Biden DOJ Nominee Owns Millions In Stock Of Company Accused Of Fueling Mexican Cartel’s Heroin Trade
Republican Texas Senator John Cornyn and others have called out Vanita Gupta, Biden’s nominee for associate attorney general, for her millions of dollars invested in a drug company chaired by her father.
President Joe Biden’s record on cracking down on cartel influence and stopping drugs flowing in from the southern border is facing increasing scrutiny.
This comes after it was revealed that a top DOJ nominee of his has lucrative ties to an American company that aided Mexican cartel heroin sales.
Senator John Cornyn, who holds influence on Gupta’s nomination due to his role on the Senate Judiciary Committee, shared this on Twitter:
Fox Business reported:
According to an August 2020 Bloomberg report, American company Avantor sold acetic anhydride to cartels that used it to make high-grade "china white" heroin and methamphetamine. Biden's pick for associate attorney general, Vanita Gupta, owns between $11 million and $55 million in the company's stock, according to her financial disclosure form as reported by ABC News.
...Gupta's father, Raj Gupta, is the chairman of the board of Avantor. Vanita Gupta has agreed not to participate in any matters having to do with companies in which her family has financial interests or in which her father holds leadership positions.
Biden is facing criticism for his perceived weakness on confronting violent criminal cartels and stopping the Mexican drug trade.
“Joe Biden may be the very best friend Mexican drug cartels and other organized criminal gangs south of the border have, at the moment,” Rick Moran, a journalist for PJ Media wrote recently.
“I feel like this administration is walking into a real problem here without a clear plan of action on how to deal with these things,” Ben Domenech of The Federalist said recently on Fox News.
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