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Jeb Bush Was Fingerred In Nigerian Scam by Nobody: 6:51am On Jun 17, 2015
Jeb Bush, son and brother of former US Presidents has declared his intention to run for President. MOTHER JONES, a US based website has dug up a juicy, scandalous tale that has plagued Mr Bush for years.


The story is titled: Dear Sirs,I Am the Son of US President George H.W. Bush and I Have a Business Proposition for You

IN MARCH 1989, Jeb Bush arrived in Nigeria to a royal welcome. More than 100,000 American-flag waving Nigerians lined the streets of Gombe to watch as the US president's son was honored with a 1,300-horse "durbar," a festival typically reserved for heads of state and religious holidays. Bush later met with Nigerian dictator Ibrahim Babangida, who had come to power in a 1985 military coup. They chatted about Cuban human rights and the failed nomination of John Tower, Bush's father's pick for defense secretary.

But the president's then-36-year-old son was not visiting Nigeria on a diplomatic mission. He had come to promote an industrial water pump company. The visit—and the $82 million deal tied to it—would form one of the more controversial episodes of Bush's business career and dog him for years after he jumped into politics. The deal became notorious because of allegations, outlined in thousands of pages of court documents, that the transaction had been greased through massive bribes to Nigerian officials paid for by American taxpayer money loaned through the US Export-Import Bank. The deal triggered a federal criminal investigation, as well as nearly two decades of civil litigation by the US Department of Justice that in 2013 resulted in a federal jury finding that the water pump company, MWI Corp., had defrauded the federal government of millions of dollars.

Bush has long tried to distance himself from the deal. He was not a defendant in the Justice Department lawsuit, and no criminal charges were ever brought against him or MWI. He has repeatedly said that he didn't directly profit from the venture or know about any alleged bribery or political influence peddling. But even the less salacious details of the deal, revealed in years of legal filings, don't reflect well on Bush.

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Re: Jeb Bush Was Fingerred In Nigerian Scam by cerzo(m): 6:58am On Jun 17, 2015
thats their problem..this bush family is powerful oo
Re: Jeb Bush Was Fingerred In Nigerian Scam by adconline(m): 7:05am On Jun 17, 2015
Old news.. Happened in the 80s.. Bushes have very close relationship with Alhaji Indimi -Oriental Energy Resouces.. He's the exclusive oil pump/valve dealer in Naija for US based manufacurer. Jeb is very close to Indimi
Re: Jeb Bush Was Fingerred In Nigerian Scam by Nobody: 7:26am On Jun 17, 2015
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Old news.. Happened in the 80s.. Bushes have very close relationship with Alhaji Indimi -Oriental Energy Resouces.. He's the exclusive oil pump/valve dealer in Naija for US based manufacurer. Jeb is very close to Indimi

he is running for the presidency. so expect this keep of old news to be dug up. old ghost haunts the most.

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