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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEx-WhiteHouse ethics chief compares Ivanka-Kushner security clearances to college admissions scandal
Walter would have cleaned the Trump stinking swamp in a nanosecond--until trump got rid of him!
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Ex-White House ethics chief compares Ivanka, Kushner security clearances to college admissions scandal
By Morgan Gstalter - 03/14/19 03:57 PM EDT
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Former White House ethics chief Walter Shaub on Thursday said there was quite the parallel between President Trumps children getting high-level security clearances and the dozens of parents caught in a national college admissions cheating scandal.
Shaub said Trumps alleged role in getting his daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner security clearances was on par with the allegations that wealthy parents, as well as school coaches and administrators, engaged in a bribery scam to ensure college admissions for their children.
Quite the parallel between members of the decadent golf set cheating to get their kids into college and a decadent golf setter cheating to get his daughter and son-in-law clearances after committing nepotism to get them civil service jobs except for the national security risks, Shaub tweeted.
The U.S. District Attorneys Office in Massachusetts on Tuesday released charging documents that implicated at least 40 people in a nationwide admissions scam.......................................................
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Ex-WhiteHouse ethics chief compares Ivanka-Kushner security clearances to college admissions scandal (Original Post)
riversedge
Mar 2019
OP
Yeah there are parallels indeed ... except one has the potential to cost many people their LIVES
mr_lebowski
Mar 2019
#1
The college entrance fraud was not for the same purpose as Jared selling secrets.
keithbvadu2
Mar 2019
#3
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)1. Yeah there are parallels indeed ... except one has the potential to cost many people their LIVES
And the other ... well ... really doesn't.
I'll leave you to reckon which is which.
superpatriotman
(6,249 posts)2. +1000
Security clearances vs college admissions?
Hardly.
keithbvadu2
(36,835 posts)3. The college entrance fraud was not for the same purpose as Jared selling secrets.
The college entrance fraud was not for the same purpose as Jared selling secrets.