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Partner in firm founded by Romney’s son tied to possible Walmart coverup

By Callum Borchers

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  April 22, 2012

A partner in the private equity firm founded by Mitt Romney’s oldest son and Romney’s chief fund-raiser has been linked to attempts to cover up an alleged bribery scheme by Walmart executives in Mexico. H. Lee Scott Jr., an operating partner at Solamere Capital, helped shut down an internal investigation of rampant bribery in Mexico when he was Walmart’s chief executive in 2005, according to The New York Times.

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