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edhopper

(33,567 posts)
Thu Nov 8, 2018, 04:23 PM Nov 2018

Trump's acting attorney general was part of firm US accused of vast scam

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/07/matthew-whitaker-trump-attorney-general-us-firm?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=fb_us&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR0UVrt-xcmBO4QfWniYePuWPg-YUbu9Gy-tMAJ3IgboQOeRCIgWJ2fJkIE#Echobox=1541645451

Donald Trump’s new acting attorney general was part of a company accused by the US government of running a multimillion-dollar scam.

Matthew Whitaker was paid to sit on the advisory board of World Patent Marketing, which was ordered in May this year to pay a $26m settlement following legal action by federal authorities, which said it tricked aspiring inventors.
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Trump's acting attorney general was part of firm US accused of vast scam (Original Post) edhopper Nov 2018 OP
K & R...for visibility...nt Wounded Bear Nov 2018 #1
You have to have a criminal history to be considered BigmanPigman Nov 2018 #2
Just like trump himself quakerboy Nov 2018 #3

BigmanPigman

(51,584 posts)
2. You have to have a criminal history to be considered
Thu Nov 8, 2018, 04:38 PM
Nov 2018

for employment in the W House. It is a prerequisite.

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