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Taibbi: Bob Corker, Corrupt? What a Surprise
The Tennessee senator's mysterious financial success has been one of Washingtons worst-kept secrets for years
By Matt Taibbi
22 hours ago
So Tennessee Senator Bob Corker is in trouble now, because he flip-flopped to vote for Donald Trump's tax bill after a provision was included that reportedly helps him personally.
Color me not shocked. I spent most of this past summer investigating Corker, whose personal finances have been an open scandal for years. Everything you need to know about the Senator can be discerned from this chart.
The president ran against debt predators, drug makers and big banks once elected, he immediately got in bed with all of them
Click on that link and you'll see: Corker went from having an estimate net worth of zero when he entered the Senate in 2007, to being (as of 2015) the fourth-wealthiest man in the Senate, worth $69 million.
How do you increase your net worth by 69 million dollars while you're working full-time as a Senator? That is not an easy story to explain.
Moreover, Corker didn't just enter the Senate without any money. He entered it carrying, according to his own disclosure forms, a mountain range of huge loans.
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Raster
(20,998 posts)Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)rurallib
(62,433 posts)HUGE profit!
WhiteTara
(29,721 posts)Farmer-Rick
(10,197 posts)Corker Porker.....this Porker moniker was given to him while he was in Chattanooga.
So, no surprise that he kept up the Porking...Is that a word?
madaboutharry
(40,216 posts)If you want to know about a person, make it about money.
PatSeg
(47,560 posts)$69 million in only eight years? That isn't even a subtle misuse of public office.
mountain grammy
(26,642 posts)dchill
(38,516 posts)I'll bet Claude Rains will be shocked!
Corgigal
(9,291 posts)Now look for his ladies. I doubt those funds aren't just for the little lady and kiddies.
rickford66
(5,528 posts)notdarkyet
(2,226 posts)By buying and voting on legislation that makes them rich? Is this legal?
LittleGirl
(8,287 posts)What are we (Dems) going to do about it? Seriously, what are we going to do to stop this, to put this guy behind bars? Oh wait, what he did is legal right?
I really hate our congress, even more than #45.
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)Anything anywhere else?
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)Cant believe he appears to be skating on this