Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Special counsels case. Then he called gates honesty into question. But charges were brought against manafort before gates agreed to cooperate with the special counsel. Many of the initial charges were based on missing Tax Documents and bank statements. Manaforts lawyers Accused Gates of embezzling money from the pairs Lobbying Firm during work with the ukrainiian politicians. Attorney prosecuting said the republican operative created cash out of thin air. Prosecutors ticked through some of the 30 million that he allegedly wired to the United States without declaring or paying taxes. Spenzing on things like moment renovations and clothes at stores in new york and Beverly Hills where he spent nearly 1. 5 million. Including a 21,000 watch, and a
couple levels. We have a federal Criminal Trial of the president of the United States former Campaign Manager on tens of millions of dollars of fraud. Thats a huge deal. Paul
previlous their company has become. he writes the company has become embedded in the hidden fruct of every day life. before we bring on the author we want to show you how our own ali velshi and a friend of his named jane chose to illustrate the reach of coke industries into our every day lives. meet jane, i want to follow jane, just a person as she interacts with coke products throughout it day. jane wakes up on a good nights sleep on a mattress made from a memory foam from vista one of cokes products. she grabs her work out shirt and yoga pants lulu lemon and both of them contain liycra, a
every day life. before we bring on the author we want to show you how our own ali velshi and a friend of his named jane chose to illustrate the reach of coke industries into our every day lives. meet jane, i want to follow jane, just a person as she interacts with coke products throughout it day. jane wakes up on a good nights sleep on a mattress made from a memory foam from vista one of cokes products. she grabs her work out shirt and yoga pants lulu lemon and both of them contain lycra, a material made by invista. then she gets her kids off to school, she make sure they take their backpacks which contain another invista product.
leonard looks at how the koch empire came to be and how it uses its power in corporate and political arenas. chris, thank you for being here and writing this book. the koch industry is probably the biggest industry most people don t know they re interacting with. that s right. the slide show tells the whole story. and keep in mind that woman jane never would have encountered a koch brand name every day. this is somebody you couldn t boycott if you wanted to. and the profited they deviev are stunning, larger than facebook, goldman sachs combined. they did not invent a new product or industry. they derived their wealth between a strategy and complex strategy to seize opportunities.
brothers have used their network. it touches your lives in ways you may not realize. i want to give you an example. meet jane. i want to follow jane, just a person, as she interacts with koch products throughout the day. jane wakes up after a good night sleep made on a mattress made of memory foam from invista, one of koch s companies. she walks on a carpet with antron fibers. she gets up early and grabs her workout shirt from lululemon. both contain lycra. after her yoga session she gets dressed. her bra and underwear contain lycra. she also grabs jean because they have coolmax technology also made by invista. then gets her kids off to school. they take their backpacks which contain cordera fabric. she gets in her car. the windshield and lights are