{"id":429831,"date":"2021-04-16T05:05:35","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T09:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=429831"},"modified":"2021-04-16T05:05:36","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T09:05:36","slug":"wherever-vanita-gupta-worked-her-fathers-money-followed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wherever-vanita-gupta-worked-her-fathers-money-followed\/","title":{"rendered":"Wherever Vanita Gupta Worked, Her Father\u2019s Money Followed"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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%2Fwherever-vanita-gupta-worked-her-fathers-money-followed%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=429831&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GettyImages-1295083280-e1615326387764.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Hiring Vanita Gupta has come with an added perk for her employers: hundreds of thousands of dollars from her wealthy chemical executive father.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> review of financial documents found Rajiv Gupta\u2019s Ujala Foundation donated $50,000 to the ACLU the same year his daughter, now President Joe Biden&#8217;s nominee for the number-three position at the Department of Justice, was promoted to a management position. Over the next decade, hundreds of thousands of dollars in Ujala donations carefully tracked Vanita Gupta&#8217;s employment record.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Among the foundation\u2019s first major contributions was $50,000 in 2010 to the ACLU, the same year Vanita Gupta was promoted to a leadership position.&nbsp;The Ujala Foundation\u2019s donations totaled $182,500 to the ACLU while Vanita worked there, including installments of $50,000 in <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/nonprofits\/display_990\/263274193\/2011_03_PF%2F26-3274193_990PF_201012\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/nonprofits\/display_990\/263274193\/2011_03_PF%252F26-3274193_990PF_201012&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1618608044364000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFG18K8gQNwh3vzrR9o1YCLZVidhw\">2010<\/a>, $50,000 in <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/nonprofits\/display_990\/263274193\/2012_05_PF%2F26-3274193_990PF_201112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/nonprofits\/display_990\/263274193\/2012_05_PF%252F26-3274193_990PF_201112&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1618608044364000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH7kvEPjZXirKVd5WzxscOEP7sYPg\">2011<\/a>, $40,000 in <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/nonprofits\/display_990\/263274193\/2013_05_PF%2F26-3274193_990PF_201212\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/nonprofits\/display_990\/263274193\/2013_05_PF%252F26-3274193_990PF_201212&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1618608044364000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHG1sHg6iin0NcKKttR9xUxAWePcQ\">2012<\/a>, and $42,500 in <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/nonprofits\/display_990\/263274193\/2014_05_PF%2F26-3274193_990PF_201312\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/nonprofits\/display_990\/263274193\/2014_05_PF%252F26-3274193_990PF_201312&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1618608044364000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHC-PB95SCe-NMJUKPHUoSBylxvrA\">2013<\/a>. Its donations ceased once Vanita <a href=\"https:\/\/mailtrack.io\/trace\/link\/5eb6028935d683f4ecf4199e16733ad594553d3a?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aclu.org%2Fpress-releases%2Faclu-leader-vanita-gupta-tapped-lead-civil-rights-division-us-department-justice&amp;userId=6348687&amp;signature=8345e297764575a2\">left in 2014<\/a>&nbsp;to join the Obama administration.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Ujala Foundation followed a similar pattern when Vanita Gupta in 2017 became president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. Her father\u2019s charity cut a $250,000 check to the group in both <a href=\"https:\/\/mailtrack.io\/trace\/link\/b402a9f09c51e9493ad04b79ff1fb343cfcee238?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprojects.propublica.org%2Fnonprofits%2Fdisplay_990%2F263274193%2F08_2018_prefixes_26-27%252F263274193_201712_990PF_2018082715620751&amp;userId=6348687&amp;signature=b92bb6517593d222\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/mailtrack.io\/trace\/link\/b402a9f09c51e9493ad04b79ff1fb343cfcee238?url%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fprojects.propublica.org%252Fnonprofits%252Fdisplay_990%252F263274193%252F08_2018_prefixes_26-27%25252F263274193_201712_990PF_2018082715620751%26userId%3D6348687%26signature%3Db92bb6517593d222&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1618606892924000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGTnB4w6oXOgxCjtbgeZ5H2wYk6_w\">2017<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/mailtrack.io\/trace\/link\/41d673549afeb5998e8d4ef9b13eb81c81399f53?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprojects.propublica.org%2Fnonprofits%2Fdisplay_990%2F263274193%2F02_2020_prefixes_26-27%252F263274193_201812_990PF_2020020417104688&amp;userId=6348687&amp;signature=1e1f7ff1293408b1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/mailtrack.io\/trace\/link\/41d673549afeb5998e8d4ef9b13eb81c81399f53?url%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fprojects.propublica.org%252Fnonprofits%252Fdisplay_990%252F263274193%252F02_2020_prefixes_26-27%25252F263274193_201812_990PF_2020020417104688%26userId%3D6348687%26signature%3D1e1f7ff1293408b1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1618606892924000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEyDBOg4069XMthlZH5hGZjO_BMCg\">2018<\/a>, the last year for which its giving is disclosed. As with the ACLU, Ujala had never given to the group before it employed Gupta.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Neither the ACLU nor the Leadership Conference responded to requests for comment on whether donations from the Ujala Foundation were tied to Gupta\u2019s advancement.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">According to the Leadership Conference\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/mailtrack.io\/trace\/link\/8e3f79988fee6ef13aadcd8a89113be961c4983d?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprojects.propublica.org%2Fnonprofits%2Fdisplay_990%2F520789800%2F01_2020_prefixes_51-52%252F520789800_201812_990O_2020011317020886&amp;userId=6348687&amp;signature=74a0e6b3ae0f4ab2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/mailtrack.io\/trace\/link\/8e3f79988fee6ef13aadcd8a89113be961c4983d?url%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fprojects.propublica.org%252Fnonprofits%252Fdisplay_990%252F520789800%252F01_2020_prefixes_51-52%25252F520789800_201812_990O_2020011317020886%26userId%3D6348687%26signature%3D74a0e6b3ae0f4ab2&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1618606892924000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHb-olh8zVMhx-se1TdtCEFu4kw6g\">2018 tax filing<\/a>, on which Vanita Gupta is listed as the group\u2019s principal officer, Ujala\u2019s $250,000 contribution accounted for over 10 percent of the organization&#8217;s total assets, about $2.3 million.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Due largely to assets inherited by her father, Vanita Gupta would immediately become <a href=\"https:\/\/mailtrack.io\/trace\/link\/1a384333ae54c298ba8d21801efc266e76fcc554?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffreebeacon.com%2Fbiden-administration%2Fdoj-nominee-has-up-to-55-million-in-trust-used-to-dodge-estate-tax%2F&amp;userId=6348687&amp;signature=844ee33f53210b82\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/mailtrack.io\/trace\/link\/1a384333ae54c298ba8d21801efc266e76fcc554?url%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ffreebeacon.com%252Fbiden-administration%252Fdoj-nominee-has-up-to-55-million-in-trust-used-to-dodge-estate-tax%252F%26userId%3D6348687%26signature%3D844ee33f53210b82&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1618606892924000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF-ILiY6q9qucALluunleiEAq4o0Q\">one of the wealthiest<\/a> Biden administration officials. Gupta has already faced scrutiny from Senate Republicans over the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/mailtrack.io\/trace\/link\/f9c1ce75f1952044e6ca7ae9a81def5fa3e259a2?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffreebeacon.com%2Fbiden-administration%2Fbiden-justice-department-nominee-faces-ethics-minefield-from-fathers-corporate-interests%2F&amp;userId=6348687&amp;signature=7801e3c4e51f6391\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/mailtrack.io\/trace\/link\/f9c1ce75f1952044e6ca7ae9a81def5fa3e259a2?url%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ffreebeacon.com%252Fbiden-administration%252Fbiden-justice-department-nominee-faces-ethics-minefield-from-fathers-corporate-interests%252F%26userId%3D6348687%26signature%3D7801e3c4e51f6391&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1618606892925000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGZ8f6o3YLyW_ctaWAJsOrL-WUcUg\">ethics minefield<\/a>&#8221; presented by her and her wealthy father\u2019s investments.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Rajiv Gupta created the Ujala Foundation after he orchestrated the <a href=\"https:\/\/mailtrack.io\/trace\/link\/59ade49b9e2c57a8dc80cdf6dcd03c401416eb36?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-rohmandhaas%2Fdow-chem-buys-rohm-and-haas-idUKTRE53073720090402&amp;userId=6348687&amp;signature=ae4b8a5f408b8f01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/mailtrack.io\/trace\/link\/59ade49b9e2c57a8dc80cdf6dcd03c401416eb36?url%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.reuters.com%252Farticle%252Fus-rohmandhaas%252Fdow-chem-buys-rohm-and-haas-idUKTRE53073720090402%26userId%3D6348687%26signature%3Dae4b8a5f408b8f01&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1618606892925000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFWPlaJL8meHmZr8StCY0d-y4YESQ\">sale of his company<\/a>, chemical industry giant Rohm and Haas, to Dow Chemical for more than $15 billion.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Many of the Ujala Foundation\u2019s largest beneficiaries have ties to the Gupta family. Johns Hopkins University, which employs <a href=\"https:\/\/mailtrack.io\/trace\/link\/7aab25532ba9434fd891b77456d2223cab2082a7?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hopkinsmedicine.org%2Fprofiles%2Fdetails%2Famita-gupta&amp;userId=6348687&amp;signature=b9bc6259e6a6e36b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/mailtrack.io\/trace\/link\/7aab25532ba9434fd891b77456d2223cab2082a7?url%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.hopkinsmedicine.org%252Fprofiles%252Fdetails%252Famita-gupta%26userId%3D6348687%26signature%3Db9bc6259e6a6e36b&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1618606892925000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFKx_vnE6UNk2P72V7r8qC9_n62jA\">Vanita Gupta\u2019s sister<\/a>, is the foundation\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/mailtrack.io\/trace\/link\/f721178b0857a1b3b39239781f13ddc56fc7dc66?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprofessorships.jhu.edu%2Fprofessorship%2Fraj-and-kamla-gupta-professorship-in-infectious-diseases%2F&amp;userId=6348687&amp;signature=2a17bd7abec26401\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/mailtrack.io\/trace\/link\/f721178b0857a1b3b39239781f13ddc56fc7dc66?url%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fprofessorships.jhu.edu%252Fprofessorship%252Fraj-and-kamla-gupta-professorship-in-infectious-diseases%252F%26userId%3D6348687%26signature%3D2a17bd7abec26401&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1618606892925000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEj7wP1Df5zPpvgp8JLFB6JHgO94g\">top overall awardee<\/a>. In the foundation\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/mailtrack.io\/trace\/link\/93529e3295e608122e21875c86e25b541d5b4be3?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprojects.propublica.org%2Fnonprofits%2Fdisplay_990%2F263274193%2F02_2020_prefixes_26-27%252F263274193_201812_990PF_2020020417104688&amp;userId=6348687&amp;signature=650bcb744ad3bae1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/mailtrack.io\/trace\/link\/93529e3295e608122e21875c86e25b541d5b4be3?url%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fprojects.propublica.org%252Fnonprofits%252Fdisplay_990%252F263274193%252F02_2020_prefixes_26-27%25252F263274193_201812_990PF_2020020417104688%26userId%3D6348687%26signature%3D650bcb744ad3bae1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1618606892925000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE0KyTgKoskQCJztBP1C7UfiGRUpA\">most recent financial disclosure<\/a>, both of the sisters&#8217; employers received hundreds of thousands of dollars. The only other group to receive a six-figure contribution was Drexel University, Rajiv Gupta\u2019s alma mater.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The foundation additionally donated $40,000 to the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia, where Vanita Gupta\u2019s husband works.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Ujala Foundation\u2019s disclosures reveal that its donations are heavily financed by stock in companies that have caused the nominee headaches during her confirmation hearings. Its 2018 <a href=\"https:\/\/mailtrack.io\/trace\/link\/e4a8981c6ca95b681cf1c4549d24874226115af7?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprojects.propublica.org%2Fnonprofits%2Fdisplay_990%2F263274193%2F02_2020_prefixes_26-27%252F263274193_201812_990PF_2020020417104688&amp;userId=6348687&amp;signature=22a7a28469c10341\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/mailtrack.io\/trace\/link\/e4a8981c6ca95b681cf1c4549d24874226115af7?url%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fprojects.propublica.org%252Fnonprofits%252Fdisplay_990%252F263274193%252F02_2020_prefixes_26-27%25252F263274193_201812_990PF_2020020417104688%26userId%3D6348687%26signature%3D22a7a28469c10341&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1618606892925000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGflOAFu0mgvw84FLQ6JfX-SaQB6A\">990 form<\/a> lists millions of dollars in assets from Gupta-helmed companies, including Aptiv PLC, which the <em>Free Beacon<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/mailtrack.io\/trace\/link\/14867041eb959a481cb9512ac09ee7c44744d0d2?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffreebeacon.com%2Fbiden-administration%2Fvanita-gupta-says-she-backs-15-livable-wage-her-family-business-pays-mexicans-1-30-an-hour%2F&amp;userId=6348687&amp;signature=492f190132d2a3f3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/mailtrack.io\/trace\/link\/14867041eb959a481cb9512ac09ee7c44744d0d2?url%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ffreebeacon.com%252Fbiden-administration%252Fvanita-gupta-says-she-backs-15-livable-wage-her-family-business-pays-mexicans-1-30-an-hour%252F%26userId%3D6348687%26signature%3D492f190132d2a3f3&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1618606892925000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGCioGkesvdzrrVlGWTOeWYOwHDng\">reported<\/a> pays its Mexican workforce as little as $1.30 an hour, even though Vanita Gupta is a key advocate of a $15-an-hour minimum wage.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Filings for the Ujala Foundation from 2019 and 2020 have not yet been made public, and the foundation did not respond to emailed requests for more information. Calls to the foundation\u2019s listed phone number went to a full voicemail inbox.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The foundation\u2019s registered address is inside a luxury condominium building, the Estancia, in Bonita Springs, Fla. The community <a href=\"https:\/\/mailtrack.io\/trace\/link\/368f2100e99f41af3c820249607915b91c2fc222?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.estanciaatbonitabay.com%2F&amp;userId=6348687&amp;signature=7c98019fbde87241\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/mailtrack.io\/trace\/link\/368f2100e99f41af3c820249607915b91c2fc222?url%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.estanciaatbonitabay.com%252F%26userId%3D6348687%26signature%3D7c98019fbde87241&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1618606892925000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFASNB1Z1cRkBKGPS1cg3rJuq_4zg\">boasts<\/a>&nbsp;five exclusive golf courses, a private beach club, and a full-service marina. The apartment is <a href=\"https:\/\/mailtrack.io\/trace\/link\/bd55ff3fb9227ca2cca40c45085f759c95a96fcf?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zillow.com%2Fhomedetails%2F4801-Bonita-Bay-Blvd-401-Bonita-Springs-FL-34134%2F61260113_zpid%2F&amp;userId=6348687&amp;signature=e6134121db899ae0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/mailtrack.io\/trace\/link\/bd55ff3fb9227ca2cca40c45085f759c95a96fcf?url%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.zillow.com%252Fhomedetails%252F4801-Bonita-Bay-Blvd-401-Bonita-Springs-FL-34134%252F61260113_zpid%252F%26userId%3D6348687%26signature%3De6134121db899ae0&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1618606892925000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEbNUc-F97bx9t-ZY2uiHOyv6pzYA\">valued<\/a> at $859,023.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Vanita Gupta herself is valued at between $42 and $187 million, which would make her one of the wealthiest members of the Biden administration if confirmed. The <em>Free Beacon<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mailtrack.io\/trace\/link\/348c1f82af6b1ea8d09bfe08fd2a85f57dd2ccd0?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffreebeacon.com%2Fbiden-administration%2Fdoj-nominee-has-up-to-55-million-in-trust-used-to-dodge-estate-tax%2F&amp;userId=6348687&amp;signature=e5b3b40969b51089\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/mailtrack.io\/trace\/link\/348c1f82af6b1ea8d09bfe08fd2a85f57dd2ccd0?url%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Ffreebeacon.com%252Fbiden-administration%252Fdoj-nominee-has-up-to-55-million-in-trust-used-to-dodge-estate-tax%252F%26userId%3D6348687%26signature%3De5b3b40969b51089&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1618606892925000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEzlhNpM2PxONbwOyBbSI4Reo6lhA\">reported<\/a> that Gupta lists up to $55 million in a type of trust used by America\u2019s wealthiest to dodge estate taxes, despite the Biden administration\u2019s consideration of expanding the estate tax.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Her business interests have been a thorn in her side throughout the confirmation process. This week, Sen. John Cornyn (R., Texas) and four other Senate Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/mailtrack.io\/trace\/link\/6089ee199ca8792eb5ef952ff3f36c3511d84955?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cornyn.senate.gov%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2FAttorney%2520General%2520Merrick%2520Garland%2520re%2520Avantor%2520FINAL.pdf&amp;userId=6348687&amp;signature=7a62826f780def4a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/mailtrack.io\/trace\/link\/6089ee199ca8792eb5ef952ff3f36c3511d84955?url%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cornyn.senate.gov%252Fsites%252Fdefault%252Ffiles%252FAttorney%252520General%252520Merrick%252520Garland%252520re%252520Avantor%252520FINAL.pdf%26userId%3D6348687%26signature%3D7a62826f780def4a&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1618606892925000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFvjnKHbSbboewQ1SaeHkJU0EJLPQ\">wrote<\/a> to Attorney General Merrick Garland and acting SEC chair Allison Herren Lee urging an investigation into Avantor, a separate Gupta-chaired company, over its &#8220;apparent longstanding contribution to the opioid epidemic that killed 50,000 of our fellow citizens in 2019.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Gupta\u2019s nomination has progressed through the Senate in the face of opposition from Republicans. Senate Democrats advanced her nomination out of the Judiciary Committee on Thursday, and she is expected to get a full confirmation vote in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hiring Vanita Gupta has come with an added perk for her employers: hundreds of thousands of dollars from her wealthy chemical executive father. 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