Summary

Kash Patel, the newly appointed FBI director, plans to work remotely from Las Vegas rather than from Washington, D.C.

His residence there, owned by GOP megadonor Michael Muldoon—who has been accused of fraudulent time-share schemes—raises ethical concerns.

Muldoon has ties to law enforcement figures and has financially supported Nevada politicians who overlooked complaints against him.

Patel and Muldoon share business connections and even traveled together while Patel was a federal official, potentially violating ethics rules.

His arrangement fuels concerns about conflicts of interest in the Trump administration.

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    Whoa whoa whoa. The federal government got rid of their remote work policy. He needs to be in the office for the culture, collaboration, and promote synergy.

    Also, hahahahahaha conflict of interest. This administration doesn’t give 2 shits about conflicts of interest. If it did, Musk wouldn’t keep getting contracts. I’m surprised Trump hasn’t given him a contract to use Twitter.

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      Also - if assholes like fElon and Bronzo the Clown were able to make it happen, they’d force everyone, even private sector back to the office.

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    lol holy fuck if someone had written a book with this plot a few years ago, people would have said “no that’s just not believable - there’s no possible way that could happen”

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    His arrangement fuels concerns about conflicts of interest in the Trump administration.

    Much like one might fuel solar energy production by flinging a cylinder of hydrogen gas into the fucking sun!

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    Snorting coke and watching netflix is not ‘working’ from home.

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    I work from home as an individual contributor, but even I recognize it’s not really possible for upper management to work remotely. How can they have dinners with business partners or be as persuasive remotely.

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      It’s all a shell game. Upper management mainly exists to infuence other upper management. “We are talking to thier CXX, so they must be serious about a deal…” kinda crap. A company could have a far superior product, but if they have a less known and influential C-suite, they will lose to other products. In the end it is all about trading favors amongst the elite. If business decisions were just about products, we wouldn’t need all these upper management shills.

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      It’s all a shell game. Upper management mainly exists to infuence other upper management. “We are talking to thier CXX, so they must be serious about a deal…” kinda crap. A company could have a far superior product, but if they have a less known and influential C-suite, they will lose to other products. In the end it is all about trading favors amongst the elite. If business decisions were just about products, we wouldn’t need all these upper management shills.