USDA nominee earned $100,000 in ‘pink slime’ trial

Texas Tech professor Mindy Brashears, President Trump’s nominee for agriculture undersecretary for food safety, collected $100,000 as an expert witness for Beef Products Inc. in its defamation lawsuit against ABC-TV last year. The payment was part of $320,000 Brashears has earned from five companies in the past six years, said the Texas Observer, which described… » Read More

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