Get this, this is a triangle of how politics screws the people.
Vitter is a disgraced former senator, now he is a lobbyist. His wife did sooo poorly when answering questions in hopes of becoming a judge, her name was put on the bottom of the pile. That was UNTIL Vitter got this deal for McConnell's Kentucky.
Last week his wife got a lifetime position, as a judge!
This deal stinks to high heaven!
Democrats Seek Review of Russian Investment in Kentucky
By Kenneth P. Vogel
May 16, 2019
WASHINGTON — Democratic lawmakers called on the Trump administration on Thursday to review an investment in Kentucky by a Russian aluminum company that they say has raised concerns about Russian influence on the economy and national security of the United States.
The Russian aluminum company, Rusal, announced on Thursday that its board had approved a $200 million investment in a planned aluminum plant in Ashland, Ky., in partnership with Braidy Industries, a private company based there.
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Mr. McConnell, the Senate majority leader, helped defeat a bipartisan effort in January to block the sanctions relief deal for Rusal. His spokesman said Mr. McConnell’s support for lifting the sanctions was unrelated to the potential investment in Kentucky, which was not publicly announced until last month — months after the vote.
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Representative Lloyd Doggett, Democrat of Texas, who signed the letter to Mr. Mnuchin requesting a review, said “perhaps it’s just an unusual coincidence” that Rusal is “placing in Kentucky the largest new aluminum plant built here in decades.”
“We seek a thorough review of the national security implications of Rusal putting down American roots in the Blue Grass State,” he added.
The letter said that “Russia remains a central threat” to the United States. “The proposed investment by EN+ — a company that is majority owned by a U.S.-sanctioned Russian national and Russian state bank — in an American aluminum mill, raises serious questions of national security.”
more:
http://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/16/us/politics/rusal-investment-kentucky.html
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