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Senior Trump official embellished résumé, had face on fake Time cover
State Dept. official Mina Chang claimed to be a Harvard Business School "alumna" who ran a nonprofit that worked in 40 countries.
A senior Trump administration official has embellished her résumé with misleading claims about her professional background even creating a fake Time magazine cover with her face on it raising questions about her qualifications to hold a top position at the State Department.
An NBC News investigation found that Mina Chang, the deputy assistant secretary in the State Department's Bureau of Conflict and Stability Operations, has inflated her educational achievements like claiming, falsely, to be a Harvard grad and exaggerated the scope of her nonprofit's work.
Whatever her qualifications, Chang had a key connection in the Trump administration. Brian Bulatao, a top figure in the State Department and longtime friend of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, attended a fundraiser for her nonprofit in Dallas and once donated $5,500 to her charity, according to a former colleague of Chang's.
Chang, who assumed her post in April, also invented a role on a U.N. panel, claimed she had addressed both the Democratic and Republican national conventions, and implied she had testified before Congress.
She was being considered for an even bigger government job, one with a budget of more than $1 billion, until Congress started asking questions about her résumé.
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This Kakistocracy is something else
dalton99a
(81,406 posts)People who are serious about lying, grifting and stealing
Chang says in her official biography that she is as an "alumna" of Harvard Business School. But according to the university, Chang attended a seven-week course in 2016, and does not hold a degree from the institution.
Her biography on the State Department website says she is a "graduate" of a program at the Army War College. But the program she attended was a four-day seminar on national security, according to the college.
Chang does not cite any undergraduate degree in her biography, but her LinkedIn account mentions the University of the Nations, an unaccredited Christian school with volunteer teachers that says it has 600 locations "on all continents."
She says she "addressed" both the Democratic and Republican national conventions in 2016, but videos and documents show she instead spoke at separate events held in Philadelphia and Cleveland during the same time periods.
malaise
(268,724 posts)Don the Con - this is absolute madness - I am going to assume that she does not have security clearance
dalton99a
(81,406 posts)malaise
(268,724 posts)She is fake from head to toe
dalton99a
(81,406 posts)VMA131Marine
(4,136 posts)This is unbelievable:
Chang does not cite any undergraduate degree in her biography, but her LinkedIn account mentions the University of the Nations, an unaccredited Christian school with volunteer teachers that says it has 600 locations "on all continents."
How could she get a clearance? Her background check should have flagged these discrepancies immediately.
malaise
(268,724 posts)This entire kakistocracy is unfit to govern
NBachers
(17,083 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)in the restrooms.
JHB
(37,157 posts)...exaggerated the scope of nonprofit's work.
Sounds like her boss. Just like her boss.
malaise
(268,724 posts)dalton99a
(81,406 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Back in the olden days, we used to call that lying.
malaise
(268,724 posts)M$Greedia sure normalize these liars
Turbineguy
(37,295 posts)If I were to apply for a job in the trump admin I would falsely claim to have dropped out of Junior High.
tanyev
(42,523 posts)NBachers
(17,083 posts)mainer
(12,018 posts)Stupid men are so easily dazzled by a good-looking woman.
malaise
(268,724 posts)malaise
(268,724 posts)crickets
(25,952 posts)Last edited Tue Nov 12, 2019, 08:03 PM - Edit history (1)
Professionals like Marie Yovanovitch and Bill Taylor had authentic credentials, earned their positions through ability and merit, and were quietly doing a good job for the nation. When called, they did the right thing to step up and testify about the irregularities going on. There is a glaring difference in quality there, no?
malaise
(268,724 posts)Glimmer of Hope
(5,823 posts)malaise
(268,724 posts)The 35 year old activist started her career as a singer a few years ago. She had a thriving career as an international pop singer. Mina also recorded a couple of albums in both English and Korean.
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My bet - Mina is somebody's woman
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,319 posts)Back by popular demand! How to spot a fake @Time, according to our creative director D.W. Pine. https://time.com/4836933/donald-trump-fake-time-cover/
Link to tweet
malaise
(268,724 posts)This is madness
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)that loyalty (along with a cute face and ample bustline), are all it takes to get hired...
This is 100% intentional and by design -- Don't let the White House weasel out of this by pretending they were somehow "conned"...
Link to tweet
malaise
(268,724 posts)All of her certification is BS - every bit of it
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)Because this administration actively looks for incompetents to run key offices into the ground?
PROTIP: Someone who doesn't know that the hell they're doing is also MUCH easier to control.