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Labor secretary nominee accused of cutting 'secret deal,' costing taxpayers up to $200M
Fox News ^ | April 15, 2013

Posted on 04/16/2013 11:01:22 AM PDT by george76

Labor secretary nominee Thomas Perez cut a "secret deal behind closed doors" with leaders of a Minnesota city, persuading them to drop a contentious lawsuit in exchange for the Justice Department staying out of whistleblower cases brought against the city, according to a congressional Republican report.

The "quid pro quo," according to the report, potentially cost taxpayers as much as $200 million.

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Both cases involved the city of St. Paul.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: doj; minnesota; perez; thomasperez

1 posted on 04/16/2013 11:01:22 AM PDT by george76
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To: george76
Congenital criminals committing crimes. Who'd have thunk it.
2 posted on 04/16/2013 11:03:17 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Deficit spending is simply a scheme for the confiscation of wealth." --Alan Greenspan)
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To: george76

And nobody does jail time. I’m certain Eric With-Holder is all over this. *sarc*


3 posted on 04/16/2013 12:03:18 PM PDT by Kevin in California
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