{"id":1029447,"date":"2021-11-18T21:14:18","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T02:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1029447"},"modified":"2021-11-18T21:14:22","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T02:14:22","slug":"report-bidens-treasury-nominee-saule-omarova-arrested-for-retail-theft-in-1995","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-bidens-treasury-nominee-saule-omarova-arrested-for-retail-theft-in-1995\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Biden&#039;s Treasury Nominee Saule Omarova Arrested for &#039;Retail Theft&#039; in 1995"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-bidens-treasury-nominee-saule-omarova-arrested-for-retail-theft-in-1995%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1029447&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">President Joe Biden\u2019s Comptroller nominee Saule Omarova was arrested for \u201cretail theft\u201d in 1995, according to a background check obtained from Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>Omarova was reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-nominee-saule-omarova-arrested-theft\">charged<\/a> with a misdemeanor, but the charge \u201cwas dropped through the Wisconsin first offender program,\u201d&nbsp;a Senate Banking Committee staffer reportedly confirmed to Fox News.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Omarova is Biden nominee to lead the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), an independent bureau within the Treasury Department. Her nomination has come under fire after it was revealed she had advocated moving all bank accounts into the Federal Reserve, a position which she has said would bring an end to banking as we know it. She has also said that she would welcome the bankruptcy of oil, natural gas, and coal companies to further the Green New Deal agenda.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The White House did not deny Omarova\u2019s&nbsp;\u201cretail theft\u201d charge to Fox News by suggesting she has been \u201ctransparent&nbsp;about this incident her entire career.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis case was ultimately dismissed in January 1996 \u2013 more than 25 years ago \u2013 and was the result of a misunderstanding and confusing situation,\u201d a White House spokesperson said:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"10\">\n<p>It\u2019s sad that a far-right partisan group with a pattern of engaging in tawdry behavior would partner with Fox News to smear the name of a qualified nominee seeking to serve her country.<\/p>\n<p>Saule Omarova is eminently qualified and was nominated for this role given her strong track record on regulation and strong academic credentials. The White House strongly supports this historic nomination.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Before Biden\u2019s nomination of Omarova, she worked in the Treasury for former President George W. Bush and as a lawyer in private practice.&nbsp;Omarova is currently a Cornell Law School professor.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18798226\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"37\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1236386246.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18798226\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1236386246.png\" alt width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Joe Biden reacts as he delivers remarks on the passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal and the rule that will allow the passage of the Build Back Better Act in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, DC, on November 6, 2021. (Roberto Schmidt\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Breitbart News additionally&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/17\/republicans-reveal-biden-banking-nominees-radical-vision-close-americans-bank-accounts\/\">reported<\/a> on Omarova\u2019s radical theories of banking and finance:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"19.866444073456\">\n<p>During a March conference, Omarova discussed one of her papers,&nbsp;\u201cThe People\u2019s Ledger How to Democratize Money and Finance the Economy,\u201d in which she calls for the destruction of all private sector banks by mandating the transfer of all bank deposits to \u201cFedAccounts\u201d at the Federal Reserve.<\/p>\n<p>During her conference speech, she&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/13\/bidens-banking-nominee-calls-eliminate-all-private-bank-accounts\/\">said<\/a>, \u201cThere will be no more private bank accounts, and all of the deposit accounts will be held directly at the Fed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Omarova has also said she wants to see the bankruptcy of companies in the fossil fuel industry to pave the way for climate change policies.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Omarova\u2019s confirmation hearing began at 9:30 a.m. Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Wendell Huseb\u00f8 on Twitter&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WendellHusebo?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\"><em>@WendellHuseb\u00f8<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden\u2019s Comptroller nominee Saule Omarova was arrested for \u201cretail theft\u201d in 1995, according to a background check obtained from Fox News. 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