Sonny Perdue’s undisclosed deal with ADM raises ethics questions

Several weeks before Sonny Perdue became agriculture secretary, his company bought a grain elevator in Estill, South Carolina, from agribusiness giant ADM for $250,000 – a fraction of the original asking price, reported the Washington Post on Tuesday. ADM denied it was a sweetheart deal but a former federal prosecutor said it “stinks to high… » Read More

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