Wells Fargo Att'y Moonlights as Buttigieg Adviser

A co mpliance attorney with miscreant bank Wells Fargo is part of a small group advising the Pete Buttigieg campaign on antitrust policy, the Prospect has learned. The attorney, Joseph Vardner, continues to work at Wells Fargo while advising the campaign; emails between members of the advisory group and campaign officials would go to his Wells Fargo email address. (UPDATE: The Buttigieg campaign claims that they did not send information to Vardner's Wells Fargo email.) Buttigieg spokesperson Sean Savett confirmed to the Prospect that Vardner has advised the campaign. “He is one of dozens of volunteer policy advisors on economic issues, none of whom are compensated,” Savett wrote in an email. Savett added that Vardner was not the lead of the antitrust policy team. Emails and phone calls to Vardner have not been returned. Read Full Article »