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https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/yet-another-trump-cabinet-secretary-caught-scandal-n1250699Yet another Trump cabinet secretary caught up in scandal
As Donald Trump's presidency comes to an ignominious end, it's apparently not too late for one more cabinet controversy.
Dec. 10, 2020, 10:08 AM EST
By Steve Benen
As Donald Trump's presidency comes to an ignominious end, it's not too late for one more cabinet controversy. The Washington Post reported late yesterday:
The Veterans Affairs inspector general informed federal prosecutors this fall of possible criminal conduct by Secretary Robert Wilkie stemming from an investigation into whether he worked to discredit a congressional aide who said she was sexually assaulted, according to three current and former federal officials.
The allegations are, to be sure, important. A congressional staffer alleged that she was groped and propositioned by a man while in the cafe in the main lobby of VAs flagship medical center. Instead of taking the matter seriously, VA leaders reportedly scrambled to target the accuser.
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But it's the sheer volume of controversies surrounding members of the Republican president's cabinet that continues to amaze.
Former Energy Secretary Rick Perry, for example, resigned under a cloud of scandal, as did former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, former HHS Secretary Tom Price, and former VA Secretary David Shulkin.
Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao has faced ethics allegations. So has HUD Secretary Ben Carson. David Bernhardt, a former corporate lobbyist for the oil industry, became the subject of an ethics investigation immediately after becoming the nation's Interior secretary. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is facing so many ethics controversies, it's been difficult to keep up with each of them.
While we're at it, let's also not overlook controversies surrounding Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross.
As regular readers may recall, Trump declared with pride last year, "There are those that say we have one of the finest cabinets." No one has ever made such an assessment. No one ever should.
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Yet another Trump cabinet secretary caught up in scandal (Original Post)
babylonsister
Dec 2020
OP
We used to call such things "septic tanks". I can't keep up with the new jargon.
Hermit-The-Prog
Dec 2020
#4
dem4decades
(11,304 posts)1. Pardon me?
hedda_foil
(16,375 posts)2. Ah hell, that ain't no scandal. That's just another day at the office.
Blue Owl
(50,519 posts)3. A beautiful, perfect cabinet
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,458 posts)4. We used to call such things "septic tanks". I can't keep up with the new jargon.
JI7
(89,276 posts)5. Was it Trump ?