President Donald Trump's nominee for NASA administrator, Jared Isaacman, was arrested on fraud charges in 2010 and faced lawsuits in two states for writing $2 million in bad checks to casinos, according to government records and court filings.
He said the arrest stemmed from a dispute with the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas over a travel reimbursement the resort promised and failed to honor. Isaacman said he resolved the matter in less than 24 hours and the charges were dismissed. The court records were sealed, he said. A spokesperson for the Palms Casino declined to comment. A spokesperson for Isaacman declined to comment.
"He" - can say anything he wants, since the court records are sealed and nobody's talking.
How much proof is needed...
Court records from New Jersey and Connecticut filed in 2009 and 2010, respectively, allege the New Jersey native failed to pay casino debts.
Civil cases were brought against him by Trump's now-defunct Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey and the Mohegan Sun in Connecticut, according to court documents.
The Trump Taj Mahal sued Isaacman in July 2009 in connection with a line of credit he got in November 2005. Isaacman wrote four checks in 2008 for a total of $1 million but his bank account did not have the funds for them to be cashed, according to the complaint.
The case was settled in 2011 for $650,000.
In a 2010 complaint filed in Connecticut, the Mohegan Sun said Isaacman had written four bad checks totaling $1 million. That action was eventually resolved and withdrawn, according to a court filing.
In a subsequent filing for his nomination, Isaacman disclosed four civil casino cases: the two described above, plus another from the Taj Mahal and one from the Trump Plaza, a source familiar with the matter said.
Arrested for fraud plus four civil cases - is not an oversight. It's indicative of bad judgement and poor character.
The fact that so many far left crazies are crying means he’s going to be great for the job.
You might want to do a little research before you make a statement like that.
Isaacman is a big donor to Democrats. Which is one of the reasons his appointment was bounced back in April.
There are 37 donor records here, at least 29 are Democrat.
https://www.opensecrets.org/donor-lookup/results?name=jared+isaacman
Politics is politics. Trump had to hold his nose big time on this one.