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    Default James Inhofe (R) Oklahoma - latest Repugnant huckster busted.

    GOP has come to stand for Grifter Old Party

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    Senator purchased stock in defense contractor after pushing for more military spending
    By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN

    https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/12/12/p...ock/index.html

    Washington (CNN) Republican Sen. James Inhofe of Oklahoma, the chairman of the powerful Senate Armed Services Committee, purchased thousands of dollars in defense stock after successfully pushing the Trump administration for more Defense Department spending.

    According to his Senate financial disclosure report, Inhofe listed a purchase of $50,000-$100,000 in stock in US defense contractor Raytheon. Inhofe's communications director said he canceled the transaction when he became aware of it.

    The Daily Beast was the first to report on the stock purchase.

    President Donald Trump recently agreed to a defense budget of $750 billion for the coming year, reversing his plans to shrink a $716 billion defense budget allocated in 2019 that he thought was too much money, calling it "crazy." Trump's decision came out of a meeting with Inhofe, along with Defense Secretary James Mattis and the chairman of the House Armed Services committee, Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas. The listed date for the purchase was Tuesday, a week after the meeting.

    The purchase will raise conflict of interest questions because Inhofe is now the leader of the Senate committee that approves the Pentagon's budget. Inhofe recently took over the chairmanship of the committee after the death of Sen. John McCain, the Arizona Republican who had long served as the top Republican on the committee.

    Inhofe's communications director Leacy Burke told CNN in a statement that "the senator was not aware of this stock purchase until it came through the system very early this morning."

    "All of Sen. Inhofe's financial transactions are handled by a third-party adviser," Burke said. "The senator has had no involvement in and has not been consulted about his stock transactions."

    Burke said that Inhofe told his financial adviser to reverse the transaction once he was aware.

    "This means that the transaction was canceled before it was settled; the senator never took ownership of it," she said.

    Burke said a new report had been filed with the Senate ethics office. An amended report was posted Wednesday night without the Raytheon stock purchase listed.

    In a letter, Inhofe told his financial adviser to "no longer purchase defense or aerospace companies as part of my financial holdings." The letter was dated Wednesday.

    "Because of my new position as chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, it is important for me to not own or trade any defense or aerospace companies," the letter stated, according to a copy provided to CNN by his office.


    The Daily Beast, which first reported on the letter, noted that the document's metadata indicated it was created 20 minutes after the news outlet reached out for comment.



    CNN's Ryan Browne contributed to this report.
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    GOP has come to stand for Grifter Old Party

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    Senator purchased stock in defense contractor after pushing for more military spending
    By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN

    https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/12/12/p...ock/index.html

    Washington (CNN) Republican Sen. James Inhofe of Oklahoma, the chairman of the powerful Senate Armed Services Committee, purchased thousands of dollars in defense stock after successfully pushing the Trump administration for more Defense Department spending.

    According to his Senate financial disclosure report, Inhofe listed a purchase of $50,000-$100,000 in stock in US defense contractor Raytheon. Inhofe's communications director said he canceled the transaction when he became aware of it.

    The Daily Beast was the first to report on the stock purchase.

    President Donald Trump recently agreed to a defense budget of $750 billion for the coming year, reversing his plans to shrink a $716 billion defense budget allocated in 2019 that he thought was too much money, calling it "crazy." Trump's decision came out of a meeting with Inhofe, along with Defense Secretary James Mattis and the chairman of the House Armed Services committee, Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas. The listed date for the purchase was Tuesday, a week after the meeting.

    The purchase will raise conflict of interest questions because Inhofe is now the leader of the Senate committee that approves the Pentagon's budget. Inhofe recently took over the chairmanship of the committee after the death of Sen. John McCain, the Arizona Republican who had long served as the top Republican on the committee.

    Inhofe's communications director Leacy Burke told CNN in a statement that "the senator was not aware of this stock purchase until it came through the system very early this morning."

    "All of Sen. Inhofe's financial transactions are handled by a third-party adviser," Burke said. "The senator has had no involvement in and has not been consulted about his stock transactions."

    Burke said that Inhofe told his financial adviser to reverse the transaction once he was aware.

    "This means that the transaction was canceled before it was settled; the senator never took ownership of it," she said.

    Burke said a new report had been filed with the Senate ethics office. An amended report was posted Wednesday night without the Raytheon stock purchase listed.

    In a letter, Inhofe told his financial adviser to "no longer purchase defense or aerospace companies as part of my financial holdings." The letter was dated Wednesday.

    "Because of my new position as chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, it is important for me to not own or trade any defense or aerospace companies," the letter stated, according to a copy provided to CNN by his office.


    The Daily Beast, which first reported on the letter, noted that the document's metadata indicated it was created 20 minutes after the news outlet reached out for comment.



    CNN's Ryan Browne contributed to this report.
    I almost get physically ill just watching the asshole on TV, he's even lower on the evolutionary scale than Hatch

    and Grassley is right up there on the same asshole scale IMO

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