Retired 4 star Navy general convicted

[Frozenbeernuts 2,330]

https://x.com/OC_Scanner/status/1924565224482603028?s=19

 

Retired four-star Navy Admiral Robert P. Burke, aged 63, has been found guilty on federal charges including bribery, conspiracy to commit bribery, acts affecting a personal financial interest, and concealment of material facts. 

 

The conviction stems from a scheme where Burke, while serving as a four-star admiral in 2021, awarded a $355,000 sole-source contract to a New York-based company, Next Jump, for workforce training in Italy and Spain. In exchange, he secured a post-retirement job with Next Jump starting in October 2022, with a $500,000 annual salary and 100,000 stock options.

 

Burke retired in August 2022 as commander of US Naval Forces Europe and Africa, was the Navy’s former vice chief of naval operations and chief of naval personnel. 

 

The bribery scheme involved Burke allegedly steering contracts to Next Jump’s co-CEOs, Yongchul “Charlie” Kim and Meghan Messenger, who were also charged in separate cases. Burke was accused of lying to the Navy about his role in the contract and the timing of employment discussions to conceal the scheme.

 

Burke faces up to 30 years in prison, though first-time offenders typically receive lighter penalties. This case marks him as the highest-ranking US military officer ever convicted of a crime

[Frozenbeernuts 2,330]

Drain the swamp.

[MDC 7,841]

Who’s going to tell him?  

[Voltaire 5,466]

5 minutes ago, Frozenbeernuts said:

This case marks him as the highest-ranking US military officer ever convicted of a crime

Four stars, Benedict Arnold was only two.

Of course Arnold's transgression was exponentially worse. 

[patweisers44 864]

All you did was weaken a country today Lt. Caffey.

[nobody 2,869]

Great.  Now my supply chain people are going to really screw me.

Jackàsses already try to make us competitively bid $10k purchases.  To be clear for those not in this world, a competitive bid costs $100k and a minimum of 8 weeks to get multiple quotes.

[Meglamaniac 779]

10 minutes ago, patweisers44 said:

All you did was weaken a country today Lt. Caffey.

YOU NEED ME ON THAT WALL!!!

[Tree of Knowledge 2,102]

He saw what was going on in the Biden Regime and tried to get in on the action.  This is what happens when you get a grifter like Biden in office. Ethics goes out the window. DOGE and MAGA are fixing this. 
 

 

[nobody 2,869]

Dude must've been super sloppy/pissed off a lot of people.  

This stuff happens all the time.