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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 didnt 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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malaise
(268,952 posts)Bye bye Mattie.
The cabal is crumbling.
Blue Owl
(50,355 posts)n/t
malaise
(268,952 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,328 posts)If he is gone before Christmas, will the Dems in the House still want that interview?