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Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Daily Kos: Calling attention to possibly critical piece about Romney and financial shenanigans

Daily Kos: Calling attention to possibly critical piece about Romney and financial shenanigans:


Calling attention to possibly critical piece about Romney and financial shenanigans

now up at Think Progress.  It is titled Exclusive: Romney Family Investment Group Partnered With Alleged Perpetrators Of $8 Billion Ponzi Scheme.
You will find out that Mitt Romney, his son Tagg, and his brother Scott all have involvement.
Tagg has key involvement, and when challenged on the relationship with three key players from the Stanford Financial Group - which was responsible for the 2nd largest financial fraud, after that of Bernie Madoff - incorrectly claimed the three had been cleared in the investigation  (they are still defendants in a federal law suit to recover funds) and had made minimal amounts (whereas the reality is that rather than the $15,000 Tagg claims the three earned between 70,000 and 1.1 million).
Romney's principal fundraiser, Spencer Zwick, is also a managing partner for one of the firms involved, and the