The answer to three basic and simple questions I think would go along way to resolving this matter:
1) When did Bain invest in Stericycle?
2) When did MR depart Bain?
3) When did Stericycle begin operations in disposing aborted human fetuses and was MR involved in that decision or operation?
The answers to all those questions were posted by me way back at the beginning of this conversation.
Obviously, you didn’t read them and simply kept repeating the Romney campaign’s lying talking points.
You’re not dealing with this honestly for some reason.
Federal documents show Romney tied to company that disposes of aborted babies
Originally reported by the Huffington Post in January, Romney’s camp managed to avoid it as a campaign issue by insisting, as the news outlet reports:
“By the time Bain Capital [Romney’s investment firm] had made the investment in Stericycle, he had left the firm to run the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. He maintained ownership in Bain and kept holdings in its private equity funds, which included Stericycle stock, but he had no say in the managerial or strategic decisions at the firm, according to Bain officials.”
However, recent documents from the Securities and Exchange (SEC) Commission filed by Romney’s firm show that the timing wasn’t quite how Romney portrayed it. The document from November 22, 1999, reports, “W. Mitt Romney (“Mr. Romney”) is the sole stockholder, sole director, Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director and President of BCI VI Inc,” (SEC FORM SC 13D - https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.documentcloud.org/documents/392937/stericycle-13d-1999.pdf) in the Stericycle investment.
That means Romney was an active member of the firm when the $75 million investment was made in Stericycle. Stericylce isn’t just a medical waste business that is above board. As recently as last year, Stericycle was cited for improper disposal of fetuses in Texas. For a quick rundown of some news articles about Stericycle’s seedy history, click here ( http://www.stopstericycle.com/in-the-news/ ). You will find a list of fines, truck leasing companies breaking contracts with them because of their fetus disposal business, and other serious controversies that the pro-life candidate must distance himself from by addressing these issues and either showing us proof there was no abortion activity back then or publicly addressing the wrongdoing and breaking his tie with them in keeping with his pro-life conversion, rather than simply misleading the American people about the dates he was there.
It’s a concern if Romney actually was the “sole shareholder” as the SEC documents say, unquestionably say he was. You can read the filings from the SEC documents here ( https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.documentcloud.org/documents/392937/stericycle-13d-1999.pdf )and here ( https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.documentcloud.org/documents/392936/stericycle-s4-1999.pdf ). (Simply do a search within them for the name “Romney” and it will show you the relevant shareholder information.)