Posted on Nov 23, 2023
Republican Senate candidate’s family egg company caught in price-fixing plot
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“Several food giants claimed that Rose Acre Farms – which John Rust chaired until recently – unlawfully fixed the prices of eggs”
Republican Senate candidate’s family egg company caught in price-fixing plot
Posted from theguardian.com
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Posted 6 mo ago
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LTC Eugene Chu another crooked Republican...
"The family farming company of a Republican candidate for the US Senate was found liable on Tuesday in a plot to fix the price of eggs.
Rose Acre Farms, which claims to be the second-largest egg producer in the country and until September was chaired by John Rust – now running as a Senate candidate for Indiana – was accused in a civil suit of cutting supply to raise prices.
Food giants including Kraft, Kellog, General Mills and Nestle filed the suit in Illinois federal court, arguing that between 1999 and 2008 Rose Acre and other producers – Cal-Maine Foods, United Egg Producers and United States Egg Marketers – “unlawfully agreed to and did engage in a conspiracy to control supply and artificially maintain and increase the price of eggs”.
Jurors agreed, finding that the egg suppliers had exported eggs to cut supply in the US market, as well as limiting the number of hens, reducing flocks and killing chickens earlier than they usually did.
The food giants argued that, as companies which buy eggs, these moves hurt them by artificially driving up their costs.
The court will consider damages starting on 29 November.
Rust chaired the board of Rose Acre until September of this year, when his brother took over. His candidacy for Senate has met setbacks: his opponent, Congressman Jim Banks, was endorsed by the Indiana Republican party and, perhaps more important for GOP candidates, by ex-president Donald Trump."...
"The family farming company of a Republican candidate for the US Senate was found liable on Tuesday in a plot to fix the price of eggs.
Rose Acre Farms, which claims to be the second-largest egg producer in the country and until September was chaired by John Rust – now running as a Senate candidate for Indiana – was accused in a civil suit of cutting supply to raise prices.
Food giants including Kraft, Kellog, General Mills and Nestle filed the suit in Illinois federal court, arguing that between 1999 and 2008 Rose Acre and other producers – Cal-Maine Foods, United Egg Producers and United States Egg Marketers – “unlawfully agreed to and did engage in a conspiracy to control supply and artificially maintain and increase the price of eggs”.
Jurors agreed, finding that the egg suppliers had exported eggs to cut supply in the US market, as well as limiting the number of hens, reducing flocks and killing chickens earlier than they usually did.
The food giants argued that, as companies which buy eggs, these moves hurt them by artificially driving up their costs.
The court will consider damages starting on 29 November.
Rust chaired the board of Rose Acre until September of this year, when his brother took over. His candidacy for Senate has met setbacks: his opponent, Congressman Jim Banks, was endorsed by the Indiana Republican party and, perhaps more important for GOP candidates, by ex-president Donald Trump."...
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Hey Sgt lee, how come your cut and paste didn't include this....
"Rust is also suing Indiana over a statute that could bar him from appearing on the ballot, as it stipulates that candidates must vote in two primaries for the party with which they’re affiliated, or else have their candidacy approved by a county party chair. Rust did cast his ballot as a Republican during the 2016 primary, but voted in Democratic primaries from 2006 and 2012"
Doesn't really fit your narrative does it.
https://indianacapitalchronicle.com/2023/10/19/judge-to-consider-u-s-senate-candidate-john-rusts-plea-to-suspend-indiana-election-law/
"Rust is also suing Indiana over a statute that could bar him from appearing on the ballot, as it stipulates that candidates must vote in two primaries for the party with which they’re affiliated, or else have their candidacy approved by a county party chair. Rust did cast his ballot as a Republican during the 2016 primary, but voted in Democratic primaries from 2006 and 2012"
Doesn't really fit your narrative does it.
https://indianacapitalchronicle.com/2023/10/19/judge-to-consider-u-s-senate-candidate-john-rusts-plea-to-suspend-indiana-election-law/
Judge to consider U.S. Senate candidate John Rust's plea to suspend Indiana election law -...
A judge will hear arguments over whether to suspend an Indiana law that Rust says precludes him, unfairly, from appearing on the May ballot.
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LTC (Join to see)
Just like with president trump being prosecuted and president biden not being prosecuted for having classified information, I've bet you this candidate will be sentenced to the maximum penalty Simply because he's Republican.
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Maj John Bell
LTC (Join to see) - If being a Republican was a crime, the case against Rust would be pretty thin. There's more evidence that he's a democrat, with political ambitions, who knows a democrat won't win the senate seat in 2024.
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