Trump’s Latest Cabinet Pick Sets Up a Conflict-of-Interest Extraordinaire

‘President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Elaine Chao as his transportation secretary. Chao served as secretary of labor, from 2001 to 2009, under President George W. Bush. She’s also the wife of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
The appointment of Chao to this position is striking for at least one major reason: her family owns a major international shipping company. Chao’s father, Dr. James Chao, is the chairman of The Foremost Group which he founded in 1964. Elaine Chao’s sister Angela, is currently the deputy chairman of the company. Chao’s father began donating to McConnell in the eighties. In 2008 he gave Chao and McConnell between $5 million and $25 million, giving a huge boost to McConnell’s personal worth.’
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