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http://www.cbsnews.com/news/bernie-...bi-investigation-for-bank-fraud-hire-lawyers/
The Sanders claim the charges are politically motivated but it began when Obama was still in office, in early 2016:
http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/27/politics/bernie-sanders-jane-sanders-burlington-college/
I hate politically motivated investigations, but Im not sure this really is.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, and his wife, Jane Sanders have hired prominent defense attorneys amid an FBI investigation into a loan Jane Sanders obtained to expand Burlington College while she was its president, CBS News confirms.
Politico Magazine first reported the Sanders had hired lawyers to defend them in the probe. Sanders' top adviser Jeff Weaver told CBS News the couple has sought legal protection over federal agents' allegations from a January 2016 complaint accusing then-President of Burlington College, Ms. Sanders, of distorting donor levels in a 2010 loan application for $10 million from People's United Bank to purchase 33 acres of land for the institution.
According to Politico, prosecutors might also be looking into allegations that Sen. Sanders' office inappropriately urged the bank to approve the loan.
Ms. Sanders' push for the liberal arts college's costly land acquisition was cited in a press release by the college when it shut down in 2016.
The Sanders claim the charges are politically motivated but it began when Obama was still in office, in early 2016:
http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/27/politics/bernie-sanders-jane-sanders-burlington-college/
"When she came to that college, it was failing financially and academically," Sanders said. "When she left it, it was in better shape than it had ever been."
Sanders declined to answer further questions about the matter, other than to say he would "let it play out" and again said an attack on a politician's wife or family was "pathetic."
Yves Bradley, the chair of the Burlington College Board of Trustees, told CNN he was informed of an FBI investigation by the college's dean of operations over a year ago and that he believed the investigation's focus to be the the college's disastrous land deal.
I hate politically motivated investigations, but Im not sure this really is.
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