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As Deputy Secretary of DHS in the [[Obama administration]], Alejandro Mayorkas was investigated for pushing for a [[visa]] for a vice president of [[Huawei]], the main Chinese [[technology]] company that was sanctioned for providing [[software]] that could be used to spy on American citizens.  The visa was in return for its investment in Gulf Coast Funds Management, a company partly headed by [[Hillary Clinton]]’s brother [[Tony Rodham]]. Gulf Coast sought investment capital under the EB-5 program from Huawei for Green Tech Automotive, a car company owned by former [[DNC]] Chair and [[Virginia]] governor [[Terry McAuliffe]].

As Deputy Secretary of DHS in the [[Obama administration]], Alejandro Mayorkas was investigated for pushing for a [[visa]] for a vice president of [[Huawei]], the main Chinese [[technology]] company that was sanctioned for providing [[software]] that could be used to spy on American citizens.  The visa was in return for its investment in Gulf Coast Funds Management, a company partly headed by [[Hillary Clinton]]’s brother [[Tony Rodham]]. Gulf Coast sought investment capital under the EB-5 program from Huawei for Green Tech Automotive, a car company owned by former [[DNC]] Chair and [[Virginia]] governor [[Terry McAuliffe]].

 

Mayorkas was involved in the [[Hillary Clinton First Lady#Pardongate|Pardongate scandal]].  ''[[The Washington Post]]'' reported, "California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, whom Biden has announced he intends to nominate as health and human services secretary, and Alejandro Mayorkas, Biden’s pick for homeland security secretary, were among several prominent [[Los Angeles]] figures who reached out to the White House about the sentence of Carlos Vignali Jr., whose father was a wealthy entrepreneur and major Democratic donor in California."  On Bill Clinton's last day in office in 2001, he commuted Vignali's sentence — after being contacted by Becerra and Mayorkas and after Vignali's father, Horacio, paid $204,000 to [[Hugh Rodham]], brother of Hillary Clinton.<ref>https://www.whitehouse.news/2021-02-04-biden-pick-homeland-security-disaster.html#</ref>

Mayorkas was involved in the [[Hillary Clinton First Lady#Pardongate|Pardongate scandal]].  ''[[The Washington Post]]'' reported, "California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, whom Biden has announced he intends to nominate as health and human services secretary, and Alejandro Mayorkas, Biden’s pick for homeland security secretary, were among several prominent [[Los Angeles]] figures who reached out to the White House about the sentence of Carlos Vignali Jr., whose father was a wealthy entrepreneur and major Democratic donor in California."  On Bill Clinton's last day in office in 2001, he commuted Vignali's sentence — after being contacted by Becerra and Mayorkas and after Vignali's father, Horacio, paid $204,000 to [[Hugh Rodham]], brother of Hillary Clinton.<ref>https://www.whitehouse.news/2021-02-04-biden-pick-homeland-security-disaster.html#</ref>