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babylonsister

(172,804 posts)
Wed Feb 20, 2019, 07:05 AM Feb 2019

Emails Reveal Coordination Between Chao, McConnell

Can this be legal??

https://politicalwire.com/2019/02/19/emails-reveal-coordination-between-chao-mcconnell/

Emails Reveal Coordination Between Chao, McConnell
February 19, 2019 at 7:45 pm EST By Taegan Goddard


“A trove of more than 800 pages of emails sheds new light on the working relationship between Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, one of the most potent power couples in Washington — including their dealings with McConnell supporters from their home state of Kentucky,” Politico reports.

“Chao has met at least 10 times with politicians and business leaders from the state in response to requests from McConnell’s office… In some cases, those people later received what they were hoping for from Chao’s department, including infrastructure grants, the designation of an interstate highway and assistance in getting state funds for a highway project — although the documents don’t indicate the meetings led to those outcomes.”
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Emails Reveal Coordination Between Chao, McConnell (Original Post) babylonsister Feb 2019 OP
That will make my day duforsure Feb 2019 #1
Scuzzy or Skanky? Achilleaze Feb 2019 #2
Both? Sherman A1 Feb 2019 #3
"Awful, but lawful" DeminPennswoods Feb 2019 #4

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
2. Scuzzy or Skanky?
Wed Feb 20, 2019, 07:28 AM
Feb 2019

Which sub-category of "republican family values" does this fit in to? Scuzzy? Or Skanky?

Asking for a friend.

DeminPennswoods

(17,583 posts)
4. "Awful, but lawful"
Wed Feb 20, 2019, 07:43 AM
Feb 2019

is the phrase I've heard attorney guests on MSNBC use for things like this. This is also easily viewed as constituent services to Kentuckians.

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