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Member Section => Politics & RKBA => Topic started by: ericire12 on April 17, 2009, 08:41:13 AM

Title: The Chicago Corruption Administration keeps rolling along
Post by: ericire12 on April 17, 2009, 08:41:13 AM

Obama's Auto czar under investigation for kickbacks:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123992516941227309.html

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    Steven Rattner, the leader of the Obama administration’s auto task force, was one of the executives involved with payments under scrutiny in a probe of an alleged kickback scheme at New York state’s pension fund, according to a person familiar with the matter.

    A Securities and Exchange Commission complaint says a “senior executive” of Mr. Rattner’s investment firm met with a politically connected consultant about a finder’s fee. Later, the complaint says, the firm received an investment from the state pension fund, then paid a $1.1 million fee.

    The “senior executive,” not named in the complaint, is Mr. Rattner, according to the person familiar with the matter. He is co-founder of the investment firm, Quadrangle Group, which he left to join the Treasury Department to oversee the auto task force earlier this year.

    A spokeswoman for the Treasury, which is in charge of the auto task force, said that “during the transition, Mr. Rattner made us aware of the pending investigation.”

Exit Question: Change?

Title: Re: The Chicago Corruption Administration keeps rolling along
Post by: tombogan03884 on April 17, 2009, 08:59:15 AM

If I stick up a liquor store can I replace Holder as Attorney General ?

Title: Re: The Chicago Corruption Administration keeps rolling along
Post by: blackwolfe on April 17, 2009, 09:13:48 AM

Quote from: tombogan03884 on April 17, 2009, 08:59:15 AM

If I stick up a liquor store can I replace Holder as Attorney General ?

Only if you don't pay taxes on the gain.