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Death of McConnell sister-in-law Angela Chao now ‘criminal investigation’

The recent death of American shipping magnate Angela Chao, the sister-in-law of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, is now a “criminal investigation,” according to the Texas sheriff’s office investigating matter. 

Chao, the CEO of the Foremost Group was found dead shortly after midnight on Feb. 11 when pulled from a car that had gone into a pond on a private ranch about 40 miles from the Texas city of Austin, CNBC reported Thursday.

“This incident was not a typical accident,” the Blanco County Sheriff’s Office told state Attorney General Ken Paxton in a letter. “Although the preliminary investigation indicated this was an unfortunate accident, the Sheriff’s Office is still investigating this accident as a criminal matter until they have sufficient evidence to rule out criminal activity.”

As a result in the change of status in the case, investigators and state prosecutors reportedly intend to withhold further release of  related reports, 911 logs, audio and video evidence and other related material.

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Blanco County officials not releasing records into Angela Chao’s death investigation

Blanco County authorities investigating the death of Angela Chao, the Foremost Group CEO who died last week at a private Central Texas ranch, have repeatedly declined to provide basic information or records in days since the fatal incident.

Chao, 50, is believed to have drowned Feb. 11 after her car entered a body of water on the property, a law enforcement source told the American-Statesman. An investigation by the Blanco County sheriff’s office remained ongoing Tuesday, a county spokesperson said.

The circumstances of the death are unclear. Other than a brief statement on Feb. 15 describing the incident as an “unfortunate accident,” sheriff’s office officials have declined to provide additional information, including any relevant reports requested by the Statesman under the Texas Public Information Act.

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McConnell Ups Pelosi’s $10 Billion for Ukraine to $14 Billion – Where’s It All Going?

Earlier today it was reported that Pelosi wanted to give $10 billion to Ukraine.  This evening RINO Mitch McConnell decided to up that amount to $14 billion.  No one really knows where this money will actually go. 

We reported earlier that corrupt Speaker Pelosi wanted $10 billion for Ukraine.  The country is in shambles and is being taken over by Russia.  The government is basically not in charge but Pelosi wanted to give the country, whoever that may be, $10 billion.  This is more than all but a few hundred corporations make in a year in the US.  It is so much money to be going to where?  The past few years it appeared that the money to Ukraine went to US politicians and George Soros.

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How Democrats and Beltway pundits just helped Mitch McConnell undermine Bernie Sanders’ push for direct aid to millions of Americans facing eviction, starvation and bankruptcy.

It was always a possibility that Democrats would get too scared to halt a major Pentagon bill in order to help millions of Americans get $2,000 survival checks — in fact, as wewrote earlier this week, it was very likely that they would back down the moment any bad-faith critic so much as waved a flag and said “support the troops.” 

And capitulation became even more likely when Clinton-era Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, corporate Democratic pundits and billionaire-owned elite media outlets began parroting a series of eerily similar let-them-eat-cake talking points against the survival checks — which McConnell promptly used to bludgeon proponents of the bipartisan initiative. 

But even appreciating all of this — and also knowing that many Democratic leaders still cling to an outdated austerity ideology — the sheer scale of Wednesday’s Democratic surrender was truly a sight to behold. And it probably ended the chance for more immediate aid to millions of Americans facing eviction, starvation and bankruptcy. 

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