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Police report reveals striking details about Biden nom Saule Omarova's 'retail theft' arrest
Fox News ^ | 11/17/2021 | Houston Keene
A police report from 1995 reveals new striking details about President Biden’s nominee to be comptroller of the currency's "retail theft" arrest.(snip)
Omarova, who was 28 years old at the time, was arrested in 1995 for "retail theft" from a T.J. Maxx store in Madison, Wisconsin. The police report, filed by a T.J. Maxx security agent, says she stole $214 worth of merchandise before being caught.
The report says that she stole four pairs of shoes, two bottles of cologne, two belts and socks from the store when she was apprehended.
The T.J. Maxx security agent on duty told police that he saw Omarova take the items by placing them into a large purse and covering them with other clothing items to obscure the stolen items.
The security agent attested that Omarova paid for several items at the jewelry counter but "made no attempt to pay for the items concealed in her purse" and confronted her after she left the store with the stolen items.
Omarova "immediately requested the opportunity to pay for the items" and was "cooperative" as the security agent said he would "sign a complaint" about the items being taken "without his consent."
The responding police officer read Omarova her rights, which she "waived," according to the police report, and then "admitted to have stolen the items."
"It should be noted that I advised Omarova she was under arrest prior to having read her rights," the officer wrote.
The nonprofit American Accountability Foundation published the police report on Twitter.
(snip) the White House defended Omarova's nomination in a previous statement to Fox News on Tuesday, saying the nominee has been "fully transparent" about the incident throughout her career, which was a "result of a misunderstanding and confusing situation."
"The White House strongly supports this historic nomination,"
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