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A little CONTEXT perhaps??
Vermont lawyer Brady Toensing, a former state Republican vice chair who was once Trump's campaign chair in the state, has leveled accusations of bank fraud against the couple and alleged the senator may have pressured a Vermont bank to speed up the loan process. Toensing made these accusations five years after Jane Sanders left the college.
In the interview on Tuesday, Sanders claimed Toensing instigated the potential probe for political reasons, saying it began five years after his wife's time at the college but just as his presidential campaign was going on -- "coincidentally, no doubt," the senator said.
"I think it's fairly pathetic that when people are involved in public life, it's not only that they get attacked, but it's their wives and their families that get attacked," Sanders said.
The accusation -
In January 2016, Toensing filed a complaint with the Vermont office of the U.S. attorney and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. He alleged a loan used by the college to buy the land “involved the overstatement and misrepresentation of nearly $2 million ... in what were purported to be confirmed contributions and grants to the college.”
In a follow-up letter in May 2016, Toensing, who in the past has filed complaints against Democrats and members of Vermont’s Progressive Party, said that as a result of his original complaint he was “approached and informed that Senator Bernard Sanders’s office improperly pressured” the bank to approve the loan.
As is typical in most cases, federal law enforcement won’t confirm nor deny an investigation.
Yep - we'll see....
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