71. Steve Lopez, “L.A. is still a contender—for corruption crown,” Los Angeles Times, February 10, 2019, https://enewspaper.latimes.com/infinity/article_share.aspx?guid=d20e50d1–8f1d-460b-8f76–5e1375013df8.
72. Joel Kotkin, “Eric Garcetti for President? Really?” Pasadena Star-News, December 3, 2017, https://www.pasadenastarnews.com/2017/12/02/eric-garcetti-for-president-really.
73. Kahn, “Who is the Real Eric Garcetti?”
74. Ibid.
Chapter 10: Conclusion
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Index
Abduov, Nurlan, 64–68
Abramoff, Jack, 153
Abruzzo, Joseph, 90
Accelerator for America nonprofit, 238–239
Acosta, Alex, 24
Adubato, “Big Steve,” Sr., 96–97, 101
Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud, 145
Alarcón, Ricardo, 192
Albano, Michael, 77–79, 80, 82
All the King’s Men (R.P. Warren), 2–4, 5
All Your Worth (E. Warren & A. Tyagi), 144
American People’s Historical Society nonprofit, 211
Ammiano, Tom, 19
Anderson, Tim, 67
Anziano, Tony, 35
Appleby, Jim, 216
Archer, Devon
arrest for defrauding Native Americans, 66–68
Bohai Harvest RST, 57
Burisma, 61
Hunter Biden business partner, 54–55, 57, 61, 63–64, 66–68
Hunter Biden global finances, 62–63
Kazakhstan back channels, 64–65
mbloom, 63–64
Russian oligarch, 63
White House meeting with Joe Biden, 61
Arguedas, Cassman & Headley law firm, 27
Arguedas, Cristina, 27
Arias, Oscar, 79–80
Baturina, Yelena, 63
behested payments to Garcetti nonprofits, 239–242
bending the law as corruption, 11–12
Berman Law Group, 90–91
Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution (B. Sanders), 201
Bessler, John, 218
BHR (Bohai Harvest RST), 55–57
Biden, Ashley
daughter of Joe Biden, 48, 52
marriage to Howard Krein, 69, 70
Biden, Beau
asbestos litigation cases, 52
son of Joe Biden, 47, 51, 70
Biden, Frank
brother of Joe Biden, 48
Caribbean business, 83
charter school real estate, 83–89
Costa Rica business, 79–82
family politics of Joe Biden, 49, 51, 82
lawsuit against sugar growers, 90–91
wrongful death lawsuit, 76–79, 80, 82
Biden, Hunter
Burisma, 60–62
Burnham Financial Group, 64–68
business while father senator, 52–53
business while father vice president, 54–68
call from Patrick Ho, 59–60
car crash, 50–51
China business, 55–60, 66
family importance, 49
Kazakhstan business, 62–63, 64–65
lobbying by, 52–53
mbloom partnership, 63–64
son of Joe Biden, 48
Ukraine business, 60–62
Biden, James
Biden Cancer Initiative, 76
brother of Joe Biden, 48
call from Patrick Ho, 59–60
family politics of Joe Biden, 49, 50, 51, 71–76
HillStone International firm, 72–74
liens on property, 76
White House visits, 71–72, 74
Biden, Jill
Biden Cancer Initiative, 76
financial disclosure requirements, 62
StartUp Health Festival speech, 71
wife of Joe Biden, 51–52
Biden, Joe
Biden Cancer Initiative nonprofit, 76
book, 80–81
brother Frank’s wrongful death lawsuit, 78–79
China activities, 55–60
Costa Rica activities, 79–83
environmental plan, 89, 91
family business activities, 48, 52–71, 72–73, 91
family importance, 49, 51, 71
on federal money for charter schools, 89
life history, 47–49, 50–52
Ukraine activities, 60–62, 75–76
U.S. Senate, 47–48, 49–50, 52–53, 71, 73, 78, 84
vice president under Barack Obama, 47, 49, 50, 54–72, 75, 79–83, 84
White House Latin American policy via, 80–81, 82–83
White House meeting for StartUp Health, 68–71
White House meeting with Devon Archer, 61
White House visit by Kevin Justice, 72
White House visits by Frank Biden, 82, 88
White House visits by James Biden, 71–72, 74
Biden Cancer Initiative nonprofit, 76
Biden Owens, Valerie
campaign manager for Joe Biden, 49, 53
helping with Joe Biden’s sons, 51
political messaging firm, 53–54
sister of Joe Biden, 48
Bingham McCutcheon law firm, 27
Bittel, Stephen, 88
Blanco, Alex, 116
Blittersdorf, David, 204–206, 208
Blue Mountain Capital, 44–45
Blue Star Strategies firm, 62
Blue Wolf Capital Partners, 44
Boggs, J. Caleb, 50
Bohai Harvest RST (BHR), 55–57
Boldt, Glenn, 244–245
Booker, Cory
absenteeism, 97, 100, 102, 104, 108
auditor reports, 105, 108
book, 94
charter school support, 100
description, 93–94
Facebook executive money, 112–113, 114, 117
heroic acts of publicity, 93, 97–98, 109–112
life history, 94–96
Mercury Public Affairs lobbying firm, 118, 119–121
Newark mayor, 101–115
Newark mayoral races, 98–99, 101, 108–109
Newark Municipal Council, 96–98
nonprofits set up by, 95–96, 100–101, 104, 105–106, 109, 113–114, 117–118
political machine support, 96–97, 101, 116
U.S. Senate, 115–122
Waywire social media company, 114–115, 116
Booker, Rabinowitz, Trenk, Lubetkin, et al. law firm, 100–101, 104, 107
Boston Globe newspaper child abuse series, 25
Bosworth, Andrew, 117
Boteach, Shmuley, 95
Bougie, Barbara Abar, 190, 210
Bowes, Frances, 20
Branch, George, 96
Brin, David, 249–250
Brown, Charlie
attorney general of West Virginia, 163–164
brother of Sherrod Brown, 157–158, 163
class-action lawyer, 164–170
health advocacy nonprofits, 165–167
scandals, 163–164, 165
Brown, Jerry, 26, 40, 239–240
Brown, Kathleen, 40
Brown, Robert, 161, 163
Brown, Scott, 149, 150
Brown, Sherrod
brother Charlie, 157–158, 163–1
69
brother’s legal partner Shawn Khorrami, 167–170
class-action legislative support, 164, 166–167, 168–170
description, 155–157
first election, 158–159
labor leader support, 157, 159, 170–176
life history, 157–158
lobbyists supporting, 176
Ohio secretary of state, 159–162
term limits, 162–163
Brown, Willie
California political power, 16
Kamala Harris non-prosecution and, 32–35
Kamala Harris relationship, 16–18, 19–20, 22–23
mayor of San Francisco, 17–18, 19, 33, 37
“patronage army,” 22–23
Terence Hallinan relationship, 19
BTG (Business Talent Group), 140–141, 143, 150–151
Buell, Mark, 19
Burak, Meredith, 211
Burchard, Sara, 211
Burden, Jack (character, All the King’s Men), 2–3, 4
Buretta, John, 62
Burisma company, 60–62
Burlington, Vermont, mayor Bernie Sanders, 177, 182–187
Burlington College, 191–200
Burnham Financial Group, 64–68
Burrell, Daniel, 58
Business Talent Group (BTG), 140–141, 143, 150–151
Butch Lewis Act (introduced 2017), 174–175
Butler, Modia “Mo”
Booker Senate office state director, 117
Brick City Development Corporation, 104–105
Mercury Public Affairs lobbying firm, 117–118, 119
Newark Housing Authority, 104
Newark Now, 101, 104
Buttigieg, Pete, 238–239
California
Attorney General Kamala Harris, 37–45
Back on Track drug offender program, 35–37
behested payments to Garcetti nonprofits, 239–242
Daughters of Charity hospitals, 40–45
Los Angeles Chinese real estate companies, 243–245
Los Angeles Executive Vice Mayor, 238
Los Angeles Fire Department, 245–246
Los Angeles politics, 233–234, 236, 237, 247
priest child abuse scandal, 24–30
San Francisco district attorney’s office, 18–24, 27–30
San Francisco Ethics Commission, 21
Willie Brown Machine supporting Kamala Harris, 14, 16–20, 22–23, 32–35, 37
See also Garcetti, Eric; Harris, Kamala
Capitalism: A Love Story (film), 124
Caribbean Energy Security Initiative (CESI), 82–83
Caro, Robert, 250
Castro, Fidel, 192
Catholic priest abuse of children, 14, 24–30
CEFC energy company, 59
Chan, Priscilla, 117
Chan, Raymond, 243
charter schools
Cory Booker championing, 100
Eagle Capital Management profiting, 100
Frank Biden profiting, 83–89
Joe Biden on federal money for, 89
Newark Charter School Fund, 101
run by Big Steve Adubato, 97
child molestation cover-up, 14, 24–30
China
Bidens and, 55–60, 66
Los Angeles real estate companies, 243–245
China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO), 58–59
Chinchilla, Hector, 33
Christie, Chris, 112, 114
Citizens for Health nonprofit, 165–166
Cleary Gottlieb law firm, 128–129, 148, 154
Clinton, Bill
Costa Rica visit, 79
New Markets Tax Credit, 100
pattern of corruption, 1–2
Clinton, Chelsea, 1–2
Clinton, Hillary
pattern of corruption, 1–2
possible VP candidate Eric Garcetti, 234
Clinton Foundation, 1–2
Coleman, Norm, 223
Conlon, Bob, 177
Consumers for Dental Choice nonprofit, 166–167
Conti, Sam, 32
Cooley, Steve, 30, 37
Cooley Godward law firm, 26–27
Cooney, Bevan, 67
corruption
beneficiaries of, 9–12
categories of methods, 10–12, 249
concentrated power, 249–250
progressive corruption, 5–7
scrutiny of political figures lacking scrutiny, 7–8
small heralding giant, 1–5
Costa Rica and Bidens, 79–83
cover-up as corruption, 11
Cuba
Bernie and Jane Sanders, 192
Burlington College, 191–193
Culter, Steve, 172
Curry, Marshall, 99–100
Curry, Ravenel Boykin, IV, 100
Daughters of Charity Health System (DCHS), 40–45
Davis, Darolyn, 20
Debs, Eugene V., 178
DeGeneres, Ellen, 111
Demos organization, 149, 152
Devine, Tad, 182
Dorsey & Whitney law firm, 217, 224, 226
Driscoll, Carina
daughter of Jane Sanders, 182
income from Bernie Sanders campaign, 190
Sanders & Driscoll LLC, 188–189
Vermont Woodworking School, 193–194
Driscoll, David, 188–189, 211
Dunn, Anita, 114
Eagle Capital Management, 99–100
email
leak of John Podesta’s, 1
private server of Hillary Clinton, 2
Emhoff, Douglas, 37–38, 39, 40
eminent domain, 105, 236
Empower Newark political action committee, 107
Epstein, Jeffrey, 24
Esquire magazine on Cory Booker, 112
Face++ company, 57
Facebook executive donations, 112–114, 117
Feldstein, Andrew, 45
A Fighting Chance (E. Warren), 125
Finding Your Roots (TV show), 94
Fonseca, Pablo, 103, 107
Ford, Gerald, 181
Foundation for Newark’s Future nonprofit, 113–114
Fourth Estate, 8. See also media
The Fragile Middle Class (E. Warren), 129
Francis (Pope), 70, 71
Freeman, Michael, 221
Friedman, Milton, 249
Gaddis, Jesse P., 85–86
Galanis, Jason, 67
Garcetti, Eric
behested payments to, 239–242
Chinese-controlled real estate companies, 243–245
description, 233–234
developers’ friend, 236, 237, 238, 242–245
life history, 234–235
Los Angeles City Council, 235–236
Los Angeles Fire Department, 245–246
Los Angeles mayor, 233, 237–247
Los Angeles quality of life, 247
nonprofits launched by, 238–242, 244, 245
Garcetti, Gil, 234–235
Garcetti, Sukey, 235
Garcetti-Boldt, Dana, 243
Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., 94
Gemini Investments company, 58–59
Giordano, David, 106
Gonzalez, Jim, 34
Gopalan, Shyamala, 14, 15–16, 17
Gopalan, T. V., 14–15
Government Accountability Institute, 251
Graham, David, 169
Graves, Don, 64
Grill, Genese, 194
Gutman, Huck, 211
Hahn, Janice, 242, 243
Hallinan, Terence
ethics law violations by Hector Chinchilla, 33
Kamala Harris challenging, 19–23, 33
Kamala Harris hired by, 18–19
sexual abuse of children by priests, 24–26, 27, 29
Hammer, Armand, 237–238
Hari Om (film), 144
Harrington, Ken, 32
Harris, Donald, 14
Harris, Kamala
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br /> adult entertainment–prostitution clubs, 31–32
attorney general of California, 37–45
Barack Obama history, 13–14
child molestation cover-up, 14, 27–30
Daughters of Charity sale, 40–45
description, 14
drug offender program, 35–37
ethical issues while campaigning, 21–23
Herbalife non-investigation by, 38–40
husband Douglas Emhoff, 37–38, 39, 40
life history, 14–16
non-prosecution by and Willie Brown, 32–35
San Francisco district attorney’s office, 18–24, 27–30
Willie Brown Political Machine, 14, 16–18, 19–20, 22–23, 32–35, 37
Harris, Maya, 13, 37
Harvest Global Investors, 66
Havana, Cuba, and Bernie Sanders, 192
Hawaii Strategic Development Corporation (HSDC), 64
Hayek, Salma, 233
Healy, Jerramiah, 116
Heinz, Chris, 54–55, 65
Heinz Kerry, Teresa, 58
Henniges company, 57
Herbalife and Kamala Harris, 38–40
Herring, Donald and Pauline (Reed), 126
Hettler, Richard, 221, 222, 223
Hettrich, Tim, 31
HillStone International firm, 72–74
Ho, Patrick, 59–60
Hoffa, Jimmy, 173
Hoffa, Jimmy, Jr., 171, 173
Hopkins, Joseph, 161–162
Huizar, Jose, 243, 244
Hutton-Hartig, Shelli, 190, 210
Hynansky, John, 74–76
income generation as corruption, 10–11
Ingels, Gregory, 25
Iran and Sushil Tyagi, 144–146
Iraq contract to HillStone International, 73–74
Judge Irwin (character, All the King’s Men), 3
Izaguirre, Alexander, 36–37
Jacinto, Joel, 244
Jacobs, Rick, 237–239
James, Jermaine, 99
James, Oscar, Sr., 103–104
James, Sharpe, 98–99, 103
Jenkins, James, 29
Joe Slade White & Company, 53–54
John Paul II (Pope), 25
Jones, Virginia D., 95–96
journalism. See media
Justice, Kevin, 72
Kahn, Ruth, 221
Kavanaugh, Brett, 93
Kazakhstan and Hunter Biden, 62–63, 64–65
Kelley, Doug, 223
Kelly, Chris, 117
Kerry, John, 58, 65
Khorrami, Shawn, 167–170
Kiefer, Amanda, 36–37
Kindt, Donald, 158, 161–162
Kinnock, Neil, 51
Kirin Global Enterprise Limited, 66
Klobuchar, Amy
campaign donations, 220–221, 223, 224–231
chief prosecutor, 218–220
committees and contributions, 226–227, 230–231
county attorney, 220, 221–224
description, 215–216
earmarks for mega-donors, 225–226
legislation for donations, 226–229
life history, 216–218
Ponzi scheme, 219–224
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