I dedicate the new Ted Lieu Business School to... me!
Posted on 08/15/2021 8:33:23 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
California Democrat Rep. Ted Lieu is facing scrutiny over donating more than $50,000 of his campaign dollars to his alma mater as his son prepares to enter the school for his freshman year.
Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings show that Lieu gave $51,046 to his alma mater, Stanford University, between February 2016 and June 2018.
Lieu's son is about to start at Stanford as a freshman in the class of 2025 according to his Instagram bio, prompting scrutiny of the congressman’s donations and references to the school’s infamous "Varsity Blues" scandal.
The nearly decade-long scandal saw William Singer fraudulently inflate test scores and bribe college admissions officials — such as at Stanford — for the kids of rich parents, including actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin.
Lieu faced scrutiny for the donations after they were brought up again online by a Twitter user, with the account of the user who posted screenshots of the filings later being suspended by Twitter.
According to the FEC, campaigns are allowed to give financial contributions to charitable organizations, but the money "cannot be used for purposes that personally benefit the candidate."
A spokesperson for the Center for Responsive Politics, which runs the campaign finance watchdog organization OpenSecrets, told Fox News that campaigns are legally allowed to donate funds to colleges and universities, but it is more common with outgoing lawmakers.
"Campaigns can and do donate to charities and universities from their campaign funds, but it's more common when a member is retiring and has leftover cash," the spokesperson said in a Thursday email.
It is unclear if Lieu’s contributions to the university influenced Stanford’s decision to admit his son.
Neither Lieu’s campaign nor Stanford University responded to Fox News’ requests for comment.
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Why do I suspect he’ll be spared the treatment that was given to Lori Loughlin.
He’ll skate...democrat puke.
Maybe the kid is qualified for entry, but if he took mostly basket-weaving classes for the whole senior year to get A-plus grades, then I’d ask more questions.
Republicans will be accused of anti-Asian hate.
The guy's kids will get straight A's from now on.
Mitt Romney will apologize to Ted Lieu.
$50K to a place like Stanford is chump-change. If you want to move the needle, its got to be $1 million or more.
Stanford is probably just pleased to have another statist/government/elitist spawn as part of its ranks. Its how you build your long-term influence, and there is no way to calculate the long-term benefits of that.
Saddened to learn that Lieu has reproduced.
If Hunter Biden’s laptop and videos provoke no action, Ted Lieu’s use of other people’s money in lieu of his own won’t move the needle a single notch! He is an outstanding example of the quality & character that the California Democrat Party (s)elects these days!
Consider Chelsea Clinton... (from Wiki)
--Stanford University (BA)
--University College, Oxford (MPhil, DPhil)
--Columbia University (MPH)
With a DPh from Oxford, might one somehow expect Ms. Clinton to be an effective, erudite and highly engaging speaker?
Paying for the son to get in, eh? Guess the boy is not going in for any of the REAL academic majors.
If only Bill had a son…..
:-(
Can he use campaign contribution to contribute to his alma matter?
Sounds like misappropriation of funds to me.
I dedicate the new Ted Lieu Business School to... me!
Which is why I don’t donate to anyone but myself and my church
Mt belief also.
What is a “humane voter?”
A mail-in ballot from a voter registered from vacant lot?
It's a good thing that Ted doesn't have any movies on The Hallmark Channel or he'd be in big trouble.
-PJ
Lol, it’s just another donation bundling organization for the Rats.
I dont see the big deal here. This is a little bit of Fox news CREATING news.
Over a period of 3 years from 2016-18 he donated a total of 51K to his alma mater.
3 years later his kid is a freshman at the school?
Whoa, the drama! Stop the presses!
There are a lot more things to after Lieu with. This is petty and sort of fake news.
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