John Podesta is a major player in D.C., founder of the leftist Center for American Progress, currently on the White House staff, and preparing to join the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign in a top role.  That’s why an ethics scandal would be a very big deal for him and for the forces of the left.  And on the surface, it looks like he may have violated the law and President Obama’s self-proclaimed policies.  Richard Pollock of the Daily Caller writes: In 2013, John Podesta was paid $87,000 by a shadowy foreign billionaire whose passion is preventing energy exploration on American land. Just two years later, Podesta is a member of President Obama’s inner circle, and the driving force inside the White House to block 12 million acres of land in Alaska’s Artic National Wildlife Refuge from oil drilling. The circumstances suggest Podesta may have run afoul of Obama’s highly-touted ethics pledge, which...(Read Full Post)