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https://www.vanityfair.com/news/201...ao-made-40000-from-stock-she-promised-to-sell
TOP TRUMP OFFICIAL MADE $40,000 FROM A STOCK SHE PROMISED TO SELL
Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao is the latest in a long line of Trump officials with apparent conflicts of interest.
Accordingto The Wall Street Journal, Chao still holds shares in Vulcan, the nation’s largest construction materials supplier, despite having promised to divest from the company more than a year ago.
Chao, who sat on the company’s board, signed an agreement ahead of her Senate confirmation in 2017 vowing, in part, to resign from her post and “receive a cash payout for all of my vested deferred stock units in April of the year following the year of my separation from service.” “I will not participate personally and substantially in any particular matter that to my knowledge has a direct and predictable effect on the financial interests of Vulcan Materials,” she said in the agreement, promising to “avoid any actual or apparent conflict of interest” and adding that she was “committed to the highest standards of ethical conduct for government officials.”
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/201...ao-made-40000-from-stock-she-promised-to-sell
TOP TRUMP OFFICIAL MADE $40,000 FROM A STOCK SHE PROMISED TO SELL
Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao is the latest in a long line of Trump officials with apparent conflicts of interest.
Accordingto The Wall Street Journal, Chao still holds shares in Vulcan, the nation’s largest construction materials supplier, despite having promised to divest from the company more than a year ago.
Chao, who sat on the company’s board, signed an agreement ahead of her Senate confirmation in 2017 vowing, in part, to resign from her post and “receive a cash payout for all of my vested deferred stock units in April of the year following the year of my separation from service.” “I will not participate personally and substantially in any particular matter that to my knowledge has a direct and predictable effect on the financial interests of Vulcan Materials,” she said in the agreement, promising to “avoid any actual or apparent conflict of interest” and adding that she was “committed to the highest standards of ethical conduct for government officials.”

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