Politico reports:
President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday tapped businessperson and major political donor Bill White to serve as U.S. ambassador to Belgium. White is the founder and CEO of Constellations Group, a Manhattan-based consulting firm, and previously served as president of the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum in New York.
White abruptly stepped down from his post leading the Intrepid in 2010 amid a probe launched by New York’s then-Attorney General Andrew Cuomo into a state pension scandal.
White allegedly acted as a middleman for investment companies hoping to win deals with the state fund, and “secretly” amassed fees from those deals — or as Cuomo put it, “used his access to fill his pockets.” White ultimately agreed to pay a $1 million settlement.
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White last appeared here in 2022 when Georgia lawmakers blocked his attempt to carve out a wealthy, mostly white Atlanta neighborhood into a standalone city.
He appeared here in 2021 when he launched a super PAC to unseat the ten Republican House reps who voted to impeach Trump.
You may recall the 2018 New York Times report on how White and his husband abandoned a lifetime of liberal advocacy to join the cult.
Poor Belgium! Trump nominated another crook— Bill White— as an ambassador. White paid a $1 million fine after being caught in a NY state pension fund pay to play scandal. Big Trump campaign donorhttps://t.co/m6EOxWZc79 pic.twitter.com/ewuAoWVG7l
— Howie Klein (@downwithtyranny) December 15, 2024