Elaine Chao used position to help family, inspector general report finds
Chao allegedly used her office staff to assist in making arrangements for her father’s company, which has ties to China
Elaine Chao’s abuse of power.
Chao is being accused of using her office staff to assist her in making arrangements for her father’s company which has ties to China. The investigation was referred to the Justice Department, but they declined to look into it, per
Mitch Behm in regards to the 44-page report that details Chao’s alleged abuse of resources.
The former secretary and wife of Senator
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Originally published on March 4, 2021 8:31 am
In her time as former President Donald Trump s transportation secretary, Elaine Chao repeatedly used her position and agency staff to help family members who run a shipping business with ties to China, in potential violation of federal ethics laws, according to an Office of Inspector General report.
The findings were uncovered in the Transportation Department s inspector general report released Wednesday that detailed the office s investigation into Chao s dealings as secretary.
The inspector general referred the findings to the Justice Department in December 2020. But with the Trump administration coming to a close, the DOJ declined to open its own investigation into the matter citing there is not predication to do so.
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The Department of Transportation’s Inspector General just released a report citing Trump’s Secretary of Transportation, Elaine Chao for misusing government resources to advance her family’s business concerns.
Chao, of course, wasn’t just a member of Trump’s cabinet. She’s also the wife of GOP Senate Minority Leader, Mitch McConnell.
Among a number of other troubling improprieties, the report cites Chao for:
Using her staff “to contact the Department of Homeland Security about the status of a work permit application[…] for a foreign student who was a recipient of Chao family philanthropy.”
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