Posted on 06/23/2017 6:35:00 PM PDT by Trump20162020
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and his wife, Jane Sanders have hired prominent defense attorneys, amid an FBI investigation into a loan Jane Sanders obtained to expand Burlington College while she was its president, CBS News confirms.
Politico Magazine first reported the Sanders had hired lawyers to defend them in the probe. Sanders top adviser Jeff Weaver told CBS News the couple has sought legal protection over federal agents' allegations from a January 2016 complaint accusing then-President of Burlington College, Ms. Sanders, of distorting donor levels in a 2010 loan application for $10 million from People's United Bank to purchase 33 acres of land for the institution.
According to Politico, prosecutors might also be looking into allegations that Sen. Sanders' office inappropriately urged the bank to approve the loan.
(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...
Bernie will get to take it up with Jesus personally.
Of course, he doesn’t believe that he will. But he will find it true. Every knee shall bow, every tongue confess....
Is there a wealthy Republican in Vermont who could mount a serious challenge to this guy?
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In Vermont?
Could not be a Republican, could be a conservative running as an independent.
A Vermont Republican? Have they released and reintroduced any into the state’s forests recently?
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POST OF THE DAY!
Looks like Bernie hasn’t discovered his inner Democrat yet.
Learned Democrats always claim others are guilty of their crimes, to get folks off their scent.
The champagne socialist is now under investigation. How I wonder the media will twist this.
The revenge of Hillary?
Finally Trump justice department is showing its teeth. This is the language the liberals understand.
Bernie will now pay fopr daring to run for real against Hillary Clinton. Bernie is a threat to the Clinton/Obama deep state. Therefore he and Jane must be financially ruined, and disempowered.
Bye - bye Bernie. You should have went for Hillary’s throat when you had the chance at the beginning of your campaign.For being a “nice guy,” you now will suffer the death of a thousand cuts from the Clinton /Obama deep state.
Lots of Republicans in Vermont....as for wealthy ones? Not so much.
BURLINGTON — The Justice Department was investigating the activities of the now-defunct Burlington College as recently as February, according to emails obtained through a public records request. The emails show the U.S. attorney for Vermont and an FBI agent reviewed Burlington College records in the state’s possession earlier this year pursuant to an investigation. Both enforcement agencies declined to comment on the substance of that probe or whether it has been completed.
“It’s typical for us not to comment or to confirm whether or not there’s a current investigation. We would not comment on any active investigation,” said Kraig LaPorte, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s office. An FBI spokeswoman cited a similar policy.
The chair of the Burlington College board of trustees said Thursday that the FBI investigation has been going for more than a year, and at least one former school employee was subpoenaed as part of the probe.
In January 2016, after reporting by VTDigger showing former Burlington College President Jane Sanders overstated pledged donations in applying for a loan so the school could purchase its former North Avenue campus, Republican lawyer Brady Toensing made a formal request to the U.S. attorney for a fraud investigation.
The Vermont Agency of Education took possession of records left at the college in the wake of its sudden closure in May. When a college closes, state law requires the school or the state to keep academic records so students can obtain transcripts and graduate certificates.
Burlington College opted to let the state handle that process. Agency officials said they found the school’s records in disarray, in part because of an unsolved burglary. The state, as a result, took possession of nonacademic records as well as the student records it was required to take.
In November, Toensing requested an index of the records in the state’s possession. Education officials provided a list showing business records, board materials such as meeting minutes dating back to 1998, and records relating to the school’s accreditation. ---SNIP---long read
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Bernie's spouse, Jane Sanders, "overstated donation amounts in a bank application" for a $6.7 million loan. She told People’s United Bank in 2010 that the college had pledges to support the purchase even as she knew the sum of actual donations did not measure up.
People who pledged say their personal financial records show their pledges were overstated.... and they were not advised pledges were used to secure a bank loan.
Jane Sanders did not respond to a request for comment as to whether she was subpoenaed or otherwise contacted by the FBI or the US attorney.
NOTE She left the job considerably richer----they gave her a golden parachute.
“Gosh. I sure hope you’ll approve this loan. There are these banking regs on my desk that I’m supposed to turn into a bill, and it would sure help me write one more favorable to your interests.”
I guess they have to sell a few houses to pay off the lawyers. At what point does Bernie get mad at Hillary & the DNC? A $Million question!
I think the sanders clan should call in John Corzine for a consulting.
Hillary is guiding this investigation. Keeps her in the running for future(2020). Trump needs to hit her hard. If nothing else Indict her. That will ruin the rest of her career(if she has any left). why does everyone ignore Hillary. She may cheat, lie, steal & other serious flaws. She can still win an election. Her people don’t care how. trump needs to stop this now.
It’s hard to tell the difference...sometimes!(don’t ya think, comrade”?)
It’s hard to tell the difference...sometimes!(don’t ya think, comrade”?)
$10 million dollars for 33 acres of land?
In Vermont?
Who the Hell owned the land and how much was going to be kicked back to the Sanders?
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