Thinking that all of District of Columbia probably has them. But naaaaaa... the rules do not apply to THEM.
From The Daily Caller:
In Historic First, Janet Yellen Becomes First Female Treasury Secretary To Request Ethics Waiver For Wall Street Speaking Fees
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen sought and received an ethics waiver before she called a meeting between top federal regulators to discuss market volatility surrounding GameStop and other so-called meme stocks, according to Reuters.
Yellen’s move to obtain an ethics waiver followed reports that she received more than $800,000 in speaking fees from Citadel, a hedge fund directly connected to the GameStop saga. Citadel is invested heavily in Melvin Capital, another hedge fund that saw 53% of its $12.5 billion portfolio wiped away in January amid the GameStop short squeeze.
What pearls of wisdom would she have to be worth so much for a 45 minute speech? Nothing. Those speaker fees are strictly pay-for-play. They figured Biden's puppetmasters would cheat "his" way into power and that she would be the new go-to person for the Treasury. They were looking to buy her favoritism. Accountability? Not spoken here.
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