The Daily Caller reports that "Rodolphe “Skip” Vallee, the CEO of St. Albans-based gasoline distributor and retailer R.L. Vallee," is suing Sanders for trying to put his company out of business after Vallee paid for an ad about Sanders' "golden parachute" — a $200,000 retirement deal that his wife struck with her former employer (which she was, at one time, accused of mismanaging), Burlington College.
In response, Vallee alleges, Sen. Bernie Sanders suddenly became very interested in the price of gasoline, and whether certain gasoline retailers were inflating the price of fuel beyond what the Federal Trade Commission had prescribed. When Sanders failed to convince a government body to take action on the issue, he and a key staff member moved on to the Vermont attorney general's office.
"The Vermont senator’s office called the ad 'pathetic' and referred to Vallee as a 'junior varsity version of the Koch brothers.' Only a week later, Bernie Sanders and McLean allegedly sat down with members of the Vermont attorney general’s office where the duo broached suspicion that Vallee’s company was participating in price-fixing," the Caller reported.
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In response, Vallee alleges, Sen. Bernie Sanders suddenly became very interested in the price of gasoline, and whether certain gasoline retailers were inflating the price of fuel beyond what the Federal Trade Commission had prescribed. When Sanders failed to convince a government body to take action on the issue, he and a key staff member moved on to the Vermont attorney general's office.
"The Vermont senator’s office called the ad 'pathetic' and referred to Vallee as a 'junior varsity version of the Koch brothers.' Only a week later, Bernie Sanders and McLean allegedly sat down with members of the Vermont attorney general’s office where the duo broached suspicion that Vallee’s company was participating in price-fixing," the Caller reported.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/3947...-over-claims-he-used-government-emily-zanotti