President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Education initially failed to disclose a $125,000 donation to an anti-union group ahead of her Tuesday confirmation hearing, the Trump transition team has confirmed.
The Washington Post reported the omission, first flagged by the Democratic group research American Bridge, on Friday afternoon.
“We appreciate this being called to our attention and we will be updating our committee submission,” a transition team spokeswoman said Friday, according to the Post.
Betsy DeVos, a major conservative donor and charter school activist, declared $5 million in donations of $200 or more in a disclosure to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, the Post reported.
Her $125,000 donation to Protecting Michigan Taxpayers, which successfully lobbied against a ballot measure to add collective bargaining rights to the state’s constitution, was not included.
The omission comes amid protest from some Democrats that the Trump transition team has tried to rush the confirmation process and paper over incomplete disclosures.
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Trump’s nominee for attorney general, for example, failed to disclose 600 acres worth of mineral and oil rights, some adjacent to a federal wildlife refuge. He also omitted numerous appearances on Breitbart News’ radio and online platforms and his failed 1986 bid for a federal judgeship.
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Keep digging. You’re only scratching the surface with this horrible woman. Who knows, you might find a pony at the bottom of that shit-pile she’s built up over the last couple of decades. For shit’s sake they built their business on a pyramid scheme to start out with.
I wonder if she mentioned the $11 million she donated to trump to get this job. Her family is destroying public education in Michigan.
…and this is why her hearing vote will be a party line one.
Just waiting on Linda McMahon now…
Betsy is a dangerous choice for our schools. Anyone who doesn’t like the idea of corporations and religious schools using taxpayer money to proselytize should be up in arms as the GOP works to dismantle our schools. I fear Betsy will put the final nail in the coffin that started with “No Child Left Behind” as the corporations began to siphon money from school budgets. That sucking sound you hear is the transfer of money from classrooms to corporations and many wonder why our schools are hurting.