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What We Need to Know About Saule Omarova, Biden's Russian-born Comptroller of the Currency Nomin

• Organic Prepper - Jeff Thompson

On September 23, 2021, Biden suggested a new Comptroller of the Currency – a Russian named Saule Omarova. Here's what you need to know about her.

Saule Omarova was born in Russia in what is now the puppet state of Kazakhstan. While in Russia, she attended Moscow University on a scholarship named for Vladimir Lenin. [source] After writing her thesis, "Karl Marx's Economic Analysis and the Theory of Revolution in The Capital," Omarova graduated in 1989[source]

Later, she moved to America, becoming a law professor at the University of North Carolina School of Law. She joined Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, in 2014. According to Cornell's website, Omarova specializes in the "regulation of financial institutions, banking law, international finance, and corporate finance." [source]

On Nov. 2, Saule Omarova's nomination by Biden became formal, according to the Wall Street Journal. Now she must go through Congressional hearings regarding her suitability for the role of one of the top banking regulators in the country.

Saule Omarova's academic work

Among Omarova's publications, "The People's Ledger: How to Democratize Money and Finance the Economy," written for Vanderbilt Law Review, is of particular interest. Here, she argues all bank accounts should be in – what she terms – "FedAccounts" to be monitored by the Federal Reserve. [source]


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