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So much of this going on. The Left needs many more “martyrs” to distract from the level of corruption the they are involved in.Man I should have been a politician.
After Benny
@bennyjohnson
went digging on Illan Omar, I went digging a little bit on "the squad".
Rashida Tlaib is a broke ass mf'r btw.
However, Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) has some interesting things going on.
Her husband is pulling in $1M/yr from "government funded" sources.
So I dug through her congressional financial disclosures and used AI to break some things down.
Let's go.
THE NUMBERS:* 2018 net worth: -$12,500 (per OpenSecrets)* 2024 net worth: ~$8,000,000
That's an $8 MILLION increase in 6 years on a $174K congressional salary.
How'd that happen?
THE TIMELINE:*
Jan 3, 2019: Pressley sworn into Congress*
Jan 8, 2019: Her husband Conan Harris resigns from his $92,500/year Boston City Hall job*
Jan 15, 2019: He registers "Conan Harris & Associates" - a DEI consulting firm* Wayback Machine confirms http://conanharrisassociates.com went live in 2019.
What a wild couple of weeks, eh?
THE CONSULTING GRIFT:
Per her financial disclosures, his firm's income:*
2021: ~$300,000*
2024: $100,001 - $1,000,000
That's a MILLION dollars a year from a consulting firm launched the week his wife entered Congress.
THE CLIENTS:
His client list reads like a government funding directory:*
City of Bridgeport,
CT (municipal govt)*
City of Framingham (municipal govt)*
MassHousing (state housing finance agency)*
Meet Boston (tourism bureau, receives public funding)*
The Boston Foundation*
Justice Resource Institute (social services nonprofit)*
Obama Foundation
Pattern: DEI consulting for entities that either ARE government or depend heavily on government grants.
THE CONFLICT:
Pressley sits on:*
House Financial Services Committee (MassHousing = housing finance)*
House Oversight & Government Reform (government contracting)
Her husband's firm gets paid by government entities and nonprofits dependent on government funding - in policy areas her committees oversee.
THE ETHICS WARNING:*
The Boston Globe reported in Feb 2019 that before leaving City Hall, Harris used his government email to pitch staying on as a $50K/year consultant.*
State ethics laws bar using official resources for personal gain.*
An ethics expert warned they'd need to "be mindful to avoid any potential ethical and political pitfalls."
REAL ESTATE:
Her 2024 disclosure shows spouse-owned assets:*
Martha's Vineyard rental: $1,000,001 - $5,000,000*
Boston rental #1: $500,001 - $1,000,000*
Boston rental #2: $500,001 - $1,000,000*
Boston rental #3: $250,001 - $500,000*
Fort Lauderdale rental (sold 2024): $250,001 - $500,000
Total real estate: $8M
Remember, in 2019 they had ONE rental property and were underwater on it.
THE BACKGROUND:*
Before his city job and consulting gig, Conan Harris spent 10 years in federal prison for drug trafficking.*
He went from dealing drugs → city job (while his wife was on City Council) → million-dollar consulting firm the week she entered Congress.
BOTTOM LINE:*
Net worth in 2018: negative*
Net worth in 2024: $8 million
The day his wife became a Congresswoman, Conan Harris quit his city job and launched a consulting firm that now pulls up to seven figures annually from government-funded clients.
She sits on committees overseeing housing and government contracting.
He consults for housing agencies and government-funded nonprofits.
The swamp doing swamp things.
Sources:* Pressley 2024 Financial Disclosure (http://disclosures-clerk.house.gov, ID #10067354)* OpenSecrets 2018 net worth estimate* Boston Globe, Feb 16, 2019* Wayback Machine archives
