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Professor Warren’s Mystery Contract
Massachusetts Democratic Senate Candidate Warren Received No-Bid Contract from Clinton DOJ
Massachusetts Democratic senate candidate Elizabeth Warren garnered a lucrative no-bid contract with the Clinton administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) one year after advising then-First Lady Hillary Clinton.
The Department paid Warren, a Harvard professor, $90,000 for serving as an expert witness over a five month period in 1999 and 2000, documents show.
That is an “oddly” large sum given the short time frame and the hourly pay rate DOJ pays witnesses, according to University of Minnesota law professor Richard Painter.
“That’s a whale of a contract,” said Painter, who served as chief ethics lawyer for the White House under the Bush administration. “Assuming she’s charging $500 an hour, which is a ton at that point in time, she’d have to work 180 hours on this one case to get up to $90,000.”
The lucrative contract came after Warren published a groundbreaking study into the impact of bankruptcy on women. She served through 1998 as an adviser on bankruptcy issues to then First Lady Hillary Clinton.
The contract was issued through the Department’s Civil Division in October 1999 and paid out in March of 2000.
Hawaiian
October 26th, 2012
Paleface squaw steal plenty wampum from tribe
Jethro
October 26th, 2012
I am an injun! See how high my cheekbones are?
? everything
October 26th, 2012
from one piggy entitled to another, if ya ask me. any wonder as to why we are in the mess we’re in?
David Kramer
October 26th, 2012
Sounds like the beginning of a Pigford style preliminary action. So she was arguing that bankruptcy hurt women more than others? I guess the cash bonanza for women didn’t pan out though. Or, has that been buried. I would look deeper into this.
Edith McCrotch
October 26th, 2012
They will just point to Republican party recipients of the same kind of payouts…which is true.
This is why the Tea Party members in congress need to hold steady their course…the political establishment, Democrats AND Republicans, know that their time is coming to an end and I hope it’ll be within my lifetime.
alphamaser
October 26th, 2012
Heep’em big “me” that woman births.
Why not send her down river to swim on own.
even steven
October 26th, 2012
I can’t get over how freaking crazy she looks. I bet she scares small children.
Two-Headed Snake
October 27th, 2012
Play for Pay is what Hillary calls it. Maybe the injun likes cleaning cracks with forked tongue.
Bob M.
October 27th, 2012
Testing the underside of desks for intern clearance?
FreeMan & Sarah Voting Early & Often
October 27th, 2012
It was only 1/32 of what she was worth
FreeMan & Sarah Voting Early & Often
October 27th, 2012
To liberals. Dang ipad
Pickled Liver
October 27th, 2012
Only when the free ride is over for ALL politicians will the Republic begin it’s recovery!
Joe
October 27th, 2012
From a reliable source: Harry Reid says Elizabeth Warren smells.