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Related: About this forumBernie accused of funneling campaign $$$ to family members.
I just saw this article that was published in Vanity Fair in January. Interesting...
A new report suggests that Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders and his wife have repeatedly done the most socialist thing ever: funnel thousands of campaign and nonprofit dollars toward family members and friends.
According to an investigation by the right-leaning Washington Free Beacon, Sanderss spouse of 27 years, Jane OMeara Sanders, and his stepdaughter, Carina Driscoll, both drew sizable salaries from Sanderss House campaigns between 2000 and 2004. Public records examined by the online paper reportedly show OMeara Sanders was paid more than $90,000 for consulting and ad placement services between 2002 and 2004, while Driscoll received $65,000 from the campaign over the course of four years.
But while its not unheard of for campaigns to bring family members on board, the Free Beacons revelations about Sanderss wifes tenure as the president of Burlington College will certainly raise eyebrows. During her time there, the college paid nearly $500,000 to the Vermont Woodworking School, run by Driscoll, for classes, according to the Free Beacon. The college also reportedly paid tens of thousands of dollars to an all-inclusive Caribbean resort run by Jonathan Leopold, the son of a family friend, for a study-abroad program. Between 2009 and 2011, when OMeara Sanders stepped down, Burlington College paid around $68,000 to the resort. The Free Beacon reports that payments to both the woodworking school and the resort stopped soon after she left.
According to an investigation by the right-leaning Washington Free Beacon, Sanderss spouse of 27 years, Jane OMeara Sanders, and his stepdaughter, Carina Driscoll, both drew sizable salaries from Sanderss House campaigns between 2000 and 2004. Public records examined by the online paper reportedly show OMeara Sanders was paid more than $90,000 for consulting and ad placement services between 2002 and 2004, while Driscoll received $65,000 from the campaign over the course of four years.
But while its not unheard of for campaigns to bring family members on board, the Free Beacons revelations about Sanderss wifes tenure as the president of Burlington College will certainly raise eyebrows. During her time there, the college paid nearly $500,000 to the Vermont Woodworking School, run by Driscoll, for classes, according to the Free Beacon. The college also reportedly paid tens of thousands of dollars to an all-inclusive Caribbean resort run by Jonathan Leopold, the son of a family friend, for a study-abroad program. Between 2009 and 2011, when OMeara Sanders stepped down, Burlington College paid around $68,000 to the resort. The Free Beacon reports that payments to both the woodworking school and the resort stopped soon after she left.
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/01/bernie-sanders-family-money
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Bernie accused of funneling campaign $$$ to family members. (Original Post)
kstewart33
May 2016
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Wonder if, and how much, Jane is getting paid by the campaign as his "advisor" and....
George II
May 2016
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SunSeeker
(51,698 posts)1. There's a reason he refuses to turn over his 2015 tax returns. nt
George II
(67,782 posts)10. Wonder if, and how much, Jane is getting paid by the campaign as his "advisor" and....
....media consultant?
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)2. Wow!
Reason for the missing tax returns perhaps?
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)3. many questions the sanders are running from answering
there goes your paragon of virtue
LiberalFighter
(51,085 posts)4. And some think that Sanders is clean.
DURHAM D
(32,611 posts)5. They will surely be here soon to scream at you that Vanity Fair
is a Brock controlled magazine?
Her Sister
(6,444 posts)6. They only wanted to release 2014 tax returns! for some reason!
and even that one took some prodding!
WhiteTara
(29,722 posts)7. Crony Capitalism at its finest!
Go Bernie! Go Jane! Then tell everyone how horrible it is for others to do the same.
fleabiscuit
(4,542 posts)8. Tax returns please BS.
Walk away
(9,494 posts)9. Crooked Bernie!?!
Only Old Hippies would run a scam involving a Wood Working School