An Inspector General report found that former Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao used her cabinet-level position to aid her family’s shipping business. The report notes that Chao repeatedly used her government position to help the Foremost Group shipping company with various issues, including media appearances. The report did not formally determine whether or not any…
Elaine Chao Cited for Misuse of Office by Inspector General
March 4, 2021 by
The Transportation Department’s Inspector General made public on Wednesday a report that cites repeated examples of former Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao allegedly using her staff and her office to help benefit her family and their business operations and revealed that staff members at the agency had raised ethics concerns. Elaine Chao is Sen. Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) wife,…
Trump shocker! Who is Elaine Chao?
December 1, 2016 by
WASHINGTON – Elaine Chao is not exactly the kind of Cabinet pick you would expect from outsider Donald Trump. The Bush administration retread has deep ties to the anti-coal Bloomberg Foundation, is married to big-time Trans-Pacific Partnership supporter and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and has deep business and political links to China. And that’s […]