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2022-03-29 -Great Cultural Revolution
Google billionaire Eric Schmidt has PAID the salaries of staff inside Biden's science office and has been quietly lobbying on policy since the Obama administration
  • The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OTSP) helps formulate AI policy and steer funding toward the technology

  • Eric Schmidt, who stepped down in his role at Google's parent company Alphabet in 2020, now serves on the board of numerous tech companies

  • Schmidt even indirectly paid the salaries of OTSP employees, the report states

  • Former OTSP general counsel Rachel Wallace repeatedly raised concerns over Schmidt's influence, Politico reported

  • She believes her concerns were the source of the wrath she faced from OTSP's former head Eric Lander, who stepped down recently for bullying

  • Lander and Schmidt are close associates

  • More than a dozen in the 140-person White House office are current or former employees of Schmidt

  • In a statement, Schmidt Futures said he had no authority to make any policy decisions and did not do so through OSTP

  • They also said the government and OSTP has used pooled philanthropic funding to ensure proper staffing across agencies for over 25 years
Posted by Skidmark 2022-03-29 07:02|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ]  Top

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