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4. McConnell's wife was picked to be Sec. of Transportation. Her family runs a global shipping biz.

Sat Dec 10, 2016, 12:37 PM

Dec 2016

Trump's Latest Cabinet Pick Sets Up a Conflict-of-Interest Extraordinaire

Elaine Chao's family runs a global shipping business, and she is Mitch McConnell's wife. How cozy is that!

By Michael Arria / AlterNet November 29, 2016

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Elaine Chao as his transportation secretary. Chao served as secretary of labor from 2001 to 2009, under President George W. Bush. She is the wife of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

The appointment of Chao to this position is striking for at least one major reason: her family owns a major international shipping company. Chao's father, James Chao, is the chairman of the Foremost Group, which he founded in 1964. Elaine Chao's sister Angela is currently the deputy chairman of the company. Chao's father began donating to McConnell in the 1980s. In 2008 he gave Chao and McConnell $5 million to $25 million, giving a huge boost to McConnell's personal worth.

Foremost purchases vessels and coordinates the shipment of commodities throughout the globe. In 2014, the Nation's Lee Fang reported that 90 pounds of cocaine was seized by the Colombian Coast Guard from a vessel owned by Foremost. Fang reported that:

The firm...leaves a faint online trace. Foremost’s website FMCNY.com is blank. Records and court documents obtained by The Nation show that the ownership of the company’s vessels—with names such as Ping May, Soya May, Fu May and Grain May—is obscured through a byzantine structure of tax entities.

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McConnell shuts down pre election news of Russian hacking. Trump rewards by giving wife a job. [View all] hollowdweller Dec 2016 OP

tRump could always use another serving wench, and another ass to grab. putitinD Dec 2016 #1

no, he said he doesn't covet older woman or woman who have had kids. he won't grab that. Sunlei Dec 2016 #2

Be bold in the Congressional hearings for Chao exboyfil Dec 2016 #3

Great idea hollowdweller Dec 2016 #7

And demand McConnell abstain from voting on her Retrograde Dec 2016 #9

McConnell's wife was picked to be Sec. of Transportation. Her family runs a global shipping biz. think Dec 2016 #4

Thanks for putting this up. Wellstone ruled Dec 2016 #5

So Trump will help her family make the transition to work with Russia instead of China .... bettyellen Dec 2016 #11

There was a Container ship that made Wellstone ruled Dec 2016 #12

Im guessing that's what sparked the speculation- that somehow Putin was going to try to control or bettyellen Dec 2016 #13

One of the News sites like TPM or Raw Story had Wellstone ruled Dec 2016 #14

"Drain the swamp" oasis Dec 2016 #6

McConnell before a firing squad would be something I would welcome RonniePudding Dec 2016 #8

We need to know what he knew and when. It is our right. Glimmer of Hope Dec 2016 #10