Democratic Donors Charged in College Admissions Scam (Almost all of them)

Washington Free Beacon ^ | 3/12/2019 | Mikhael Smits

[CaptainK]

Several Democratic donors were among those charged Tuesday in a federal crackdown on a nationwide fraudulent college admissions conspiracy.

"Dozens of individuals involved in a nationwide conspiracy that facilitated cheating on college entrance exams and the admission of students to elite universities as purported athletic recruits," according to the Department of Justice. Documents unsealed Tuesday in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts show fraud extending to Yale, Georgetown, and other American universities.

.....Of the 50 people charged in the college scandal, the Washington Free Beacon found only one gave consistently to Republican candidates. Mossimo G. Giannulli, founder of the clothing company Mossimo, Inc., is married to actress Lori Loughlin. He and his wife gave over $500,000 to secure admission to USC for his two daughters via the crew team. Neither daughter rows. He supported Sen. Marco Rubio (R., Fla.) in 2016, and Romney and John Boehner before that. He has also donated to Democrats.

[CaptainK]

I doubt this will get much coverage.

[Republican Wildcat]

Of the 50 people charged in the college scandal, the Washington Free Beacon found only one gave consistently to Republican candidates.

Ah, there they go - since 1 out of 50 also gave to the GOP, the media can say "they all do it" as cover.

[Frank_2001]

What the **** do you need a rowing team for at USC, anyway? It’s a friggin’ desert!!! ;)

[pennyfarmer]

I really want to see the tweets of these people being all SJW. That would be super.

[unixfox]

I doubt ANYTHING will happen to them.

As proven, all it takes is money.

[NonValueAdded]

Rubio, Romney, and Boehner? I thought they said he was a Republican donor.

[Republican Wildcat]

He supported Sen. Marco Rubio (R., Fla.) in 2016, and Romney and John Boehner before that.

If the media starts shoving microphones in any politician's face to ask if they will give back the money from the donors, these will probably be the only ones - as this scandal is a sure sign of Republican corruption since 1 out of 50 gave some donations to some Republican candidates. Then as an aside, they can briefly throw into the report: "our investigation also found some of those charged donated to Democrats as well." If this aspect of the scandal is reported at all, that will be the media narrative: A GOP scandal with some minimal Democrat involvement.

[deport]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3734195/posts

Live Updates: Ringleader pleads guilty in $25 million
nationwide college admissions cheating scam

[Republican Wildcat]

Attacking privilege, etc.

[oldasrocks]

You’ll forget. Some animals are more equal than the rest of us.

[DIRTYSECRET]

They’re deep state Republicans. How else will their kids get admission when the selection process discriminates against whites? I’m surprised there are no Chinese in on this.

[deport]

In all, 50 people were charged in the criminal investigation that went by
the name “Operation Varsity Blues.” Those arrested include two SAT/ACT
administrators, one exam proctor, nine coaches at elite schools, one
college administrator and 33 parents, according to Andrew Lelling, the
US attorney for Massachusetts....

FBI Special Agent Joseph Bonavolonta said the parents spent anywhere from
$200,000 to $6.5 million to guarantee admissions for their children.
Coaches from Yale, Stanford, the University of Southern California,
Wake Forest and Georgetown, among others, are implicated in the case.
The extensive case involved arrests in six states across the country.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/12/us/college-admission-cheating-scheme/index.html
Wealthy parents, actresses, coaches, among those charged in massive college
cheating admission scandal, federal prosecutors say

[Deaf Smith]

"need a rowing team for USC..."

University research for viable NEW Green Deal transportation from the West coast to Hawaii.

[hanamizu]

My high school in Long Beach had a rowing team. There’s plenty of water in SoCal, but a lot of it is salty.

[Crucial]

The only coverage it will get is that there was a Republican donor who cheated.

[HighSierra5]

Now that’s funny!

[deport]

According to Lelling, the ringleader of the scam is William Singer, owner of a
college counseling service called Key Worldwide Foundation and a company
called Edge College & Career Network. Singer allegedly accepted bribes
totaling $25 million from parents between 2011 and 2018 “to guarantee their
children’s admission to elite schools,” Lelling said.

Singer of Newport Beach, California, pleaded guilty in a Boston federal
court on Tuesday on charges of racketeering conspiracy, money laundering
conspiracy, conspiracy to defraud the United States and obstruction of
justice, Lelling said.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/hollywood-actors-ceos-charged-nationwide-college-admissions-cheating/story?id=61627873

[deport]

Federal authorities ultimately had three cooperating witnesses to help them build their case.

"Today's arrests should be a warning to others: You can't pay to play, you can't
cheat to get ahead because you will get caught," Bonavolonta said.

Others charged in the case are:
John Vandemoer, 41, the head sailing coach at Stanford University
Gordon Ernst, 52, former head coach of men and women's tennis at Georgetown University
Ali Khoroshahin, 49, the former head coach of women's soccer at USC
Laura Janke, 36, former assistant coach of women's soccer at USC
Jorge Salcedo, 46, the former head coach of men's soccer at UCLA
Michael Center, 54, the had coach of men's tennis at the University of Texas at Austin
Martin Fox, 62, president of a private tennis academy in Houston
Gamal Abdelaziz, 62, of Las Vegas
Diane Blake, 55, and Todd Blake, 53, of San Francisco
Jane Buckingham, 50, of Beverly Hills
I-Hin "Joey" Chen, 64, of Newport Beach
Amy Colburn, 59, and Gregory Colburn, 61, of Palo Alto, California
Robert Flaxman, 62, of Laguna Beach, California
Elizabeth Henriquez, 56, and Manuel Henriquez, 55, of Atherton, California
Douglas Hodges, 61, of Laguna Beach, California
Agustin Huneeus Jr., 53, of San Francisco
Bruce Isackson, 61, and Davina Isackson, 55, of Hillsborough, California
Michelle Janavs, 48, of Newport Coast, California
Elisabeth Kimmel, 54, of Las Vegas
Marjorie Klapper, 50, of Menlow Park, California
Toby MacFarlane; 56; of Del Mar, California
Devin Sloane, 53, of Los Angeles
John Wilson, 59, of Hyannis Port, Massachusetts
Homayoun Zadeh, 57, of Calabasas, California
Marci Palatella, 63, of Healdburg, California
Peter Jan Sartorio, 53, of Menlo Park, California
Stephen Semprevivo, 53, of Los Angeles.

[SecondAmendment]

I wonder if they realize that they are wasting their money?

[donna]

Question:

Is there a Freeper who wants their innocent child to attend Yale?