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Sargeant is the owner of an oil-trading company that has a lucrative Pentagon contract to supply fuel to the U.S. military in Iraq by way of Jordan -- and he's also reportedly getting sued by the brother-in-law of the King of Jordan over that contract.
In the suit, the brother-in-law, who is or was Sargeant's business partner, alleged that he used his connections in Jordan to help get wire the Pentagon contract for Sargeant only to get subsequently defrauded out of profits for it. He alleges that he persuaded Jordan to allow IOTC to deliver the fuel through Jordan -- a necessary requirement for getting the Pentagon contract.
What this means for McCain isn't really clear. But the upshot is that one of the more prolific bundlers for McCain appears to have bagged a huge contract to deliver fuel to the U.S. military in Iraq, even though he wasn't the lowest bidder for that contract, allegedly by relying partly on a connection in Jordan to deliver it.
Not only that, but the lawsuit also reportedly alleged that this chief McCain bundler tried to exclude other competitors from the contracting process in order to maximize profits off the war, though these allegations are a bit vague. The lawsuit appears to be ongoing; if it's been tossed out of court, it hasn't been reported yet.
Ruh-roh.
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