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Fri Jan 27, 2017, 11:57 PM Jan 2017

Trump adviser Gary Cohn's $285 million Goldman Sachs exit raises eyebrows

This is just such obscene surreal bullshit.


http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/26/investing/gary-cohn-goldman-sachs-exit-trump/


Trump adviser Gary Cohn's $285 million Goldman Sachs exit raises eyebrows
By Matt Egan January 27, 2017 09:08AM EST

Gary Cohn is walking away from a career at Goldman Sachs to become President Trump's top economic adviser with a stunning $285 million.

Goldman's willingness to give Cohn a chunk of that fortune ahead of schedule is causing unease among ethics experts, who say the huge payout will make him beholden to the Wall Street firm he worked at for 25 years. They say that Cohn should have to recuse himself from Trump administration matters linked to his former firm.

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Trump adviser Gary Cohn's $285 million Goldman Sachs exit raises eyebrows (Original Post) Ellipsis Jan 2017 OP
It's good to be the King neverforget Jan 2017 #1
Well it sure does feel like we are living a Mel Brooks film... Ellipsis Jan 2017 #2
Tax free too. C_U_L8R Jan 2017 #3
...well of course. Ellipsis Jan 2017 #4
Kind of puts the whole Clinton Foundation 'scandal' into perspective. applegrove Jan 2017 #5
The Goldman Sachs revolving door with the White House continues. sarcasmo Jan 2017 #6
Nice work if you can get it Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2017 #7
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