Trump Taps McConnell Brother-in-Law, Big GOP Donor, for Labor Post

The following article by Griffin Connolly was posted on the Roll Call website May 15, 2018:

Tech entrepreneur nominated to lead Labor Department pension agency

Credit: Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo

Family connections can help when you’re applying for a new job — especially in Washington.

Just ask one of President Donald Trump’s latest executive branch nominees, who is married to the sister of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, who’s married to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.

Trump announced this week that tech entrepreneur Gordon Hartogensis is his pick to lead the Department of Labor’s Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, which insures private-sector pension plans for retired Americans. Continue reading “Trump Taps McConnell Brother-in-Law, Big GOP Donor, for Labor Post”