Everett Stern in 2022 PA Senate race
On Corporations:
Supports regulation of financial institutions
Republican Party is opposed to his candidacy and his insistence on attacking his primary opponents, according to Stern--"they aren't interested in seeing the sparks fly like this," he said. His positions on the regulation of financial institutions buck
party orthodoxy, and though he voted for Donald Trump in the 2020 election, he supported Hillary Clinton's 2016 candidacy.
Source: The Bradford Era on 2022 Pennsylvania Senate race
May 22, 2021
On Foreign Policy:
Pro-Israel candidate; attended "Stand Up for Israel" rally
Stern will be attending the "Stand Up For Israel" Stationary Rally. The Rally [is] billed as a "Stand against Terrorism" and will include songs and prayers.
Stern, who is a Pro-Israel Candidate for Senate, has a long history of working to combat terrorism through his company Tactical Rabbit, a private intelligence agency.
Source: The Bradford Era on 2022 Pennsylvania Senate race
May 22, 2021
On Government Reform:
After whistleblower at HBSC, unable to find another job
In 2010-2011, in his work for HSBC bank, Stern] immediately found a series of deeply concerning transactions [concerning funding terrorist groups]. Every time Stern brought one of these discoveries to his bosses, they rolled their eyes at him, if not
worse. The U.S. Senate decided to target the company for a yearlong investigation into global money-laundering. The bank itself, in response to the Senate investigation, acknowledged that it had "sometimes failed to meet the standards that regulators
and customers expect." In 2012, Stern heard that the Justice Department was about to announce a settlement. Since he'd left HSBC the year before, he'd had a rough time. Going public with his allegations had left him emotionally and financially
devastated. He'd been unable to find a job, and at one point even applied for welfare. But now that the feds were finally about to drop the hammer on HSBC, he figured he'd have the satisfaction of knowing that his sacrifice had been worthwhile.
Source: Rolling Stone magazine on 2022 Pennsylvania Senate race
Feb 14, 2013
On Homeland Security:
Found money-laundering at HSBC bank to fund terrorist groups
In 2010, 25-year-old Everett Stern was just out of business school; he found a job at HSBC, a major international bank, to help with its anti-money-laundering program. "I thought this was exactly what I wanted to do," he says. Stern interviewed in
October, just days after the OCC issued the second Don't Do It Again letter [from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, warning HSBC against money laundering], he started work as part of HSBC's "expanded" anti-money-laundering program.
From the outset, Stern knew there was something weird about his job. "I had to go to the library to take out books on money-laundering," Stern says now, laughing. "That's how bad it was." There were no training courses or seminars on money-laundering--
what it was, how to detect it. His Even weirder, nobody seemed to care if anybody was doing any actual work. Almost immediately, he found a series of deeply concerning transactions [concerning funding terrorist groups].
Source: Rolling Stone magazine on 2022 Pennsylvania Senate race
Feb 14, 2013
On Principles & Values:
Protecting US is life's passion, central purpose of career
In 2011, Stern gained international notoriety when he brought to light the illegal efforts of his then-employer, HSBC Bank, to launder money and assist nations involved in supporting terrorism and drug trafficking.
Stern's work resulted in the bank being fined a record of almost two billion dollars. "Protecting and defending the interests of the
United States of America is my life's passion and the central purpose of my career," Stern said. "The people of Pennsylvania deserve a leader who will fight for them against the most powerful special interests,
the most entrenched politicians, and a corrupt system whose leaders have forgotten that they answer to the people," Stern said. "There's never been a time when bold, unafraid new leadership has been more badly needed."
Source: Magic Valley Times-News on 2022 Pennsylvania Senate race
Feb 25, 2021
On Principles & Values:
Voted for Trump in 2020, but thinks his behavior "atrocious"
Regarding Trump, Stern understands that the former president remains a major force in the Republican Party but hopes to use conservative values as his "North Star." Though he believed in the policies of the Trump administration, Stern said, he
found the man's behavior "atrocious.""When people think 'conservative,' they think Jan. 6. They don't think what I'm talking about," Stern said. The U.S. "is really broken. The Republican Party is destroyed right now. And I am here to unify it."
Source: The Bradford Era on 2022 Pennsylvania Senate race
May 22, 2021
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