'This is the sort of thing that should lead to the impeachment of a corrupt official -- that is, if her corrupt husband weren't in a position to block that impeachment.' - waltshaub
Elaine Chao reportedly helped secure millions of dollars in federal money requested by her husband, Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell, for his home state of Kentucky by using her official capacity as secretary of the Department of Transportation, a move that ethics officials have lambasted and even consider impeachable.
"This is the sort of thing that should lead to the impeachment of a corrupt official -- that is, if her corrupt husband weren't in a position to block that impeachment," Walter Shaub said on Twitter. Currently a senior adviser for the group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington , Shaub served as the director of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics under Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his wife, then-Secretary of Transportation nominee Elaine Chao arrive at the Kentucky Society of Washington's Bluegrass Ball at the Omni Shoreham January 18, 2017, in Washington, DC.
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