Jonathan Bush

Jonathan James Bush (born May 6, 1931 ) is an American entrepreneur. He is a member of the influential Bush family : he is an uncle of former US President George W. Bush and brother of former US President George HW Bush .

Career

He founded J. Bush & Co , a company which for many years operated discreet bank customer services for the embassies of foreign governments. In 1997, J. Bush & Co of the Riggs Bank bought, with Bush the chief executive ( CEO ) and president of Riggs Investment , one in New Heaven ( Connecticut -based) company, was.

In the early 1980s, Jonathan Bush helped his nephew George W. Bush find investors in his first oil company, Arbusto , later called Bush Explorations , a company that had a brother Osama bin Laden as an investor.

During the US presidential campaign of 2000, Jonathan Bush was a key contributor and donor to the election of George W. Bush; he was called the Bush Pioneer and donated more than $ 100,000 to the campaign.

controversy

The Washington Post posted an article on a website on Saturday, May 20, 2004 that reads: "President Bush's uncle, Jonathan J. Bush, is a top executive at Riggs Bank, which this week agreed to pay a record $ 25 million in civil fines for violations of law intended to thwart money laundering. "

(German (freely translated): President Bush's uncle is a top employee of Riggs Bank , which this week agreed to pay a civilian fine of 25 million US dollars for violating the law to prevent money laundering ) .

The accounts in question in this process are linked to Saudi Arabia . Riggs Bank was also those bank that Princess Haifa from Saudi Arabia used to raise money for San Diego to send, which is then in the hands of two organizers of the Sept. 11 ended.

In 1991 Bush was fined $ 30,000 in Massachusetts (and several thousand dollars in Connecticut ) for violating the registration law that affects stock sales. He was banned from trading in securities in Massachusetts for a year.

family

Bush is the father of NBC entertainment reporter Billy Bush and Healthcare CEO Jonathan S. Bush. He lives with his wife Josephine Bush in New Haven and North Haven ( Maine ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Donation from Jonathan Bush ( Memento of the original from June 13, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)  
2. ↑ The Washington Post over money laundering of Riggs Bank (English)
3. ↑ 911citizenswatch ( Memento of the original from November 9, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)