Senator David Perdue and the word ‘corruption’ have become practically synonymous. Perdue has been embroiled in so many scandals it can be hard to keep up with, so as early voting continues in Georgia, we just wanted to take a few moments to run through a few of Senator David Perdue’s most corrupt scandals:
Perdue Skipped Hearing About Military Families to Meet With Big Donors
-
In 2019, Perdue skipped a hearing on substandard military housing to meet with Big Money donors. This hearing was with all members of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee that Perdue serves on, and he was the only member who thought it wasn’t worth his time.
Perdue’s Big Donors Get Special Access
-
If you’re one of David Perdue’s Big Money donors, well, you are in luck! Big Donors get access to quarterly events, an annual retreat at a luxury resort, and private events at Perdue’s home. (For the rest of Georgians, good luck getting the Senator’s attention.)
-
Multiple sports owners and their families gave Perdue over $400,000 in campaign contributions, and Perdue wrote a letter privately pushing Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin to give the wealthy sport’s owners a lucrative tax break.
Perdue’s Roles on Committees and Subcommittees in Congress Always “Coincidentally” Correlate with His Stock Exchanges
-
One month before David Perdue became chairman of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower, he invested in a navy contractor. As chairman, he secured funding for the company he had just invested in and then sold his shares for a profit.
-
Since 2017 David Perdue has been a member of the Senate banking, housing, and urban affairs committees. During that time Perdue has bought and sold shares from JPMorgan, and Regions Financial, which all happen to be financial companies this panel oversaw.
Perdue Used His Insider Knowledge on the Pandemic to Enrich Himself While Millions of Georgians Suffered
-
After a private, member-only meeting with the Senate to brief about the COVID-19 outbreak and its impact on the U.S., Perdue bought stock in DuPont, a company that makes personal protective equipment. He continued to buy stock in DuPont through March.
-
In February 2020, Perdue purchased up to $260,000 worth of stock in Pfitzer.
-
Throughout the pandemic, Perdue’s stock trading activity increased nearly threefold compared to the previous 26 months.
Perdue Has Been Under Investigation for His Lies and Corruption
-
After Perdue’s suspicious trading before and throughout the Coronavirus pandemic, the Justice Department did a broad review of Senator Perdue’s stock trading.
-
In early 2020, Perdue received an email from the CEO of Cardlystics alluding to “upcoming changes.” After receiving that email Perdue sold $1 million of his stock in the company. Weeks later the Stock tumbled and Perdue bought back his shares. This transaction led to the DOJ investigating Perdue for insider trading.
-
In response to the scandals on Perdue’s financial transaction, Perdue has said time and again that he is not involved in these Stock trades. However, the FBI obtained evidence while investigating Perdue that these claims have been lies.
###