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Alan Grayson’s Double Life: Congressman and Hedge Fund Manager
« on: February 13, 2016, 06:08:46 am »
Mercy me.

"WASHINGTON — The hedge fund manager boasted that he had traveled to “every country” in the world, studying overseas stock markets as he fine-tuned an investment strategy to capitalize on global companies’ suffering because of economic or political turmoil.

But the fund manager had an even more distinctive credential to showcase in his marketing material in June 2013: He was a “U.S. congressman,” Representative Alan Grayson, Democrat of Florida, a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Now he is also among the leading Democratic candidates for one of Florida’s United States Senate seats.

This highly unusual dual role — a sitting House lawmaker running a hedge fund, which until recently had operations in the Cayman Islands — has led to an investigation of Mr. Grayson by the House Committee on Ethics.

The inquiry has become public, but emails and marketing documents obtained by The New York Times show the extent to which Mr. Grayson’s roles as a hedge fund manager and a member of Congress were intertwined, and how he promoted his international travels, some with congressional delegations, to solicit business."

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/12/us/politics/alan-graysons-double-life-congressman-and-hedge-fund-manager.html?_r=2

Those are just the opening paragraphs of a longish report from the NYT. This guy is so dirty you would think he was Hillary Clinton and the fact the NYT is pointing this out means the higher ups in the Dem hierarchy want him gone.

"TALLAHASSEE — U.S. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid on Friday called for U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson of Orlando to drop out of the race for a Senate seat, but Grayson angrily denounced the move and said he has no plans to follow Reid's suggestion.

Reid said in a statement that Grayson claims to be progressive but seems to have "no moral compass." He said Grayson used his office to unethically promote a hedge fund that until recently had been based in the Cayman Islands.

"These deeply troubling allegations should disqualify anyone from a seat in the U.S. Senate," Reid said. "His actions aren't just disgraceful to the Democratic Party, they disgrace the halls of Congress."

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/politics/os-grayson-reid-senate-20160212-story.html

Imagine that: Dirty Harry questioning someone's ethics. Will wonders never cease?
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Re: Alan Grayson’s Double Life: Congressman and Hedge Fund Manager
« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2016, 05:50:20 pm »
Mercy me.

"WASHINGTON — The hedge fund manager boasted that he had traveled to “every country” in the world, studying overseas stock markets as he fine-tuned an investment strategy to capitalize on global companies’ suffering because of economic or political turmoil.

But the fund manager had an even more distinctive credential to showcase in his marketing material in June 2013: He was a “U.S. congressman,” Representative Alan Grayson, Democrat of Florida, a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Now he is also among the leading Democratic candidates for one of Florida’s United States Senate seats.

This highly unusual dual role — a sitting House lawmaker running a hedge fund, which until recently had operations in the Cayman Islands — has led to an investigation of Mr. Grayson by the House Committee on Ethics.

The inquiry has become public, but emails and marketing documents obtained by The New York Times show the extent to which Mr. Grayson’s roles as a hedge fund manager and a member of Congress were intertwined, and how he promoted his international travels, some with congressional delegations, to solicit business."

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/12/us/politics/alan-graysons-double-life-congressman-and-hedge-fund-manager.html?_r=2

Those are just the opening paragraphs of a longish report from the NYT. This guy is so dirty you would think he was Hillary Clinton and the fact the NYT is pointing this out means the higher ups in the Dem hierarchy want him gone.

"TALLAHASSEE — U.S. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid on Friday called for U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson of Orlando to drop out of the race for a Senate seat, but Grayson angrily denounced the move and said he has no plans to follow Reid's suggestion.

Reid said in a statement that Grayson claims to be progressive but seems to have "no moral compass." He said Grayson used his office to unethically promote a hedge fund that until recently had been based in the Cayman Islands.

"These deeply troubling allegations should disqualify anyone from a seat in the U.S. Senate," Reid said. "His actions aren't just disgraceful to the Democratic Party, they disgrace the halls of Congress."

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/politics/os-grayson-reid-senate-20160212-story.html

Imagine that: Dirty Harry questioning someone's ethics. Will wonders never cease?
One of my first thoughts...will wonders never cease? 2nd thought.....he must not have paid off Reid and other member's with some of that hedge fund cash.