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Trump Fed pick was held in contempt for failing to pay ex-wife over $300,000

Author:     Jon Swaine and David Smith
Source:     The Guardian (U.K.)
Publication Date:     Sat 30 Mar 2019 14.47 GMT Last
Link: Trump Fed pick was held in contempt for failing to pay ex-wife over $300,000
Stephan:   Another Trump appointee, another grifter. To everyone throughout the world, but the 42.1% of Americans who support Trump and the Republican mafia -- yes his approval rating has gone up -- it is obvious that the American government is a corrupt kleptocracy. This article from a British paper makes the point clearly.

Stephen Moore

Stephen Moore, the economics commentator chosen by Donald Trump for a seat on the Federal Reserve board, was found in contempt of court after failing to pay his ex-wife hundreds of thousands of dollars in alimony, child support and other debts.

Trump’s Federal Reserve pick also owes $75,000 in taxes, the US government alleges.

Court records in Virginia obtained by the Guardian show Moore, 59, was reprimanded by a judge in November 2012 for failing to pay Allison Moore more than $300,000 in spousal support, child support and money owed under their divorce settlement.

Moore continued failing to pay, according to the court filings, prompting the judge to order the sale of his house to satisfy the debt in 2013. But this process was halted by his ex-wife after Moore paid her about two-thirds of what he owed, the filings say.

In a divorce filing in August 2010, Moore was accused of inflicting “emotional and psychological abuse” on his ex-wife during their 20-year marriage. Allison Moore said in […]

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