More congressional trips tied to Stanford

Posted by LegiStorm on Thursday, February 19, 2009

The New York Times today cites LegiStorm data in a story with more revelations about the ties between Allen Stanford, who has been charged with fraud by the SEC, and lawmakers.

In addition to the trip Stanford Financial Group sponsored for Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), Stanford has been linked to the Inter-American Economic Council, which has sponsored 85 congressional trips since 2003, for a total of $307,122.

According to the Times:

Mr. Stanford is also associated with the Inter-American Economic Council, a nonprofit that brings political and corporate leaders together to discuss Caribbean and Latin American business issues. Donors to the council are not public, but when it gave him a leadership award three years ago, it said he had "strongly supported" its work.
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Posted by LegiStorm on 03/25/2009 12:57 PM EDT
You can see the complete list of 85 trips by clicking on the "Inter-American Economic Council" link in the post above.
Posted by Dean on 03/25/2009 11:34 AM EDT
Why is the complete list of 85 trips not displayed? Who else has been involved is this? Is their home state close to our southern border or the state a large trading partner? Where is the beef? Or is this the circle the block of the first drive by? Why not take the story and investigate it? The Times certainly will not. No cut and paste and markup.
Posted by peterkuck on 03/03/2009 05:46 AM EST
I note NO mention of campaign contributions or gifts. I do note "Mr. Stanford is also associated with the Inter-American Economic Council, a nonprofit that brings political and corporate leaders together to discuss Caribbean and Latin American business issues. Donors to the council are not public, but when it gave him a leadership award three years ago, it said he had "strongly supported" its work." There is no conflict of interest here, pehaps the New York Slimes is just trying to gin up another trash a republican scame for the democrats?

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