Matt Taibbi: Bob Corker, Corrupt? What a Surprise

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Taibbi: Bob Corker, Corrupt? What a Surprise
The Tennessee senator's mysterious financial success has been one of Washington’s worst-kept secrets for years
By Matt Taibbi
22 hours ago


So Tennessee Senator Bob Corker is in trouble now, because he flip-flopped to vote for Donald Trump's tax bill after a provision was included that reportedly helps him personally.

Color me not shocked. I spent most of this past summer investigating Corker, whose personal finances have been an open scandal for years. Everything you need to know about the Senator can be discerned from this chart.

The president ran against debt predators, drug makers and big banks – once elected, he immediately got in bed with all of them

Click on that link and you'll see: Corker went from having an estimate net worth of zero when he entered the Senate in 2007, to being (as of 2015) the fourth-wealthiest man in the Senate, worth $69 million.

How do you increase your net worth by 69 million dollars while you're working full-time as a Senator? That is not an easy story to explain.

Moreover, Corker didn't just enter the Senate without any money. He entered it carrying, according to his own disclosure forms, a mountain range of huge loans.

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