The following article by Oliver Willis was posted on the Shareblue.com website May 31, 2018:
HUD Secretary Ben Carson added more corruption to the Trump administration by hiring the son of a close friend who was convicted of fraud.
Ben Carson, Trump’s Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary, hired the son of his close personal friend and former business partner to be his deputy chief of staff.
Echoing Trump’s practices, the familial hire puts the offspring of a convicted felon — with no experience in housing — in a position of power and authority over housing. HUD has considerable oversight across the entire country regarding housing policies and other rules and regulations related to American life.
Carson’s department is already under government investigation for ethics violations specifically because Carson has hired his family to work within HUD. Continue reading “Ben Carson hires his crooked best pal’s kid as deputy chief of staff”