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  • Before college admissions scandal, Clintons tried to game the system for Chelsea's boyfriend

    04/12/2019 4:42:46 AM PDT · by gattaca · 26 replies
    Washington Examiner ^ | April 11, 2019 | Alana Goodman
    Full title Revealed:Two decades before college admissions scandal, the Clintons tried to game the system for Chelsea's boyfriend Bill and Hillary Clinton tried to bully a prestigious scholarship program into selecting Chelsea Clinton’s then-boyfriend and then sought "payback" when they were resisted, according to a former top foreign policy adviser to Barack Obama. The episode took place nearly 19 years ago but has fresh resonance after revelations last month of multimillion-dollar bribes paid by parents to get their children into elite colleges, including Stanford University, which Chelsea Clinton and her then-boyfriend Jeremy Kane attended. Among those recently implicated was Michelle...
  • Gordon Caplan, New York attorney, pleads guilty in college admissions scandal

    04/06/2019 8:25:08 AM PDT · by Libloather · 18 replies
    See BS ^ | 4/05/19 | BRIAN PASCUS
    A prominent New York attorney has agreed to plead guilty for his role in the "Operation Varsity Blues" college admissions scandal. Gordon Caplan is one of the first parents to admit guilt in connection with the scam. Caplan, the former co-chairman of the law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, was accused of paying $75,000 to have his daughter's ACT exam proctored and corrected by two individuals implicated in the scheme. "I take full and sole responsibility for my conduct and I am deeply ashamed of my behavior and my actions. I apologize not only to my family, friends, colleagues...