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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsElise Stefanik Makes Case that Don Jr and Eric Trump Must Resign from Trump Organization
https://www.emptywheel.net/2019/11/19/elise-stefanik-makes-case-that-don-jr-and-eric-trump-must-resign-from-trump-organization/?fbclid=IwAR2Rq05aWe5EphHnBD8hjlaWRCsx_PSRw5oABQ198wRzz1uVoCPBMZBnGekElise Stefanik Makes Case that Don Jr and Eric Trump Must Resign from Trump Organization
November 19, 2019 emptywheel
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Because of her stunt in last Fridays hearing, Im interested in what Elise Stefanik did.
First, she got demoted. Her male colleagues treated her like the junior committee member she is, rather than giving her top billing. That, by itself, made it clear she was used last week as a token.
When it finally came around to her turn three and a half hours into the hearing, she then focused on talking points she has adopted that under Trump (in part forced by Congress) Ukraine has gotten assistance and continued to work on corruption, no investigation into Joe Biden got started, and the aid ultimately got released.
But as part of that, she walked Vindman through an attack on Burisma, first misquoting him saying that in Ukraine, generally, tax evasion and money laundering are a problem to apply that to Burisma. She then said,
I know that my constituents in NY-21 have many concerns about the fact that Hunter Biden, the son of the Vice President, sat on the board of a corrupt company like Burisma.
Its a wonderful sentiment, really, that Congress should dictate what the family members of top officials should do to make money.
But since she has expressed this concern, I assume she feels the same about two other children who occupy top positions in a company with a documented history of facilitating money laundering and credible allegations of tax evasion, particularly given that her own state, New York State, found that these children, Don Jr and Eric Trump, as well as their sister, must be barred from running any charities in the state.
Since Elise Stefanik has stated, in front of the nation, that the children of top government officials must not have leadership positions in corrupt companies with money laundering and tax evasion problems, surely shell call for the Presidents sons to step down from the family business?
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Elise Stefanik Makes Case that Don Jr and Eric Trump Must Resign from Trump Organization (Original Post)
babylonsister
Nov 2019
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Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)1. Another Audition Tape for Murdoch
Media? Talk about political suicide happening in real time.
Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)2. Very nicely done connecting the dots.