Democrat Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe and one of his associates (Hillary Clinton’s brother, Tony Rodham) “remained mum Wednesday about accusations that they pressured a Homeland Security official to speed up action on their business requests” ahead of a congressional committee hearing “about a scathing report on political favoritism in a federal visa program.” Politico,
Meanwhile, Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D-Va.), who was also a focus of the inspector general report, issued a statement through a spokesman that didn’t dispute the basic facts the Department of Homeland Security watchdog found. Instead, the governor’s team said he was simply pressing the agency to speed up slow decisions on complex petitions related to the arrangements designed to allow foreigners to win green cards by investing in U.S. business ventures…
The report describes McAuliffe as intervening repeatedly with then-U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Alejandro Mayorkas to press for approval of various petitions pending for Gulf Coast Funds Management, which is run by Rodham. The calls took place before McAuliffe became governor and appeared intended to benefit an electric car firm tied to the veteran Democratic operative and fundraiser, GreenTech Automotive…
McAuliffe remained out of the public eye Wednesday. His public schedule called for him to attend an infrastructure investment roundtable at the White House complex. The event was closed to reporters, but Coy said the governor was there.
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