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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(135,732 posts)
Sat Nov 6, 2021, 09:54 PM Nov 2021

TFG's 'Mar-a-Lago Three' had unusual, improper access on vets policy issues, VA now says

Veterans Affairs officials on Friday conceded that a trio of executives with personal ties to President Donald Trump had “unusually pervasive access” to senior VA leaders during his administration, an arrangement that prompted a lawsuit against the department accusing them of violating federal transparency rules.

The department did not admit to any legal wrongdoing, but did note that “even the appearance of these individuals’ access to the VA during the previous administration may have been concerning to the public.”

The move follows findings by congressional investigators earlier this fall and widespread news reports that criticized the three men’s influence over VA policy.

The men involved — Marvel Entertainment CEO Ike Perlmutter, primary care specialist Dr. Bruce Moskowitz, and attorney Marc Sherman — were asked by Trump in 2017 to act as unofficial advisors on veterans issues. All three were dues-paying members of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-mar-lago-three-had-163000602.html

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TFG's 'Mar-a-Lago Three' had unusual, improper access on vets policy issues, VA now says (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2021 OP
That arrangement always worried me... Wounded Bear Nov 2021 #1
Whatever graft the three did, you can bet TFG got a cut of it. nt Grasswire2 Nov 2021 #2
Hopefully just another instance of appointing unqualified individuals Captain Zero Nov 2021 #3
check it out Grasswire2 Nov 2021 #4
Their expertise was in exploiting bureaucracy for profit... Wounded Bear Nov 2021 #7
damned straight. Grasswire2 Nov 2021 #8
perlmutter served in the usraeli army, not an american veteran rampartc Nov 2021 #5
Maybe they were just wasting away in Mar-A-Lagoville DFW Nov 2021 #6

Captain Zero

(8,905 posts)
3. Hopefully just another instance of appointing unqualified individuals
Sun Nov 7, 2021, 02:54 AM
Nov 2021

What could these guys have known or cared about the VA administration. They probably said yes just to make Bloat Ass happy. Probably when they were all drinking at Mara Loco.

Wounded Bear

(64,328 posts)
7. Their expertise was in exploiting bureaucracy for profit...
Sun Nov 7, 2021, 10:54 AM
Nov 2021

I'm interested in how much they stole. I will say that my medical treatment didn't suffer much from them, but that's pretty much all local.

Grasswire2

(13,849 posts)
8. damned straight.
Sun Nov 7, 2021, 02:10 PM
Nov 2021

And how many times did TFG give someone access and power in an agency, like this, so the person or ppl can engage in graft and corruption? Each time with something for himself coming out of it.

Public corruption a la crime syndicate. MOBSTER stuff.

Look at Kushner and his supplies of PPE. Will we ever know the totality of Kushner's corruption?? I think not likely.

rampartc

(5,835 posts)
5. perlmutter served in the usraeli army, not an american veteran
Sun Nov 7, 2021, 07:56 AM
Nov 2021

sherman never served in any military

i don't see any military backgrounf on Dr. Bruce Moskowitz either.

the 3 seem to have been pushinh an it system for the va hospitals (my gospital uses epic which seems to work passably well) none of these guys have a particular it background either, which leads me to think this is just another scam for trump to cash in.

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