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Nobody Knows What Happened to the Mega Donations for Trump's Presidential Library
Presidential libraries have long carried the potential for corruption, allowing former presidents to solicit vast donations with no transparency.
 • Executive Watch
DOGE Bro Who Stole Our Social Security Data to Illegally Transfer it to His Company Said He Expected a Presidential Pardon
When DOGE went rampaging through the federal bureaucracy, one of the first things it did—on its way to not actually cutting government spending—was to…
 • Executive Watch
The Labor Secretary Is Mired in Scandal and Corruption, Just Like Her Boss
Donald Trump has set the precedent that public office is a perk to be used for personal gain, and this permeates his entire administration.
 • Executive Watch
Kash Patel Uses FBI Jet for Olympic Luxury Tourist Trip
If Donald Trump thinks he is our king, his courtiers think they are royalty, entitled to a luxury lifestyle funded by the government.
 • Executive Watch
Naming Buildings After Trump Is Not Only About Self-Aggrandizement But Also Self-Enrichment
There is a reason we don’t usually name things after presidents while they are still in office, or even while they are still alive.
 • Executive Watch
Trump's Military Commanders Order Troops to Buy Tickets to Melania Documentary That Pays Her $28 Million
Jeff Bezos spending $75 million on a documentary about Donald Trump’s wife, from which she will personally pocket an estimated $28 million, is an…
 • Executive Watch
Days Before Inauguration, the Trump Family Secretly Secured $500 Million From UAE Royal Family for Its New Crypto Venture In Exchange for…
Donald Trump’s second term is remarkable for the extent to which he ignores all ethics rules and intertwines political and foreign policy decisions with…
 • Executive Watch
Trump Sues the IRS for $10 Billion Over Tax Return Leak and His Own Agency Will Now Decide Whether to Pay Up or Fight Him
Last year, Donald Trump filed a bogus lawsuit against the federal government demanding hundreds of millions of dollars—a suit to be settled by DOJ…
 • Executive Watch
The Wall Street Journal Finds That $1 Million Is the Going Rate for Crooks to Obtain Fast-Track Pardons From Trump
Trump’s signature abuse of executive power is the way he has issued pardons. The Constitution gives the president a very broad power to grant clemency…
 • Executive Watch
Trump's Pardons of White Collar Criminals Deprives Their Victims of Just Compensation While Filling His Pockets
Pardons for those who have been convicted of crimes may be justified if they have reformed—and paid restitution to their victims.
 • Executive Watch
Trump Is Making Deals With Russia to Ensure That His Family and Cronies Profit Big After the Ukraine War Ends
The president is supposed to set U.S.
 • Robert Tracinski
Trump Crony Is Robbing the Kennedy Center to Pay Other Cronies, Senate Democrats Accuse
You know the president is attempting to politicize civil society when you have to read Playbill and OperaWire to keep up with the latest political news.
 • Robert Tracinski
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