Steel’s Silence On Trump’s 34 Felony Convictions Draws National Attention

The Steels Peddle Access To Trump – Is Michelle Steel’s Silence Surprising?

Steel Family Has A History Of Peddling Access To The Trump Administration To Chinese Communist Officials

– Orange County Register 6/24/20

Garden Grove, CA —  In a stunning display of political evasion, Congressmember and Trump subsidiary  Michelle Steel has remained silent following the news of former President Donald Trump’s 34 felony convictions. Today, Army veteran, consumer rights attorney, small business owner, City Commissioner, and Democratic nominee for California’s 45th Congressional District Derek Tran condemned Steel’s history of corruption and choice to put her own financial benefit over an independent judiciary and the rule of law.

“The Steels peddles access to Donald Trump, and her refusal to condemn 34 felony convictions only highlights her own illegal dealings,” said Tran. “Our community needs a Congressmember who puts the rule of law over their own financial interests, it’s time we end the corruption and vote Michelle Steel out.”

Steel’s self-serving corruption dates back to her time as a county supervisor. In local office, Steel frequently used her power to perform favors for campaign donors, pushing sweetheart deals and awarding contracts to those who filled her campaign coffers. She cast a tiebreaking vote to award a private jet contract to a donor who subsequently funded a SuperPAC against her opponent with $80,000. Steel also voted to extend a prison company phone contract to a donor, despite concerns over constitutional violations, and pushed for a voting system upgrade from a company whose representative was a major donor to her campaign. Most shockingly, her husband and business partner facilitated the presence of Chinese foreign nationals with ties to the CCP at an exclusive GOP strategy meeting, highlighting the depths of her conflicts of interest and ethical breaches.

Here’s a quick refresher on the Steel family’s criminal enterprise:

“Report links Shawn Steel with Chinese efforts to influence Trump administration”

– Orange County Register 6/24/20

“Seal Beach attorney Shawn Steel, a Republican National Committee member and husband of Orange County Board of Supervisors Chair Michelle Steel, was linked in a Wall Street Journal report with an effort by Chinese foreign nationals to influence the Trump administration.”

“Shawn Steel’s wife, Supervisor Michelle Steel, who is registered as chief financial officer at her husband’s law firm, is running against Rouda for [congress]”

“Political Donors Linked to China Won Access to Trump, GOP”

“Hundreds of thousands of dollars in political donations opened doors in Washington for Chinese nationals with high-level ties”

-The Wall Street Journal 6/23/2020

“As guests of a Republican official named Shawn Steel, Chinese nationals, including a man working for China’s central government, attended an invitation-only gathering in May 2017 where GOP leaders discussed campaign strategies and other issues.”

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California’s 45th is a Congressional District representing portions of Orange and Los Angeles Counties in Southern California. A majority-minority district, the District has the second largest AAPI population (36.97%) of any Congressional District, and the largest Vietnamese community in the country.  President Biden won the current district lines by +6 points and it has a +6 point Democratic registration advantage. It includes all or part of the Cities of Garden Grove, Westminster, Cerritos, Buena Park, Placentia, Hawaiian Gardens, Cypress, Fountain Valley, Artesia, Los Alamitos, La Palma, Brea, Lakewood, and Fullerton, as well as the unincorporated community of Rossmoor.

The DCCC has endorsed Derek Tran as part of its “Red To Blue” program.

Use of Derek Tran’s military rank, job titles, and photographs in uniform does not imply endorsement by the Dept. of Defense or U.S. Army.