Matt Taibbi: Bob Corker, Corrupt? What a Surprise

[babylonsister]

Taibbi: Bob Corker, Corrupt? What a Surprise
The Tennessee senator's mysterious financial success has been one of Washington’s worst-kept secrets for years
By Matt Taibbi
22 hours ago


So Tennessee Senator Bob Corker is in trouble now, because he flip-flopped to vote for Donald Trump's tax bill after a provision was included that reportedly helps him personally.

Color me not shocked. I spent most of this past summer investigating Corker, whose personal finances have been an open scandal for years. Everything you need to know about the Senator can be discerned from this chart.

The president ran against debt predators, drug makers and big banks – once elected, he immediately got in bed with all of them

Click on that link and you'll see: Corker went from having an estimate net worth of zero when he entered the Senate in 2007, to being (as of 2015) the fourth-wealthiest man in the Senate, worth $69 million.

How do you increase your net worth by 69 million dollars while you're working full-time as a Senator? That is not an easy story to explain.

Moreover, Corker didn't just enter the Senate without any money. He entered it carrying, according to his own disclosure forms, a mountain range of huge loans.

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https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/taibbi-bob-corker-corrupt-what-a-surprise-w514493?utm_source=rsnewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=daily&utm_campaign=122217_11

[Raster]

1. Bob Corker corrupt? Quelle suprise!

[Fred Sanders]

15. Corruption should always be surprising. When it is not then we have a real problem.

[rurallib]

2. looks like a classic case of using your office for profit

HUGE profit!

[WhiteTara]

3. The Republicon way!

[Farmer-Rick]

4. Hence his nickname in East TN

Corker Porker.....this Porker moniker was given to him while he was in Chattanooga.

So, no surprise that he kept up the Porking...Is that a word?

[madaboutharry]

5. One thing I know is true:

If you want to know about a person, make it about money.

[PatSeg]

6. Whoa

$69 million in only eight years? That isn't even a subtle misuse of public office.

[mountain grammy]

7. Yeah, no shit!

[dchill]

8. Say it ain't so, Joe - er, Bob.

I'll bet Claude Rains will be shocked!

[Corgigal]

9. So Greed is his weakness

Now look for his ladies. I doubt those funds aren't just for the little lady and kiddies.

[rickford66]

10. I'm shocked, shocked, I tell ya.

[notdarkyet]

11. Why do these people get away with enriching themselves in office, especially

By buying and voting on legislation that makes them rich? Is this legal?

[LittleGirl]

12. This is disgusting

What are we (Dems) going to do about it? Seriously, what are we going to do to stop this, to put this guy behind bars? Oh wait, what he did is legal right?
I really hate our congress, even more than #45.

[Gabi Hayes]

13. Wheres the rest of the libmedia?

Anything anywhere else?

[Fred Sanders]

14. And the Ethics Committee? Not interested because Congress is infested with corruption

[Gabi Hayes]

16. Merry Xmas, you corrupt hypocrite

Can’t believe he appears to be skating on this