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Date: Mon, 16 May 2016 13:58:18 -0700

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By RUDY TAKALA<http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/author/rudy-takala> (@RUDYTAKALA<http://twitter.com/RudyTakala>) * 5/16/16 4:11 PM

An electric car company linked to associates of Hillary Clinton has failed to follow through on the terms of an agreement it entered in order to receive taxpayer dollars, according to a Mississippi official.

The charge is the latest black eye for a company that has faced years of scrutiny stemming from the involvement of Clinton's brother, Hugh Rodham, and Democratic Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe.

Officials say Mississippi-based GreenTech failed to hire the 350 employees it promised, though the exact shortfall is unknown. "The company has started production, but has yet to reach the job threshold," Mississippi Development Authority spokesman Jeff Rentwrote<http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/business/article77490072.html> in an email to the Associated Press. "The state is working with the company to best protect the state's investment and to keep Mississippians employed at the facility working in Tunica."

In addition to the employment target, the company also committed to manufacturing 250,000 cars annually, and an overall investment of $2 billion in the state. Mississippi has provided a direct loan of $3 million to the company as a result of the agreement, and a loan of $1.9 million to Tunica County to buy property related to the project. GreenTech has also received several tax breaks, including a 10-year exemption from state income and franchise taxes, and an exemption from sales taxes on initial equipment investments.

GreenTech's first debt payment is due to the state on June 30. Rent said the company last requested a renegotiation of its contract in 2014.

Another company run by Clinton's brother, Gulf Coast Funds Management LLC, assisted with GreenTech's initial funding by targeting Chinese nationals for EB-5 visa investments. The EB-5 program allows entrepreneurs to apply for U.S. residency in the event that they "plan to create or preserve 10 permanent full-time jobs for qualified U.S. workers." The two companies also happen to share office space in McLean, Va.

McAuliffe, who took credit for founding GreenTech in 2009, resigned as the company's chairman in 2012, though not before tainting a high-level Homeland Security official. After meeting with McAuliffe in 2011, Deputy DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas allegedly worked outside of normal channels to help the company bypass obstacles in the EB-5 investment process.

The department's inspector general rebuked Mayorkas for the activity in early 2015, saying that he had created "an appearance of favoritism and special access."

Lauren Hendricks