tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000891.post3266568527214060689..comments2024-02-21T19:56:57.057-08:00Comments on California Stem Cell Report: The Trounson Affair and its Financial FalloutDavid Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00077329461962729362noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000891.post-49980205984144024022014-07-16T15:28:51.828-07:002014-07-16T15:28:51.828-07:00Based on appearances, StemCells, Inc’s denial that...Based on appearances, StemCells, Inc’s denial that anyone on their behalf ever discussed this kind of payback with Trounson hardly seems credible. Weissman and his wife, a top exec at StemCells, Inc, own potentially millions of dollars in company stock that might become worthless without the CIRM windfall. Were Trounson’s fly-fishing junkets with Weissman and his accommodations at Weissman’s Montana ranch connected to Trounson’s handling of appeals for rejected grants from Weissman and his cronies (rejections overturned on $20 million CIRM grants each to StemCells, Inc., to Weissman himself and to Shizuru at Stanford, documented in California Stem Cell Report). Why did Trounson seem to ignore the impropriety of Robert Klein’s (the ex-ICOC chairman) unprecedented access to the ICOC behind closed doors to twist arms on the StemCells, Inc grant)? Is Trounson now simply collecting the rest of a deferred kickback for his past favors to StemCells, Inc and Weissman? How is this different from those kickbacks that sent the former governor of Illinois, Blagojevich, to prison for bribery and corruption, except that more money may be involved in the case of CIRM? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com