U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx had no-show job

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Washington / August 13, 2015

U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx was paid nearly a half-million dollars by a bus manufacturer while acting as mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, even though he performed no work for the company, according to a lawsuit filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court.

Foxx now serves in President Barack Obama’s Cabinet as U.S. Secretary of Transportation. He was appointed to the post in 2013.

Before becoming a Cabinet secretary, Foxx spent four years at DesignLine as deputy general counsel.

DesignLine, which made hybrid electric buses, struggled financially and filed for bankruptcy protection in 2013.

The lawsuit was filed in North Carolina by Elaine Rudisill, a trustee for the bankrupt bus company, DesignLine USA. The suit seeks the return of $421,000 that Foxx was paid over four years as the company's deputy general counsel.

The company's records do not reflect any work performed by Foxx, according to the lawsuit.

The suit alleges that there was no general counsel for the company, and no evidence that Foxx was in contact with outside lawyers employed by the company. It contends that Foxx spent little or no time at the company's offices.

Foxx resigned from the company on July 1, 2013, the day before he became transportation secretary, the lawsuit says.

Note: Foxx has a degree in law, but no qualifications whatsoever (e.g. experience) in transportation, making his appointment as secretary of transportation puzzling........and troubling.

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