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malaise

(268,952 posts)
Fri Nov 30, 2018, 05:40 PM Nov 2018

Breaking- WSJ- Whitaker knew of fraud allegations at company he advised

Prediction - He will be gone before Christmas.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/matthew-whitaker-knew-of-fraud-allegations-at-company-he-advised-1543599895

Matthew Whitaker, the acting U.S. attorney general, had much more involvement in an invention-promotion company shut down in 2017 by federal regulators than has been previously known, company documents show.

The documents released by the Federal Trade Commission to The Wall Street Journal under the Freedom of Information Act show that Mr. Whitaker had numerous email exchanges in 2015 about customer-fraud complaints with the chief executive of the company, World Patent Marketing, for which Mr. Whitaker was a paid adviser. Those emails indicate he had some advance warning of potential problems that ultimately led to government allegations of fraud and an FBI investigation.

Mr. Whitaker has said he was unaware of any fraudulent activity at the company. He didn’t respond to requests for comment Friday. The Justice Department has also said he was unaware of any problems at the company.

The FTC last year accused World Patent Marketing, of Miami Beach, Fla., of scamming would-be inventors by charging them thousands of dollars to patent and promote their inventions. The company “provided almost no service in return” and threatened people who complained, the regulator said.

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Breaking- WSJ- Whitaker knew of fraud allegations at company he advised (Original Post) malaise Nov 2018 OP
Yep. dalton99a Nov 2018 #1
Just added the WSJ link malaise Nov 2018 #2
Soon his junk will be soaking in a prison toilet Blue Owl Nov 2018 #3
Howling with laughter malaise Nov 2018 #5
hope your prediction is right Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2018 #4
get rid of him Demovictory9 Nov 2018 #6

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,328 posts)
4. hope your prediction is right
Fri Nov 30, 2018, 06:23 PM
Nov 2018

If he is gone before Christmas, will the Dems in the House still want that interview?

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