terry mcauliffe’s “black eye”

7/30/2019 TERRY MCAULIFFES BLACK EYE

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TERRYMCAULIFFESBLACK EYEAmerica Rising PAC Releases GreenTech FOIA DocumentsArlington, VAToday, America Rising PAC released a series of documents obtained through Virginia Freedom of Information Act(FOIA) requests to the Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP) for information pertaining to TerryMcAuliffes failedelectric car company GreenTech.

This report, highlighting some never before released documents, details the embarrassing dealings between Terry McAuliffe and theVirginia Economic Development Partnership. They expose a fraught relationship between a VEDP that is highly skeptical ofGreenTechs viability, and a company paying lip service to job creation in Virginia while planning to build a plant in Mississippi.McAuliffe has claimed his businessexperience in companies like GreenTechis examples of how he will grow jobs in Virginia.

In 2009, GreenTech Automotive, an electric car company founded by McAuliffe was trying to obtain economic incentives from theVEDP to locate a new manufacturing site in Virginia. Throughout the due diligence process, VEDP became skeptical of GreenTechsbusiness model and continued asking questions. After months of work and while VEDP was still debating the project, GreenTechannounced a new car plant in Mississippi. In December 2012, afterhis secretive resignationfrom GreenTech,Terry McAuliffe claimed

VEDP decided they didnt want to bidon GreenTech, when in realityGreenTech had not answered VEDP's mounting questions. Sincethen,further investigative reportshave turned GreenTech into a problem for McAuliffe.

These documents demonstrate:

McAuliffe was a key player at GreenTech at the time the company decided to build its plant in Mississippi instead of Virginia.

VEDP officials were completely unaware when GreenTech announced its plant in Mississippi. VEDP was thoroughly unconvinced that GreenTechs executive management had the experience or plan to create a successful car

manufacturing base in Virginia. It now seems VEDPs concerns havebecome realityin Mississippi.

VEDP was skeptical of GreenTechs plan to use the EB-5 Visa program as a funding source, calling it a visa-for sale scheme.VEDP questioned if GreenTech could raise enough money via the EB-5 visa and whether GreenTechs plan even met EB-5 rules.

VEPDs officials questioned whether GreenTechs financing planwould create a significant conflict of interest and saidGreenTechs scheme could give the Commonwealth a black eye.

VisitAmerica Rising PACsScribd collectionto see all of the documents. Please see below a collection of highlights.
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Emails Show That Terry McAuliffe Was A Key Player In GreenTech

In an email between VEDP staff, Terry McAuliffe is identified as Chairman of GreenTech.

To see the full document and its collection clickHERE.In response to an email from GreenTech CEO Charles Wang, Terry McAuliffe decided on ProjectGo Clean Green

as the codename for the GreenTech project.

To see the full document and its collection clickHERE.
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Terry McAuliffe met withTim Kaine, Bob McDonnell and Kaines Secretary Of Commerce and Trade PatrickGottschalk on locating the manufacturing facility in Virginia.

To see the full document and its collection clickHERE

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GreenTech and VEDP scheduled a site visit for McAuliffe to visit a potential factory site in Sussex, VA.




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As McAuliffe wasfalsely claimingVEDP didnt attempt to bid on the project, his Deputy Campaign Manager andformer GreenTech Government Affairs official Levar Stoney tried to schedule a meeting between McAuliffe andVEDP President and CEO Martin Briley, as a way for the candidate to say Ive met with the leadership of VEDP.

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GreenTech Was Presented With A Number Of Sites Across Virginia And Had Picked Their #1 Choice

VEDP produced a map of the five sites across Virginia it believed were best for a GreenTech plant.

To see the full document and its collection clickHERE.On October 15, 2009, GreenTech had chosen its #1 site preference for the GCG (Go Clean Green) Project. Thisemail was sent 9 days after GreenTech made public its intention to build a plant in Tunica, MS.



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VEDP Officials Were Caught Off Guard By GreenTechs Announcement Of A Plant In Mississippi

Emails show that VEDP werent aware that GreenTech would be announcing its plant in Mississippi, learning ofthe announcement through news reports. After the announcement, GreenTech still went ahead with site visits inVirginia.

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VEDP Was HighlySkeptical Of GreenTechs Main Funding Source, The EB-5 Visa Program

GreenTech executives were pressing VEDP to approve and create an EB-5 visa regional center for Virginia, whichwould allow for foreign investors to direct their money to GreenTech. The Company was relying on the EB-5program as a main source of capital.




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VEPDs officials questioned whether GreenTechs financing plan met the rules for the EB-5 program and saidGreenTechs scheme could give the Commonwealth a black eye. Officials were concerned that a tie betweenGreenTech and its EB-5 regional center would cause a conflict of interest, having the principals of GreenTechbenefiting financially from both the EB-5 regional center and from GreenTech.




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A VEDP official questioned whether GreenTech decided to put its plant in Mississippi solely because the companycould access EB-5 funding.



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VEDP didnt want to stake Virginias reputation on GreenTechs plan for the EB-5 program, labeling the plan avisa-for-sale scheme and hoping that President Obama would kill program entirely.



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Politics Surrounded The GreenTech Project In A Number Of Ways

According to emails, McAuliffe wanted the factory to be in Virginia for political reasons.


Early on in the process, VEDPs Director Of International Trade and Investment Paul Grossman emailed that itwas unclear whether GreenTech was a legitimate project, but the company was being considered because ofinvolvement from Terry McAuliffe, Bill Clinton and Tim Kaine.



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According To VEDP Documents, GreenTech Was Pursuing Department Of Energy Funding FromThe Same Program That Loaned Money To Fisker

During a meeting with GreenTech, VEDP noted that GreenTech was considering Department of Energy funding.


GreenTech was considering applying for a DOE grant through the Advanced Technology Vehicles ManufacturingProgram, the same program that gave $529 million to Fisker Automotive.



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An email from VEDP Executive Director Jeffrey Anderson to VEDP staff said that GreenTech was preparing anapplication package for the Department of Energy.

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