{"id":29139,"date":"2017-08-23T13:14:52","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T20:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=29139"},"modified":"2017-08-23T13:14:52","modified_gmt":"2017-08-23T20:14:52","slug":"republicans-on-parade-8232017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2017\/08\/23\/republicans-on-parade-8232017\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans on Parade – 8\/23\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Here is the ninety-third article in our Republicans on Parade series, featuring individuals who personify what the Republican Party has become. Today\u2019s honoree is Republican Vulture Capitalist Carl Icahn. He is so honored for using his influence as a Trump advisor to make $hundreds of millions from knowing regulation changes in advance.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Carl Icahn\u2019s role as a special regulatory adviser to President Donald Trump has ended after questions were raised by Democratic lawmakers about potential conflicts of interest with his business dealings in oil refining and insurance.<\/p>\n

In a letter<\/a> to Trump addressing his departure that was posted Friday on Icahn\u2019s website, the billionaire investor denied profiting from his advice-giving role — a possibility raised by critics who had asked administration officials to investigate his work.<\/p>\n

\u201cContrary to the insinuations of a handful of your Democratic critics, I never had access to nonpublic information or profited from my position, nor do I believe that my role presented conflicts of interest,\u201d Icahn wrote in the letter. \u201cIndeed, out of an abundance of caution, the only issues I ever discussed with you were broad matters of policy affecting the refining industry.\u201d…<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Of course the Republican is lying.  Rachel Maddow<\/a> explains just what this Republican criminal did.<\/font><\/p>\n