Senator Johnson’s Millions in Cash Avoids Conflicts, Profits
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Senator Ron Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican who founded specialty plastics company Pacur LLC and touted his business credentials on the 2010 campaign trail, sold all his stocks, bonds and mutual funds and put the money into cash accounts before taking the oath of office in January.
“I decided to liquidate all my marketable securities to avoid even a hint of a conflict of interest,” he said in an interview.