them to shake down others… You know the Grift… just his variation based on the local conditions of the voters of Vermont…
“The business of Washington is not governance. It is pay to play influence peddling on a grand scale.“
The sooner -We the People- figure this out, the better.. Our very existence as a nation depends on it.
Janie the wife is quite the sleazy grifter, after putting Burlington College into bankruptcy with crooked real estate deals. No results of any “ investigation”…
For the most part Bernie’s an ethical person... a ‘commie’ but still ethical within the madness So this is sad.
BS
Bernie is a grifter.
His wife’s college scam was one for the ages.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/21/us/politics/jane-omeara-sanders-burlington-college.html
This is how they all do it. Its legal too. This is why you also see people with no chance in hell of winning still campaigning. They get to keep the campaign donations, by donating it to charity. And they own the charity!
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