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Related: About this forumJeb Bush dogged by decades of questions about business deals
Jeb Bush dogged by decades of questions about business dealsBy Robert O'Harrow Jr. and Tom Hamburger at the Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/jeb-bush-dogged-by-decades-of-questions-about-business-deals/2015/06/28/0138223c-edb7-11e4-8abc-d6aa3bad79dd_story.html
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But records, lawsuits, interviews and newspaper accounts stretching back more than three decades present a picture of a man who, before he was elected Florida governor in 1998, often benefited from his family connections and repeatedly put himself in situations that raised questions about his judgment and exposed him to reputational risk.
Years after Bushs visit to Nigeria, MWI was found to have made dozens of false claims to the U.S. government about its dealings in Nigeria, according to a civil jury verdict in a case brought by the Justice Department. MWI has denied the allegations and appealed the verdict. Bush was not a party to the lawsuit.
Five of his business associates have been convicted of crimes; one remains an international fugitive on fraud charges. In each case, Bush said he had no knowledge of any wrongdoing and said some of the people he met as a businessman in Florida took advantage of his naiveté.
Bush, now 62, has said that he has learned to be more careful about vetting his associates, telling the Miami Herald during his first, failed run for Florida governor in 1994 that getting burned a couple of times made him better at deciphering peoples motives.
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Jeb Bush dogged by decades of questions about business deals (Original Post)
applegrove
Jun 2015
OP
In a president, you would expect someone who was really smart about people from an earlier age.
applegrove
Jun 2015
#3
He has his hands in the Charter school movement. He earns more than his brothers.
FSogol
Jun 2015
#6
“The only documented allegations come down to the fact that he did business with people that later
yellowcanine
Jun 2015
#7
Blus4u
(608 posts)1. Getting burned a couple of times.....
...a la Dubya, has sure as hell made the rest of us better at deciphering motives!
Peace
applegrove
(118,845 posts)3. In a president, you would expect someone who was really smart about people from an earlier age.
HFRN
(1,469 posts)2. and everyone's forgotten about Neil Bush
kind of amazing how airbrushed from history the S & L scandal brother is, with the rest of his family continuously in the news
FSogol
(45,557 posts)4. Totally agree. He's the biggest crook of them all. n/t
HFRN
(1,469 posts)5. no, he's the least effective crook of them all
flaming out before his siblings began to bloom
FSogol
(45,557 posts)6. He has his hands in the Charter school movement. He earns more than his brothers.
Like cockroaches, he's just bright enough to avoid daylight.
yellowcanine
(35,702 posts)7. “The only documented allegations come down to the fact that he did business with people that later
turned out to be deadbeats and crooks, So the defense is he didn't know they were crooks, even though they were clearly high rollers driving Rolls Royces and taking international flights on private planes? I am sorry, but if someone is spending lavishly on me and giving me free rides I should know something is not right, particularly if my dad is the VP or the POTUS.