Posted on 04/19/2010 10:51:53 AM PDT by BradtotheBone
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the most powerful woman in Congress, proudly sang the praises of her longtime friend and major Democratic donor Eleni Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis during the California real estate developer's confirmation hearing in November as U.S. ambassador to Hungary.
"My husband and I are here as friends of the family and admirers of the Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis family," she told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at the Nov. 18 hearing. "I salute her for her patriotism and for all that she will bring to this position."
What the 12-term California Democrat didn't say was that her husband, Paul Pelosi Sr., a California-based investment banker, has made more than $1 million as part of a business relationship with the new ambassador's father, Angelo Tsakopoulos, that dates back nearly 20 years.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
I am shocked! Shocked, I say!
And let’s not forget she got off easy for hiring illegal aliens...
Shhhh...she’s also developing Treasure Island....
“Since 1991, Mr. Pelosi’s real estate partnership investments with Mr. Tsakopoulos have netted him between $1.4 million and $9 million, according to Mrs. Pelosi’s personal financial disclosure statements.”
“Melanie Sloan, executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), said that while she did not see a conflict of interest..........”
Huh?
That’s simply not possible. The 111th congress is the most transparent and ethical congress in the history of our nation...
Melanie Sloan is an old leftist who couldn’t find her ass if you put it in her hands.
See No Democrat Corruption; Hear No Democrat Corruption; Smell No Democrat Corruption.
“Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington”. Must be one of those “watchdog” organizations that are always “explaining” when the Democrats get caught with their hand in the cookie jar. Who funds these groups anyway?
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