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Obama Transportation Secretary Hid Foreign Cash Loan

Obama Transportation Secretary Hid Foreign Cash Loan Thursday, April 1, 2021 Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood admitted to federal prosecutors that he accepted a loan from a foreign billionaire and failed to disclose the check on government forms. Win McNamee / Getty Images Former U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood took $50,000 from an associate of a billionaire who ran an illegal scheme providing foreign contributions to U.S. campaigns, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. LaHood later failed to disclose the check on two government ethics forms as required. LaHood, the transportation secretary during former President Barack Obama s first term, took a $50,000 check from Virginia businessman Toufic Baaklini in 2012. According to the Department of Justice, LaHood understood this money was actually coming from Lebanese-Nigerian billionaire Gilbert Chagoury.

Ray LaHood Pays Fine To End Investigation Of Unreported Payment

Former Illinois congressman and one-time U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has paid a $40,000 fine to settle a criminal investigation into undisclosed foreign cash he received while serving in former President Barack Obama’s administration. The Justice Department says LaHood acknowledged receiving $50,000 from an associate of a Lebanese-Nigerian billionaire who had also steered illegal campaign contributions to other U.S. politicians. LaHood did not disclose the payment, which was characterized as a “loan,” on government ethics forms, and also reportedly made “misleading statements” to investigators looking into the payments. LaHood, who is the father of Congressman Darin LaHood, has since repaid the money.

Legislative Report: Can We Build Back Better ?

February 09, 2021 Legislative Report: Can We ‘Build Back Better’? Written by Don Itzkoff, Contributing Editor President Biden promised a bold rethinking of how a green approach to new infrastructure investment will put Americans to work, so perhaps infrastructure may bridge political interests otherwise far apart. And in this context, President Biden’s pick for U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Pete Buttigieg (pictured), the former mayor of South Bend, Ind., is an inspired choice. (Gage Skidmore) RAILWAY AGE, FEBRUARY 2021 ISSUE: Railway Age provides a look at the legislative possibilities for the 117th Congress. The insurrectionist rioters who tore through the United States Capitol wiped out most other news on Jan. 6, 2021. That day of lives lost, pain and desecration stained our nation’s history. Underneath this disgrace, Jan. 6 also confirmed the Democratic win of both special U.S. Senate runoff races in Georgia the p

Rail project money bypasses Wisconsin

Irwin Fletcher Clearly Walker is a threat to the Democratic Party and their union base. Is it really a surprise that the current administration turned down Walker’s request? Take a look at what Walker wanted to spend the $150 million on. Train sets and a new maintenance building. Do you think Talgo or Amtrak would have benefited from those projects? My guess is they would have been in full support. Joe Lunch Box Lets see - Walker Pushes an anti rail agenda Cancels a major investment in Wisconsin by the Feds in High speed rail that would have eventually connected Minneapolis , Madison , Milwaukee and Chicago and now it the unions fault that the US government has chosen to give money to other states and not Wisconsin to upgrade rail lines - Give it up Fletch Your union bias is getting old

Ray LaHood reacts to attack on the U S Capitol

1470 100.3 WMBD/Julia Bradley PEORIA, Ill. Dozens of people were arrested Wednesday afternoon in Washington, D.C. as crowds of supporters of President Donald Trump waged an attack on the U.S. Capitol. Former Illinois Congressman and U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told WMBD’s “The Greg and Dan Show”, that what happened inside the Capitol Building was “outrageous.” “I knew there was going to be trouble brewing, because they were encouraging people to be violent, to take back their government, as if it had been taken away from them,” LaHood said. According to LaHood, President Trump should be removed from office, either by his cabinet, by the 25th amendment or by impeachment.

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