We need to talk about Wilbur Ross

[Hugo Stiglitz 23367]

Scott Pruitt is a POS but the big grifters are the super shady billionaires in the cabinet.

Wilbur Ross is the shadiest of them all and that’s saying something compared to Betsy DeVos.

 

 

 

[Judge Roybeanbag 11860]

Fucking crook.  

[SKJ 1320]

You mean the painter fella?

[Tuco 5093]

And then there is that whole Bank of Cyprus thing, which might get interesting. 

[Hugo Stiglitz 23367]

4 minutes ago, Tuco said:

And then there is that whole Bank of Cyprus thing, which might get interesting. 

Yeah, with the whole Russian money laundering thing.

[TX Panic 9]

My friend at Forbes has been on this one

 

[Tuco 5093]

^^ to Hugo

Well, lots of things.  But Ross and his group were the biggest investor in it.  Vekselberg and Renova Group were the second biggest investor.  And these were not just passive investments.  Ross served as the vice chair of the board. One of the Renova's directors served as chairman. 

Granted, absent any context, there is nothing that seems unseemly about it all.  But considering that Renova's US subsidiary (Columbus Nova) gave Michael Cohen 500k, gave 250k to the Trump inauguration, and 35k to an RNC joint campaign fund, and well, that's a lot of context to consider.      

Edited July 6, 2018 by Tuco

[Blotto 24021]

Combined number of fucks given by all Trumpkins.....zero.  Blatant corruption throughout his admin is more than justified by those sweet libtard tears. 

 

Edited July 6, 2018 by Blotto

[Pescado_Rojo 19587]

You know, of all the creepy and punchable faces in this administration, Wilbur Ross looks like he might be the one guy who actually bathes in the blood of aborted fetuses. 

[Lagunamadre 1975]

8 minutes ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

You know, of all the creepy and punchable faces in this administration, Wilbur Ross looks like he might be the one guy who actually bathes in the blood of aborted fetuses. 

That's child's play compared to what Stephen Miller does in his free time. 

[washparkhorn 9973]

It is a huge problem. For the Executive Branch, these trades are illegal.

For the Legislative Branch - well . . . let's just say they don't give a damn. Two of the swampiest congress critters (Sheldon Whitehouse and Bob Corker) don't appear to care what we think about congressional insider trading.

From a WaPo opinion piece last year:

Of the senators who remain active in the stock market, they have a high propensity for trading stocks in businesses they directly oversee from their committees. From these perches, members of Congress often are privy to information that could directly affect the value of stocks, posing a serious conflict of interest when trading in those markets.

 Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), one of the Senate's more prolific players in the stock market, sits on the Senate Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security as well as the Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law, all the while trading stocks in the health-care and technology industries. Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) joins Whitehouse in trading stocks in infrastructure businesses he directly oversees from his position on the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee. The list goes on of senators playing in the stock markets of industries directly related to their official oversight roles in Congress. 

Politico found a similarly disturbing trend in both chambers of Congress. Politico identified about 30 percent of members of the House and Senate who are currently active in the stock market. Several of these members play in the markets over which they have some direct legislative responsibility — in some cases, even sponsoring legislation that could have a direct bearing on their stock investments. 

Just as problematic, many congressional senior staffers — who have been removed from public scrutiny of their stock-trading activities when Congress eliminated the comprehensive disclosure requirement of the Stock Act — are also trading stocks in industries their bosses directly oversee. Last year, three members of the Senate Judiciary Committee asked the Justice Department whether the drug company Mylan was violating federal drug laws. Nine days later, the Justice Department agreed and levied a massive settlement penalty against the company. After the letter and before the settlement, a senior staffer to the Judiciary Committee dumped between $4,004 and $60,000 of Mylan stock investments.

Such conflicts of interest in stock trading activity are squarely addressed in the executive branch. Senior executive branch officials are required to divest themselves of any stocks and other properties that pose a direct conflict of interest with their official duties. The same ethics standard should apply to Congress — both to members and senior staff. A member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, for example, should not be actively buying or selling stocks in the defense industry.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-truth-about-congress-and-financial-conflicts/2017/10/19/8ea8afd6-b382-11e7-9e58-e6288544af98_story.html?utm_term=.cc1ae105d7a4

 

[Bozo_Casanova 26851]

8 minutes ago, Lagunamadre said:

That's child's play compared to what Stephen Miller does in his free time. 

[TwiceHorn 32079]

Ross is a piece of shit.  So are a whole lot of Congresscritters on this issue, if not generally.

[Hugo Stiglitz 23367]

 

[Chad Fuck 18135]

Is anyone surprised that a grifter chose to surround himself with other grifters?  

Birds of a feather and whatnot.

 

[Chooky 13340]

Pruitt's tactical pants, goofy phone booth and all of that other silliness was the best thing for Wilbur Ross.  Now Wilbur's tactical pants are getting a little hot.

[Hugo Stiglitz 23367]

Pruitt was a great smoke screen.  I’m sure the cabinet misses him and his daily scandals.

[Biff Tannen 46168]

[this 107]

Umm, dont you mean we need to talk about Jeff Dunham?

 

[HOOK'EMHOOAH 1610]

Dickhead dolan wants to call it a witch hunt, that's fine with me. Guilty is fucking guilty.

[this 107]

23 hours ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

Pruitt was a great smoke screen.  I’m sure the cabinet misses him and his daily scandals.

It also helped that he had a very very punchable face, second only to Ted Cruz.

[Pescado_Rojo 19587]

I actually think you could slide John Bolton between Cruz and Pruitt.

[RomaVicta 30591]

But jobs and economy! I got mine. Fuck you, you fucking Gloomy Guses!

[this 107]

18 minutes ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

I actually think you could slide John Bolton between Cruz and Pruitt.

You have a point. I'd even insert Trump in there somewhere, no?

[Jiggy-Z 3509]

On 8/7/2018 at 3:14 PM, Hugo Stiglitz said:

Pruitt was a great smoke screen.  I’m sure the cabinet misses him and his daily scandals.

Pruitt was no smoke screen.  What he did at the EPA will take decades to undo. We were fortunate he was such a nut that he became a liability.

[maninblack 7975]

Ross leads back to the Rothschilds if you want to do some digging

[Hugo Stiglitz 23367]

You mean Putin

[Hugo Stiglitz 23367]

 

[relapse98 634]

On 8/9/2018 at 7:07 AM, maninblack said:

Ross leads back to the Rothschilds if you want to do some digging

Good lord, what is it with you republicans and your fascination with the Rothschilds?

[SimonBolivar 11064]

In Michael Lewis' book he really slams Ross as incompetent and a liar. The estimate there was that he was "only" worth $300M. Also really went after him for not understanding the scope of the Commerce Department.

Edited October 12, 2018 by SimonBolivar

[pyrohornIII 4846]

19 minutes ago, relapse98 said:

Good lord, what is it with you republicans and your fascination with the Rothschilds?

It's a Q thing.

Edited October 12, 2018 by pyrohornIII

[maninblack 7975]

4 hours ago, relapse98 said:

Good lord, what is it with you republicans and your fascination with the Rothschilds?

 

4 hours ago, pyrohornIII said:

It's a Q thing.

[HenryJames 67367]

 

[Nice Guy Eddie 13731]

If the dems take the House, you have to wonder how it will change the Admin testimonies to House committees.  No more just saying whatever you want to make your boss happy and get thru the committees questions.  You might even see several cabinet officials decide to resign to spend more time with their family.

[Hugo Stiglitz 23367]

Cabinet officials resigning to spend more time with the family is to be expected if the Dems take the House.

Surprising would be some flee the country or disappear.

[maninblack 7975]

If the dems take the House, you have to wonder how it will change the Admin testimonies to House committees.  No more just saying whatever you want to make your boss happy and get thru the committees questions.  You might even see several cabinet officials decide to resign to spend more time with their family.

Make no mistake Ross is walking Trump