# Will "The Mooch" get a severance package?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-mooch-get-a-severance-package/792573>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 1, 2017, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-mooch-get-a-severance-package/792573 "2017-08-01T12:56:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2017, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-mooch-get-a-severance-package/792573/21 "2017-08-04T22:10:51Z")

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> [@DSeid](#):
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> What about the sale of his business assets done to get by the ethics requirements? Are those deals just reneged on?

My understanding is that he’d been trying to sell his company to Chinese investors for some time, but the SEC or whoever was dragging their feet signing off on the deal. Getting named for the White House job got his case at the front of the line.

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