Sanders Spouse Scandal: Feds Probed Burlington College, New Emails Show

DOJ begins investigation in Jane Sanders (Bernie’s wife) tenure at now defunct Burlington College – PB/TK 

Sanders Spouse Scandal: Feds Probed Burlington College, New Emails Show – By Jillian Kay Melchior April 28, 2017

Newly released public records show that the U.S. Department of Justice began a probe into Burlington College, the Vermont school where Jane O’Meara Sanders once served as president.

The college closed in May 2016, citing the “crushing weight of debt” incurred by Sanders, who is married to Bernie Sanders. She resigned as president of Burlington College in 2011, taking a $200,000 severance.

To obtain $10 million in loans on behalf of the college, Jane Sanders repeatedly claimed the university had secured more than $2 million in fundraising commitments and pledges. That proved grossly inaccurate, with Burlington College bringing in only a fraction of what Sanders had promised.

Brady Toensing, vice chair of the Vermont Republican Party, has repeatedly claimed Sanders knowingly misrepresented Burlington College’s finances to obtain the loans. In January 2016, Toensing wrote a letter to the U.S. attorney calling for Jane Sanders to be investigated for federal bank fraud, a crime punishable by up to 30 years in prison and $1 million in fines.

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