Government’s Hush-money Payout Master, Kenneth Feinberg, Managing Las Vegas Victims Fund

by Scott Creighton

They are hoping to collect a paltry $15 million dollars for the Las Vegas Victim’s fund to be dispersed to the families of the slain victims and to those injured in it’s aftermath. It’s a small number considering the number of people injured or killed (600+) as compared to previous Victim’s fund totals of the past and the relatively few numbers of those applying for compensation. The Boston Bombing victim’s fund was something like 61 million dollars while the Orlando nightclub shooting fund totaled about 28 million when it was all said and done.

Put in charge of doling out that cash to the victims, once again, is Kenneth Feinberg. That decision was made VERY EARLY ON in the process.

“Distribution of the millions of dollars donated for those injured or killed during the Oct. 1 mass shooting will be overseen by a nationally recognized victim compensation expert who spearheaded the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund.

Clark County announced Tuesday that attorney Kenneth Feinberg has agreed to lead the effort to distribute funds from the Las Vegas Victims’ Fund established by Commission Chairman Steve Sisolak and Sheriff Joe Lombardo” Las Vegas Sun

Kenneth Feinberg has a long history of serving as the paymaster when it comes to such events. Here is a partial list of some of the projects he’s worked on and currently works on.

• Court-Appointed Special Settlement Master in cases including Agent Orange product liability litigation
• one of three arbitrators who determined the fair market value of the Zapruder film
• one of two arbitrators who determined the allocation of legal fees in the Holocaust slave labor litigation
• Special Master of the U.S. government’s September 11th Victim Compensation Fund
• Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund (after Va. Tech shooting)
• Special Master for Executive Compensation (paying banking CEOs for creating the Subprime Mortgage crisis)
• BP oil spill fund
• Penn State settlement
• Aurora victim relief fund
• The Newtown-Sandy Hook Community Foundation
• Terrorism compensation fund
• Archdiocese of New York Independent Reconciliation and Compensation Program
• Pulse nightclub victim’s fund

From the assassination of a president to BP’s pollution of the Gulf to Jerry Sandusky being allowed to diddle little boys at Penn State to the first American Gladio op (Aurora) and all the way up until today, Kenneth Feinberg is the go-to guy when it comes to doling out the hush-money.

It’s a remarkable record especially when you consider the fact that he gets it wrong so many times.

Here’s a story about a couple of brothers who collected over 2 million dollars for their dead aunt who they claim lost her limbs in the Boston Bombing.

A Boston man convicted along with his brother of scamming the Boston Marathon victims’ compensation fund out of more than $2 million using the name of a dead aunt has lost his bid to remain free while he challenges the conviction.

The state’s highest court Monday upheld the decision of a single justice who ruled that Branden Mattier failed to show that the evidence against him was the result of an unlawful arrest and “virtually nonexistent.” Boston CBS

Here’s Kenneth posing for a photo-op with one of the scammers. Kinda makes you wonder who the real scammer is, now doesn’t it? Kid’s in prison. Kenny’s got a new gig.

In Orlando, several recipients of the Pulse nightclub shooting victims’ fund tried to sue to get a peek at the books before Feinberg distributed the cash. They questioned his credibility to no avail.

“In the 46-page complaint, Amador’s attorney questions the credibility of fund administrator Kenneth Feinberg” Orlando Sentinal

And we all know who he was working for when he was in charge of the massive slush-fund put together after the BP oil spill:

But Mr. Feinberg has become the man the Gulf Coast loves to hate. Residents yell at him in meetings, coastal politicians and the news media accuse him of acting in bad faith, and plaintiffs’ lawyers say he is working for BP.

A federal judge has ruled that while Mr. Feinberg’s work may benefit BP, his claims decisions are independent. New York Times

Working for BP as opposed to their victims when it came to their “victims’ fund”. What an interesting concept when you think about Mandalay Bay, MGM Resorts International and the victims’ fund he now oversees.

Feinberg was hated by most of the victims of 9/11. One set up a website called “Fix the Fund” on which he called Kenneth “patronizing, manipulative and at times, even cruel.” Worse things than that were written about him over the years.

Did you know Kenneth Feinberg was a member of the board of overseers of the RAND corporation’s Institute for Civil Justice. He’s been a Trustee at the RAND corporation since 2013.

Wrongful death lawsuits are still being filed against MGM Resorts International and security company Contemporary Services Corp. as we speak and it is unlikely the paltry payout expected as the thousand claimants split the 15 million bucks will persuade the lawyers to give up on that course of action. CSC was handling event security for the festival.

And we all know Sheriff Lombardo and the FBI are doing their best to reshape the official history of the event in order to protect MGM from these lawsuits.