Socialist Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has failed to meet a May 15 deadline for turning in an annual report detailing his finances for 2016. Sanders, who emphasized government transparency during his 2016 presidential campaign, also completely blew off Senate Ethics Committee financial documentation filing deadlines in 2012, 2014 and 2015.
Since 2012, Leahy has never missed a deadline or requested an extension, while online records show Sanders requested filing extensions on his 2012, 2014 and 2015 reports.
During his presidential run, Sanders bypassed two filing deadlines for his 2015 Senate financial report, and only after VtDigger requested documents from staffers was the report posted in early June.
The 2015 Senate report details more than 30 mutual fund investments in the name of Sanders’ wife, Jane, including three new investments not present in the 2014 report. The total value of the investments was somewhere between $191,000 and $815,000.
In his 2015 report, Sanders also reported as much as $50,000 in credit card debt and up to a $1 million mortgage.
During his presidential run, Sanders also avoided financial disclosure. The democratic socialist never filed the required financial disclosures with the Federal Election Commission. Sanders’ campaign requested — and was granted — three 45-day extensions from the FEC, effectively running out the clock until he ended his campaign and was no longer required to file documents.
According to a report from the Center for Public Integrity, “Sanders expertly exploited a system that effectively allowed him to delay, delay, delay — all while he chided (Hillary) Clinton receipt of six-figure paydays for delivering closed-door speeches to officials at investment bank Goldman Sachs and other powerful special interests.”
(Both Clinton and then-candidate Donald Trump filed the required presidential financial disclosures in May 2016 without asking for extensions.)
Sanders provided little financial information in his campaign for president, only releasing a partial tax return from 2014.
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Since 2012, Leahy has never missed a deadline or requested an extension, while online records show Sanders requested filing extensions on his 2012, 2014 and 2015 reports.
During his presidential run, Sanders bypassed two filing deadlines for his 2015 Senate financial report, and only after VtDigger requested documents from staffers was the report posted in early June.
The 2015 Senate report details more than 30 mutual fund investments in the name of Sanders’ wife, Jane, including three new investments not present in the 2014 report. The total value of the investments was somewhere between $191,000 and $815,000.
In his 2015 report, Sanders also reported as much as $50,000 in credit card debt and up to a $1 million mortgage.
During his presidential run, Sanders also avoided financial disclosure. The democratic socialist never filed the required financial disclosures with the Federal Election Commission. Sanders’ campaign requested — and was granted — three 45-day extensions from the FEC, effectively running out the clock until he ended his campaign and was no longer required to file documents.
According to a report from the Center for Public Integrity, “Sanders expertly exploited a system that effectively allowed him to delay, delay, delay — all while he chided (Hillary) Clinton receipt of six-figure paydays for delivering closed-door speeches to officials at investment bank Goldman Sachs and other powerful special interests.”
(Both Clinton and then-candidate Donald Trump filed the required presidential financial disclosures in May 2016 without asking for extensions.)
Sanders provided little financial information in his campaign for president, only releasing a partial tax return from 2014.
http://www.vnews.com/SANDERS-MISSES-...DLINE-10072890
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