In case you hadn’t heard, Bernie “Free Stuff” Sanders’ wife is under FBI investigation.

This is something that was known during the presidential primaries but went essentially ignored. What’s interesting is that it’s still not being talked about very much, except in Vermont of course.

Background. Jane O’Meara Sanders, while President of a small private college in Burlington, Vermont, allegedly claimed she had secured a large amount in donations in order to get a loan to build a lakeside campus. When those donations didn’t actually appear, the school defaulted on the loan. From Sevendays Vermont:

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The crux of Toensing’s 2016 complaint was that, in order to secure the $6.5 million loan, O’Meara Sanders “successfully and intentionally engaged in a fraudulent scheme to actively conceal and misrepresent material facts from a federal financial institution.” Though O’Meara Sanders certified that Burlington College had locked down $2.6 million in future gifts and grants, the school realized only $676,000 of that over the next four years, according to audits.

Plot thickens. Not only did the default hurt the college, but it also hurt a Catholic Diocese. From SevenDays Vermont:

[Vermont GOP vice chair Brady] Toensing alleged that O’Meara Sanders committed federal loan fraud by inflating the number of fundraising commitments she had secured to buy the 32-acre North Avenue campus from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington. When those donations failed to materialize, the college defaulted on its loans — costing the church, which financed a portion of the sale, between $1.6 million and $2 million.

Investigation. The investigation is ongoing. It sounds like the FBI is actually in the process of gathering evidence to prove whether or not Sanders defrauded and/or was in collusion with the bank.

But new documents obtained by VTDigger.org last week show that, as late as February 2017, there was an ongoing U.S. Department of Justice investigation — and it involved one of the top federal prosecutors in the state: Paul Van de Graaf, criminal chief of Vermont’s U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Why this matters? It matters because while Bernie Sanders runs around the country claiming everyone should get free stuff, especially college students, he’s married to a woman who possibly defrauded a bank while failing as president of a college. As with any other politician, he knows exactly what his spouse is up to. And not only did she possibly screw over the college, but she hurt a Catholic Diocese as well! And think about the students.

Seems like Sanders’ wife Jane is about as useful as a college president as Bernie was as a carpenter. Of course, they haven’t suffered as a result of this. Sanders and his wife own three homes and enjoy his annual taxpayer-funded salary and benefits.

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Uh-oh! Looks like Bernie’s wife is in big trouble! Fraud and Collateral Estoppel. Opps! https://t.co/51oBUTcOak#LockThemAllUp — Stone Cold Truth (@StoneColdTruth) May 3, 2017



