Dr. Jane Sanders to speak on US Election on Thursday night.

[VermontKevin]

Born in Brooklyn to Irish parents, Dr. Jane O’Meara Sanders is a founding member of the Sanders Institute, a fellowship comprised of leaders dedicated to transforming democracy through the research, education, outreach and advancement of bold, progressive ideas and values. Dr. O’Meara Sanders was also at the centre of the 2016 American presidential election as senior political advisor to, and wife of, Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders.

In conversation with Joseph O’Connor, award winning novelist and Frank McCourt Chair of Creative Writing in UL, Dr. O’Meara Sanders will discuss the 2016 Presidential election, the Sanders campaign and Institute, the Republican and Democratic rivals faced, and the current political climate in America. She will discuss as well her own Irish heritage, her upbringing in 1950’s Brooklyn in an Irish-American home, and the influence of Irish art, music and literature on her life. Finally, she will tell her and Bernie Sanders’ shared story, having grown up just blocks from each other in Brooklyn, but who first met decades later as political candidate and activist in Vermont.

https://thisisiny.com/jane-omeara-sanders-with-joseph-oconnor/

[murielm99]

1. How is that federal investigation going, the one about the irregularities

at Burlington College? The FBI is being very quiet. I haven't seen any articles since July.

[VermontKevin]

2. Jane Sanders commented on the investigation this week:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029663202

She seemed to be confused about the investigation.

[pnwmom]

4. I think her wish to blame President Obama for her problems documenting pledges

at Burlington College reflects poorly on her.

[VermontKevin]

8. Reading what she said, I don't think she connects her words to

logical consequences.

[karynnj]

12. She didn't blame Obama - that was what the OP inferred - she was speaking of the suit

coming from a RW partisan, Brady Tonesing - see Burlington Free Press article on him. Incidentally, you might recall his mother Victoria of GWB administration fame. http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/politics/2017/07/10/brady-toensing-vermonts-republican-provocateur/437431001/

[pnwmom]

13. You're right. OTOH, Tonesing couldn't force the Justice Department to investigate.

That was the decision of the US attorney. He decided that Tonesing's complaint was worth following up on, apparently after speaking to the donors about the discrepancies in their stated donations.

[karynnj]

15. Just as the Obama administration FBI and the State and Intelligence community opted to investigate

the very Democratic former Secretary of State. As many of us said then, an investigation does not mean guilt. Not to mention, the main donor was someone with a relationship with Christine Plunkett, who was the CFO and later the President. That situation is not totally clear as she was giving annual checks and then stopped doing so. It may well be she changed her mind - something you can do, even if you made a pledge.

[pnwmom]

16. That donor's accountant confirmed her story, however. So it wasn't just her word.

And there were several other donors with concerns.

You're right that an investigation doesn't mean guilt, and maybe the case will be dropped. There seems to be good reason for having an investigation, though, since bank fraud is a serious crime and these donations are being questioned.

[VermontKevin]

18. The US attorney didn't follow up on Toensing's complaint unless he used a time machine.

Toensing wrote a letter about the defaulted Catholic Church's loan. That's not being investigated.

The investigation regarding the defaulted People's Bank loan had already begun in the FDIC OIG.

[karynnj]

14. Actually she did not blame Obama -- YOU wrote that into that OP's title

The article did not say that. It simply referred to the suit as politically motivated. In fact, consider who started it - Brady Toensing, a name you might know if you are really from Vermont. http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/politics/2017/07/10/brady-toensing-vermonts-republican-provocateur/437431001/

[VermontKevin]

17. You seem to be very confused.

Brady Toensing wrote about the private loan with the Catholic Church. There is no lawsuit, nor investigation of that defaulted loan.

The FDIC is investigating the defaulted People's Bank loan. About 18 months now, with grand jury convened.

[pnwmom]

3. I haven't seen anything since this article in August, which mentions that 5 of the donations

on the spreadsheet were listed incorrectly. One listed donor said he hadn't made any pledge.

Three of these discrepancies were related to gifts given by Trustees.

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/local/2017/08/11/discrepancies-emerge-burlington-college-donor-list/548380001/

[murielm99]

6. Thanks.

There is a lot of detail in that article.

It looks like the investigation is proceeding carefully and discreetly.

[MrsCoffee]

5. Who?

[MineralMan]

7. Gosh. I'm afraid I won't be able to attend.

A pity, that.

[cwydro]

11. Me either.

[Demsrule86]

9. I am a mutt like most Americans and have little interest in my 'heritage'...I read

the interview where she said she felt like she 'came home' when she went to Ireland the first time...to each their own...but I have little interest in such things. I like to travel to all sorts of places.

[NastyRiffraff]

10. Oh snap! I can't make it

I was LONGING for Jane Sanders to speak on the election and Bernie's Republican (?) and Democratic rivals. (What Republican rivals?) Oh well, I guess I'll have to live with the disappointment.

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