Bernie Sanders' wife's land deal being FBI'd

Bernie and Jane in Philly during DNC
Convention July 2016
Photo: AP

Jane Sanders, wife of socialist Rep. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is still under FBI investigation over possible bank fraud in a land deal she made in 2010 when she was president of Burlington College in Vermont. A potential "grand jury" is possible.

Hopefully the probe will ruin Sanders' chance in the 2020 presidential primaries, but socialists don't care when one of their own commits fraud as this is the basis of their ideology in the first place. Some call it "crony capitalism," but by definition, capitalism is the fair trade between individuals. It should be called "phony corporatism." 

Jane Sanders' daughter, Carina Driscoll has her own political ambitions and her own mommy may have hurt those ambitions--again, hopefully. She is the stepdaughter of Bernie Sanders and wants to run for mayor of Burlington.

Over the past six weeks, one witness involved with the land deal was questioned by the FBI.

Sanders wanted to expand the college and sought to obtain land from a nearby Catholic parish. She got her socialist hands on a $6.7 million loan from a bank and a $3.6 million loan from the parish from which she planned to buy the property. 

However, Jane Sanders resigned in 2011 amid allegations she purposely inflated and made up the amount of money donors have pledged to Burlington College and gave incorrect information to a bank to get the loan, something know in legal circles as fraud.

A number of people she listed as donors, have come forward denying the commitments.

Former Burlington College Board Chairman Yves Bradley was visited by FBI agents in the past six weeks and was asked about Sanders' involvement in the alleged bank fraud. 

Bernie and Jane's lawyer, Rich Cassidy tried to question Mr. Bradley about the investigation, but his own lawyer advised him not to engage. Cassidy did not respond to multiple requests by Fox News for an interview and decided to simply hop along his merry way.

The questioning of Bradley is a clear sign the investigation has a long way to go and is being handled by the U.S. Justice Department. It will proceed at the discretion or whim of Christina Nolan, the U.S. Attorney of Vermont. She is a Trump appointee and was sworn in by the Senate last month.

Coralee Holm, former dean of operations at the school, confirmed to Fox News that the investigation "has not been closed" and has "no specific deadline" for completion.

Taking a page out of the leftist handbook, Jane Sanders blames "sexism" for the allegations.



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