Nikki Haley Helped Boeing Kill Dark Money Disclosure Initiative

The Lever ^ | Jan 2024 | Katya Schwenk

[CondoleezzaProtege]

While serving on the board of Boeing in 2020, GOP presidential candidate and former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley helped kill an initiative designed to force the company to more comprehensively disclose its spending to influence politicians and safety regulators, government filings show.

Haley joined the company’s board of directors after the two fatal 737 Max crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia. Amid allegations of fraud and a coverup of safety problems following the disasters — resulting in a $243 million fine and $3 billion in compensation to airlines and victims’ families — Haley served on the board’s audit committee, according to Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) records. Company bylaws say the committee is tasked with overseeing Boeing’s risk management, as well as its compliance with laws and company policy.

The transparency proposal that Haley helped nix was part of a broader — and still ongoing — battle waged by Boeing’s shareholders for additional oversight of the tens of millions of dollars the company records in political spending. That spending has come under scrutiny after a Boeing 737 Max 9 plane suffered a mid-flight blowout last week, leaving a gaping hole in the plane’s frame, before an emergency landing.

“In the wake of the two 737 Max jet crashes, questions have been raised whether Boeing’s lobbying led to relaxed Federal Aviation Administration oversight,” shareholders wrote in urging passage of their proposal, noting that the company spent a staggering $153 million on federal lobbying from 2010 to 2018.

Haley and her fellow board members urged a “no” vote, insisting in Boeing’s proxy statement prior to the shareholder meeting that the company has “instituted full transparency into — and extensive oversight of — any political expenditures.”

[Red Badger]

Blood on her hands..........................

[Omnivore-Dan]

She was largely unknown outside of her state before Pres. Trump offered her Secretary of State, which she didn’t want, but accepted Ambassador to the U.N. In my way of thinking she owes him something if just loyalty. Instead she decided to be a never Trump bitch. And I as I don’t like quitters much, there does come a time when there is no other option, and you quit in order to move on. She quit way after she should have,
and just showed her bad judgement.

[SaveFerris]

No surprise that she’ll do anything for money and power

Someone once said her claim was that Hillary Clinton inspired her

Well, that would then explain her quite nicely

[Red Badger]

If Hillary Clinton is your ‘inspiration’, how dull and boring must your life be?.................

[SaveFerris]

[If Hillary Clinton is your ‘inspiration’, how dull and boring must your life be?.................]

Or, how dark is your soul? Explains the looks on her face. And what comes out of her mouth.

[jacknhoo]

Deep State is going to deep state, no surprise.

One good thing is that this anti-American woman can never say again, “I’ve never lost a race, I’m not going to start now.”
https://www.facebook.com/NikkiHaley/videos/ive-never-lost-a-race-im-not-going-to-start-now/886869352833043/

[utax]

Aviation genius Caroline Kennedy was also on that board of directors.

[mikey_hates_everything]

I’ve dealt with her personally in Tokyo when she was Ambassador. She is an arrogant retard.

[ssfromla]

Every time I see her name all I think of is Prince’s song...Darling Nikki lol It fits her perfectly. She’s a ho and hides after her dirty deeds. Which also reminds me of AC DC. Dirty Tricks Done Dirt Cheap :D

[utax]

“I’ve dealt with her personally in Tokyo when she was Ambassador. She is an arrogant retard.”

Like, like, like did the “Ambassador” ever learn to read/write Japanese?

[Wuli]

The article is all hype and inuendo.

For instance, they attribute the fault, without evidence, to Boeing getting favorable (lax) treatment from the FAA, earned (supposedly) by Boeing lobbying efforts:

“noting that the company spent a staggering $153 million on federal lobbying from 2010 to 2018”.

That so-called staggering sum amounts to an average of $19 million a year over the 8 years.

Were they “staggering” amounts.

here’s the top 2023 corporate laobbying effort amounts:

Lockheed Martin $14,066,565
Amgen Inc $14,290,000
Pfizer Inc $14,360,000
General Motors $14,420,000
Alphabet Inc $14,450,000
Boeing Co $14,490,000
NCTA The Internet & Television Assn $14,560,000
Pharmaceutical Care Management Assn $15,434,955
American Chemistry Council $15,800,000
AARP $16,520,000
CTIA $17,180,000
Meta $19,300,000
Business Roundtable $19,740,000
Amazon.com $19,860,000
American Medical Assn $21,215,000
Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America $27,628,000
Blue Cross/Blue Shield $28,589,340
American Hospital Assn $30,198,230
National Assn of Realtors $52,395,289
US Chamber of Commerce $69,580,000

No, Boeing’s lobbying sums are not staggering and there is no evidence the FAA gave them a pass.

What really happened was Boeing fell down on quality control and in part that was due to not having its own quality control persons and system in charge of manufacturing at third party contractors for various systems and components.

But try as some might, the hype and innuendo, without evidence, will continue to be used to slander Nikki Haley (whom, by the way I do not support, without believing some of the nonsense spouted about her).

[mikey_hates_everything]

"Like, like, like did the “Ambassador” ever learn to read/write Japanese?"

Yeah, sure. English was difficult enough for her.

Must be nice to have a grandfather who provided for everything you have now because he ran booze during Prohibition.

[CondoleezzaProtege]

Aviation genius Caroline Kennedy was also on that board of directors.

Interesting, as her cousin Rory Kennedy directed the Netflix documentary exposing Boeing's corruption after the 2 big crashes. It's called "Downfall."