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quote, the transportation department under secretary elaine chow designated a special liaison to helplications and other priorities specifically from her husband, mitch mcconnell's state of kentucky pachbing the way for grants totaling at least $70 million for projects. elaine chow's aide, todd enman who stated in an e-mail he helped advice the senator and local kentucky officials on grants with special significance for mcconnell including a highway improvement project and mcconnell political strong hold that had been twice rejected for previous grant applications. so elaine chow, secretary of transportation, married to mitch mcconnell, she hires her husband's former campaign aide to be her own staffer, and then she designates him specifically to help pave the way for transportation department funded projects in her home's state, things that would be particularly valuable to him as he runs for re-election. quote, chow's designation of enman for special intermediary for kentucky, a privilege other states do not enjoy, which could in turn benefit his political interests, each member of
quote, the transportation department under secretary elaine chow designated a special liaison to helplications and other priorities specifically from her husband, mitch mcconnell's state of kentucky pachbing the way for grants totaling at least $70 million for projects. elaine chow's aide, todd enman who stated in an e-mail he helped advice the senator and local kentucky officials on grants with special significance for mcconnell including a highway improvement project and mcconnell political...
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. >>> and next, is elaine chow the president's transportation secretary using her official position to's business? >> i was so pleased that i was able to bring my father on air force one with the president. >> and the cough that caught president trump offguard. (paul) great. another wireless ad. so many of them are full of this complicated, tricky language about their network and offers and blah blah blah. look. sprint's going to do things differently. and let you decide for yourself. they're offering a new 100% total satisfaction guarantee. try it out and see the savings. if you don't love it, get your money back. see? simple. now sprint's unlimited plan comes with one of the newest phones included for just $35 a month. so switch now. for people with hearing loss, visit sprintrelay.com so, i started with the stats regarding my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. like how humira has been prescribed to over 300,000 patients. and how many patients saw clear or almost clear skin in just 4 months - the kind of clearance that can last. humira targets and blocks a specific source of inflamm
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appointments available now. >>> secretary elaine chow requested $78 million.lose liaison who also worked on mcconnell's 2014 releaks campaign to help pave the way for the senator's and eight poll sgss including a highway impop-up. the project funded by chow's transportation department totalled at least $78 million, according to politico. now ethical questions are being hazedt hazedthe, quote, kentucky continues to punch above its weight in washington, and i am proud to be a strong voice for my constituents in the senate. a transportation department spokesman says in part no date seeft in population and 25th in d.o.t. money unthe "triumph" stas the sort of thing that, nick con effect o, if to think of the had had lines. so that conservatives would be on r on -- if they hillary appointed trb sfrrk suddenly get pass tracked through for chuck schumer's wife. at any other age we'd be seeing corruption at the highest level. >> reporter: the joe is saying that if the the am bagss can i that it'sful if what the political impact will be back who po, if it's a bit sfwrc
appointments available now. >>> secretary elaine chow requested $78 million.lose liaison who also worked on mcconnell's 2014 releaks campaign to help pave the way for the senator's and eight poll sgss including a highway impop-up. the project funded by chow's transportation department totalled at least $78 million, according to politico. now ethical questions are being hazedt hazedthe, quote, kentucky continues to punch above its weight in washington, and i am proud to be a strong...
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. >>> transportation secretary elaine chow has sold her chairs in one of the largesse highway constructions following a report she failed to relinquish her stake after joining the trump administration. she sold her shares of vulcan material on june 3rd. according to documents submitted to the office of government ethics. that's a week after the "wall street journal" published a story outing her not yet fulfilling her 2017 pledge to take a cash pay out by april of 2018. the company's shares rose more than 16% since then netting chow a gain of $50,000. chow sent a letter to the transportation department on wednesday alerting them to the sale and attributing the stock holdings to an inadvertent misstatement. this is the latest in a series of alleged ethical missteps to mar the transportation secretary's role including a political report published this week which claims that chow helped her husband majority leader mitch mcconnell usher through at least $78 million in grant projects for his home state of kentucky. let's talk about some of this. joining me again eugene scott. eugene, could there
. >>> transportation secretary elaine chow has sold her chairs in one of the largesse highway constructions following a report she failed to relinquish her stake after joining the trump administration. she sold her shares of vulcan material on june 3rd. according to documents submitted to the office of government ethics. that's a week after the "wall street journal" published a story outing her not yet fulfilling her 2017 pledge to take a cash pay out by april of 2018. the...
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secretary elaine chow, headlined a bridge to china. member of the investigations team and one of four reporters who worked on this particular story. it is a very detailed article. you guys really get in the weeds a bit. bottom line here of what you found. >> there is a lot of bottom lines. i think one thing to take home is that we all know that elaine chou, that her family is very politically influential in the united states. we discovered that the family is unique in that it is also politically powerful or influential in china with her relatives who are running a shipping company which her father founded 55 years ago. they have very close ties to senior leaders, are on boards of state-owned companies, government agencies that are normally reserved for chinese people. and that elaine chou has intersected with that company even though she has not held a formal position in the company since the 1970s. she is a face for the company and has promoted that including while she has been the transportation secretary. they did receive a gift fro
secretary elaine chow, headlined a bridge to china. member of the investigations team and one of four reporters who worked on this particular story. it is a very detailed article. you guys really get in the weeds a bit. bottom line here of what you found. >> there is a lot of bottom lines. i think one thing to take home is that we all know that elaine chou, that her family is very politically influential in the united states. we discovered that the family is unique in that it is also...
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there's now a snowballing series of corruption allegations around elaine chow and how she's been running the transportation administration under trump. it started when it was reported elaine chao had been directed by ethics officials she needed to divest from a company that was directly related to her work at the transportation department. ethics officials told her if you're going to be secretary of transportation, you need to divest from this particular company in which you hold a whole bunch of stock. she was directed to do that. she said she would, but she did not divest from the company. she was told to do it officially. she signed off an ethics agreement saying she would do it. she said she would do it and didn't. instead she sat on hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of stock in that company. that company happens to be in the words of "the wall street journal," the country's largest supplier of crushed stone sand and gravel used in road paving and road building. i mean, she's the federal official in charge of road paving and road building for the country. she's the secretary of
there's now a snowballing series of corruption allegations around elaine chow and how she's been running the transportation administration under trump. it started when it was reported elaine chao had been directed by ethics officials she needed to divest from a company that was directly related to her work at the transportation department. ethics officials told her if you're going to be secretary of transportation, you need to divest from this particular company in which you hold a whole bunch...
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. >>> coming up, transportation secretary elaine chow is the latest trump official to be involved in of interest scandal. her husband, mitch mcconnell, appears to be shrugging it off. >> of course he is. of course he is. >> we'll show you what he says about the allegations ahead on "morning joe." i'm a migraine sufferer and i'm an emt. when i get a migraine at work, it's debilitating. if i call out with a migraine, that's one less ambulance to serve a community. i just don't want to let these people down. excedrin migraine. relief that works as hard as you do. mike and jen doyle? yeah. time for medicare, huh. i have no idea how we're going to get through this. follow me. choosing a plan can be super-complicated. but it doesn't have to be. unitedhealthcare can guide you through the confusion, with helpful people, tools and plans. including the only plans with the aarp name. well that wasn't so bad at all. that's how we like it. aarp medicare plans, from unitedhealthcare. it's how we bring hope to our patients- like viola. her team treated her cancer and strengthened her spirit. so vio
. >>> coming up, transportation secretary elaine chow is the latest trump official to be involved in of interest scandal. her husband, mitch mcconnell, appears to be shrugging it off. >> of course he is. of course he is. >> we'll show you what he says about the allegations ahead on "morning joe." i'm a migraine sufferer and i'm an emt. when i get a migraine at work, it's debilitating. if i call out with a migraine, that's one less ambulance to serve a community. i...
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it's ceos elaine's sister who replaced the retired father james seeing here at her confirmation hearing. >> i introduce my father doctor james chowr: the times sites this email from an embassy in china written to superiors on the eve of the planned visit to beijing. the body of it is entirely redacted but sources close to the email including david frank, retired deputy chief of mental in, beijing who says chao asked federal officials to coordinate travel arrangements for at least one family member and including officials, child never made the trip. her office tells fox news it didn't occur for reasons including meetings at the white house. chao and lena mcconnell received millions in campaign contributions in gifts from her father. mcconnell acknowledged the legal gift in the times story given after the death of chao's letter saying, quote, i am proud to have the support of my family over the years. one government watchdog sums up the expose. >> a giant story about nothing, nothing newsworthy. this story is boring, long and useless. >> reporter: mcconnell's former chief of staff said imagine elaine chao was elaine johnson and the
it's ceos elaine's sister who replaced the retired father james seeing here at her confirmation hearing. >> i introduce my father doctor james chowr: the times sites this email from an embassy in china written to superiors on the eve of the planned visit to beijing. the body of it is entirely redacted but sources close to the email including david frank, retired deputy chief of mental in, beijing who says chao asked federal officials to coordinate travel arrangements for at least one...
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that chow had personally asked him to be as an intermediate drirks he helped to slice voo the senator and local kentucky officials on grants with special sig in any of cannes for mcconnell. so elainen, married to mitch mcconnell hires her husband's former campaign aide to be her own staffer and designates him specifically to help pave the way for transportation department funded projects in her husband's home state, things that would be particularly valuable to him as he runs for re-election. "choo's designation of inman as a special intermediary for kentucky a privilege other states do not enjoy gave a special advantage to prongs favored by her husband which could benefit his political interests in such situations ethicists say each member of a couple benefits personally from the success confident other." politi politico.com saying the secretary declined to comment tore this piece. the transportation told politico no state receives special treatment. except for the one that has the special intermediary for his part, todd inman says he was proud to work for secretary chow and he praise the department's career staff. senator mcconnell put out a statement praising kentucky. kentucky
that chow had personally asked him to be as an intermediate drirks he helped to slice voo the senator and local kentucky officials on grants with special sig in any of cannes for mcconnell. so elainen, married to mitch mcconnell hires her husband's former campaign aide to be her own staffer and designates him specifically to help pave the way for transportation department funded projects in her husband's home state, things that would be particularly valuable to him as he runs for re-election....