UAW Files Charges Against Romney on His Auto Bail-out Profiteering

nationofchange.org, Gregpalast.com by Greg Palast | Nov. 1, 2012 (News Report)
“The UAW complaint calls for Romney to reveal exactly how much he made off Delphi - and continues to make.”

Bob King, President of the United Automobile Workers, will announce that his union and Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) have filed a formal complaint with the US Office of Government Ethics in Washington stating that Gov. Romney improperly hid a profit of $15.3 million to $115.0 million in Ann Romney's so-called "blind" trust.

The union chief says, "The American people have a right to know about Gov. Romney’s ... Full Story »

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