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Investigators have subpoenaed Carl Icahn, a billionaire investor and refinery owner, who served as an adviser to Donald Trump earlier this year. In that role, Icahn supported a proposal to shift the task of complying with the Renewable Fuels Standard's ethanol-blending mandate to a new segment of the production line in a way that benefits refiners.
Icahn is the majority owner of CVR Energy, a refining company. The firm acknowledged in it's own SEC filing that it did receive a subpoena related to the investigation. Icahn stepped down as an adviser in August, prior to that he had been very blunt about his desire to reform the Renewable Fuels Standard telling Bloomberg in March that, "I own a refinery, so obviously I have an interest in it. but there are 12 other refineries getting killed worse than mine."
...and the audacity gets even thicker. He then added this gem: "I own a refinery. Who knows it better than me? Why shouldn't I advocate?"
Let's rid government from billionaire investors seeking to use their influence to further their own personal business interests and enrich themselves. Drain the swamp, right? Yeah, whatever.
Icahn is the majority owner of CVR Energy, a refining company. The firm acknowledged in it's own SEC filing that it did receive a subpoena related to the investigation. Icahn stepped down as an adviser in August, prior to that he had been very blunt about his desire to reform the Renewable Fuels Standard telling Bloomberg in March that, "I own a refinery, so obviously I have an interest in it. but there are 12 other refineries getting killed worse than mine."
...and the audacity gets even thicker. He then added this gem: "I own a refinery. Who knows it better than me? Why shouldn't I advocate?"
Let's rid government from billionaire investors seeking to use their influence to further their own personal business interests and enrich themselves. Drain the swamp, right? Yeah, whatever.