Sunday, November 2, 2014

Mitch McConnell’s Freighted Ties to a Shadowy Shipping Company | The Nation

Mitch McConnell’s Freighted Ties to a Shadowy Shipping Company | The Nation

"The seizure of the narcotics shipment in the Caribbean port occurred far away from Kentucky, the state in which Senator Mitch McConnell is now facing a career-defining election. But the Republican Senate minority leader has the closest of ties to the owner of the Ping May, the vessel containing the illicit materials: the Foremost Maritime Corporation, a firm founded and owned by McConnell’s in-laws, the Chao family."