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Image via James F. X. O'Gara. FOIA'd emails raise serious ethics concerns over Elaine Chao’s canceled trip to China: report Elaine Chao, former secretary for the U.S. Department of Transportation, joined a number of Trump administration officials in submitting her letter of resignation just one day after the insurrection on the U.S. Capitol. But now, details about her questionable practices during her time with the government agency are coming to light. According to NPR, on Wednesday, March 3, the Transportation Department's Inspector General Mitch Behm released a detailed ...

Elaine Chao (Photo: Office of President Trump) The U.S. Justice Department declined to investigate or prosecute then-Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao after the inspector general’s office referred allegations of potential misuse of office for review, a report made public on Wednesday said. The report included allegations that Chao directed staff to research or purchase personal items for her online using her personal credit card or performed other personal errands for her or her father. The report focused largely on Chao’s actions related to her family’s shipping business, the Foremo...

Chao, the former U.S. Transportation secretary, is married to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

Samuel Corum / Getty Images Originally published on March 4, 2021 8:31 am In her time as former President Donald Trump's transportation secretary, Elaine Chao repeatedly used her position and agency staff to help family members who run a shipping business with ties to China, in potential violation of federal ethics laws, according to an Office of Inspector General report. The findings were uncovered in the Transportation Department's inspector general report released Wednesday that detailed the office's investigation into Chao's dealings as secretary. The inspector general referred the ...

AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin The Department of Transportation’s Inspector General just released a report citing Trump’s Secretary of Transportation, Elaine Chao for misusing government resources to advance her family’s business concerns. Chao, of course, wasn’t just a member of Trump’s cabinet. She’s also the wife of GOP Senate Minority Leader, Mitch McConnell. Among a number of other troubling improprieties, the report cites Chao for: Using her staff “to contact the Department of Homeland Security about the status of a work permit application[…] for a foreign student who was a r...