White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki Asked About New Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen Being Paid $810,000 From Citadel In Speaking Fees
"Are there any plans to have her recuse herself from advising the President on GameStop and the whole Robinhood situation?"
"Are there any plans to have her recuse herself from advising the President on GameStop and the whole Robinhood situation?"
"Joe Biden’s Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has made over $7 million from speaking at Wall Street firms including Citadel – which has invested billions of dollars in the primary hedge fund now suffering as a result of the GameStop stock surge." https://thenationalpulse.com/news/yellen-made-millions-speaking-to-wall-street/
From The WH Press Briefing Yesterday: https://twitter.com/ColumbiaBugle/status/1354498225059713025?s=20
"What’s more, Citadel has a close financial relationship with RobinHood, as the trading platform 'receives payment from Citadel Execution Services for directing equity order flow'" - @nataliegwinters https://thenationalpulse.com/news/yellen-made-millions-speaking-to-wall-street/
"Citadel is founded by Ken Griffin, a major Republican donor who has funded the presidential campaigns of establishment candidates including Mitt Romney and John McCain." - @nataliegwinters https://thenationalpulse.com/news/yellen-made-millions-speaking-to-wall-street/
"Yellen’s speaking fees from Wall Street firms and corporations range anywhere between $17,100 to nearly $300,000, according to the financial disclosures." https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/01/04/janet-yellen-7-2m-wall-street-corporations-2019/
"Yellen, the former chair of the Federal Reserve, brought in nearly $1 million giving nine speeches to Citi alone. She earned more than $800,000 speaking to Citadel, a hedge fund founded by the Republican megadonor Ken Griffin." https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/01/yellen-made-millions-in-wall-street-speeches-453223
"Yellen's financial disclosure shows her making $337,500 for multiple days in Oct. of 2020 from Citadel. She similarly banked $292,500 in October of 2019 and $180,000 in December of that year." https://www.foxnews.com/politics/yellen-robinhood-citadel-gamestop-speaking-fees
"Both Citadel and Point72 infused almost $3 billion into Melvin Capital, which saw massive losses after betting against the video game retailer Gamestop. The White House said on Wednesday that Yellen was monitoring the situation." https://www.foxnews.com/politics/yellen-robinhood-citadel-gamestop-speaking-fees
Yellen thanks rapper behind Hamilton-style song about her: 'Your tune is money' https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/536014-yellen-thanks-rapper-behind-hamilton-style-song-about-her-your
It's terrible