{"id":106883,"date":"2021-01-28T16:57:11","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T21:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=106883"},"modified":"2021-01-28T18:08:34","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T23:08:34","slug":"psaki-defends-treasury-secretary-janet-yellen-for-taking-money-from-citadel-wont-commit-to-recusal-in-gamestop-scandal-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-defends-treasury-secretary-janet-yellen-for-taking-money-from-citadel-wont-commit-to-recusal-in-gamestop-scandal-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Psaki Defends Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen For Taking Money From Citadel \u2013 Won\u2019t Commit to Recusal in GameStop Scandal (VIDEO)"},"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\">40<\/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%2Fpsaki-defends-treasury-secretary-janet-yellen-for-taking-money-from-citadel-wont-commit-to-recusal-in-gamestop-scandal-video%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=106883&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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki defended newly-confirmed Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen for taking speaking fees from Citadel.<\/p>\n<p>Janet Yellen was previously paid more than $800,000 in speaking fees by Citadel.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Robinhood, an online brokerage firm, blocked retail investors trading GameStop and other stocks \u2013 a clear manipulation \u2013\u00a0 in order to stop the bleeding and protect Citadel, a multinational hedge fund with a vested interest in Robinhood.<\/p>\n<p>Citadel and Point72 infused nearly $3 billion into Melvin Capital, a hedge fund that took a beating after betting against GameStop as Reddit traders caused GME to soar.<\/p>\n<p>The word on the street is that Citadel actually reloaded their shorts before they told Robinhood to stop trading GME (GameStop).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Just got a tip that Citadel reloaded their shorts before they told Robinhood to stop trading <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24GME&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$GME<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If this is true, Ken Griffin and the Robinhood founders should be in jail.<\/p>\n<p>This is class warfare.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Justin Kan (@justinkan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/justinkan\/status\/1354853920762253315\">January 28, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It gets juicier\u2026<\/p>\n<p>A person who purports to be a Robinhood employee (unconfirmed) blew the whistle on a conversation that went down with the brokerage firm\u2019s C-Suite, Sequoia Capital (a venture capital firm that focuses on tech) AND THE WHITE HOUSE.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVladimir, yes founder Vladimir, and the C-Suite, received calls from Sequoia Capital and the White House that pressured into closing trading on GME etc. I guarantee you the same took place at E-trade and the others who closed trading,\u201d the anonymous Robinhood employee posted to Reddit.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-106995\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_8197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"1064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_8197.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_8197-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_8197-722x1024.jpg 722w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_8197-675x958.jpg 675w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_8197-480x681.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The stock manipulation is a scandal in itself but if the White House was involved and pressured the online brokerage firms to halt trading, the scandal will officially be HUGE.<\/p>\n<p>Was Janet Yellen involved in the halting of trading in order to protect Citadel, a hedge fund that previously paid her nearly $1 million in speaking fees?<\/p>\n<p>Despite the clear conflict of interest, the White House did not commit to a recusal by Yellen when asked about it by a Reuters reporter.<\/p>\n<p>Psaki bragged about Yellen being a woman and said she\u2019s \u201cone of the world renowned experts on markets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Great question from Nandita Bose of Reuters to Psaki if Treasury Sec. Janet Yellen would recuse herself from discussions about <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RobinHood?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RobinHood<\/a> seeing has how she\u2019s given paid speeches to the hedge fund Citadel. Psaki dodges b\/c Yellen is \u201cone of the world renowned experts on markets\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3paPVMv846\">pic.twitter.com\/3paPVMv846<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CurtisHouck\/status\/1354882669876801539\">January 28, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A class action lawsuit was filed against Robinhood on Thursday in the Southern District of New York.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: Class action complaint against <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobinhoodApp\">@RobinhoodApp<\/a> filed in the southern district of NY<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DuGP3LIQDQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/DuGP3LIQDQ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mw82RRoA2L\">pic.twitter.com\/mw82RRoA2L<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lydia Moynihan (@LJMoynihan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LJMoynihan\/status\/1354836830169006081\">January 28, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2021\/01\/psaki-defends-treasury-secretary-janet-yellen-taking-money-citadel-wont-commit-recusal-gamestop-scandal-video\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Psaki Defends Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen For Taking Money From Citadel \u2013 Won\u2019t Commit to Recusal in GameStop Scandal (VIDEO)<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Gateway Pundit<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki defended newly-confirmed Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen for taking speaking fees from Citadel. 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