OK, nobody panic, but… A senior official from inside Trump’s State Department has just been busted for lying on her resume, falsifying her professional and educational background, and even creating a fake Time magazine cover with her face on it, all to get the job, and… she still got the job!
Mina Chang is the U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations, a position she’s held since April of this year.
According to her resume, the 35-year-old is a Harvard grad with tons of experience working in the nonprofit sector, including doing humanitarian aid in 40 different countries, including Afghanistan, Iraq, Nigeria, Somalia, and the Philippines. Not only that, but she once held a position at the United Nations, has spoken at both the Republican and Democratic conventions, and even testified before Congress. In addition, of course, to being on the cover of Time magazine!
But NBC News reports that almost none of that it actually true. And the stuff that is true, is largely embellished.
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Chang is not a Harvard grad. But a spokesperson for Harvard Business School confirmed that she did attend a seven-week course in 2016, though she never earned a degree for it.
Chang also never spoke at any Republican or Democratic conventions, but she did speak at separate events held in Philadelphia and Cleveland around the same time as the conventions.
She also never worked at the United Nations, though she did speak on a panel there one time. Nor did she ever appear in Time, despite sharing a mock cover that purported to show her face to a TV reporter in 2017.
Prior to her career in the State Department, Chang was an aspiring singer, who sang in both English and Korean. Her last album was released in 2009. It was a jazzy Christmas album titled “The Holiday Album” that is currently available to stream on Spotify. She also maintains an Instagram page with approximately 42K followers. Her most recent post shows her jamming out at a Lenny Kravitz concert.
Last year, Chang was being considered for a more prominent role within the State Department in which she would have overseen a budget of over $1 billion, but upon learning she would have to participate in a Senate hearing before getting the job, she withdrew her nomination.
Evidently, nobody in the White House is vetting candidates before giving them top positions inside our nation’s government. Which makes us wonder… who the hell else has managed to slip in through the cracks?
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Cam
In other words, someone in the Trump administration thought she was hot so told her to lie on her resume.
winemaker
Wow , just another liar he,re so what else’s new. And the real tragedy, haw many qualified people didn’t get the job ’cause of this bitch’s lies. Serves her right. Looking for quality employment is getting harder and harder and as someone who used to review resumes, I’ve seen some very far fetched resumes that seemed too good to be true and ended up being just a bunch of fluff. Good rule of thumb: never lie on your resume,, especially about former employment and education as these can and are usually verified and even if you’e the top candidate, this can sink you before a job is even offered to you, period.
Bob LaBlah
If the truth won’t work, then lie. She did and she got the job. Now thats the American spirit and the American way of doing things in 2019. You go honey. And kudos for promoting your Christmas album. A lot of people wouldn’t have thought about that angle to get a few more dollars into your purse as the door hits you where the sun dont shine as you walk past it in your departure.
Sister Bertha Bedderthanyu
Ok, I won’t rule out that I might have missed it (even though I read the article three times) but can some one please tell me the gay angle of this article. I can’t figure it out but maybe one of you did. The thought did occur to me that she might be trans but then I thought were that the case surely that would have been blaring across the headlines. Thanks.
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
How’s about because it shows a consistent pattern from this misadministration of appointing completely unqualified people for prominent positions in the government many of which have negative effects on our community. including simply rubber-stamping Federal lifetime judicial appointees from the Federalist Society a far right-wing nut bag scumbag organization…
Sister Bertha Bedderthanyu
Now back to my question. Where is the gay angle? I don’t get it.
TomOH
The “gay angle” is Trump is homophobic and blatantly pandering to homophobes. The article is highlighting how careless republicans are.
tjack47
My paperwork to simply interview at the VA had to clear Richmond, VA. Wtf is going on in Washington, D. C. They don’t even know what we don’t know.
Thad
I love holiday music.
Sister Bertha Bedderthanyu
I can’t wait to hear Brenda Lee start it all off this coming Saturday.
chupacabra
I LOVE brenda lee
MrKnowItAll
Thank goodness! Now I know who to hate this week! Gremore, do you like anyone? Asking for a friend.
Cam
Translation: You trolls are so desperate to defend Trump that you are actually attacking the author for pointing out that somebody in the administration committed fraud on their resume.
Please get smarter trolls.
chupacabra
@Cum …. look in the mirror and recite your last sentence…. maybe it might help if you click your Walmart slippers…. also, are you fu*cking PWWO? now tell the truth….
Melania Trump by Lauren LoGiudice
“Nobody brings up the point that she got the job because she lied??” — XO?Melania
Chipper
I guess she thought since eltrumpo lies every time he opens his mouth. If he can she can…….republican the partry of liars,