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Senior White House Adviser and Trump Pal Peter Navarro Pressured the Pentagon Into a $620 Million Contract With a Firm Linked to Donald…
In yet another instance of self-dealing corruption by this administration, the Pentagon has issued a $620 million loan to Vulcan Elements, a rare-earth…
 • Executive Watch
Trump Settles His Own Lawsuit Against His Own IRS by Creating a $1.776 Billion Slush Fund for Political Allies and Blanket Immunity for…
Earlier this year, Donald Trump sued the IRS and Treasury Department over the actions of a former IRS contractor, who illegally disclosed Trump’s tax…
 • Executive Watch
Trump Routinely Buys Stock in Companies Days Before His Administration Approves Lucrative Decisions for Them
Donald Trump purchased stock in Nvidia and AMD just days before his own administration approved lucrative chip deals that sent both companies…
 • Executive Watch
Trump Seeks New 'Investments' in His Crypto Memecoin Fund by Selling Access to Himself Even as Previous 'Investors' Lose Money
Nearly a year ago, Donald Trump held one of the most flagrantly corrupt events of his administration—and that’s saying something.
 • Executive Watch
Trump Sues His Own IRS for $10 Billion for Leaking His Tax Returns That He Should Have Himself Disclosed
Donald Trump has filed multiple personal lawsuits against the U.S.
 • Executive Watch
A Crony Is Selling Meetings to Businessmen With Trump In Exchange for $500,000 to MAGA PACs and Backing His Offer With Threats
No administration in history has ever sold influence for cash so openly, so blatantly, and at such a scale as this one.
 • Executive Watch
The White House Let Kristi Noem's Corruption Slide For Over a Year Before Allowing an Investigation
One of the hallmarks of the Trump administration is its open and spectacular political corruption—often conducted under protection from the very top.
 • Executive Watch
Trump Helps His Crony to Loot Taxpayers By Requiring DOJ Loyalists to Hand Over Millions to Settle a Bogus Lawsuit
Donald Trump’s most direct attempt to loot the federal Treasury is to file a lawsuit against the U.S.
 • Executive Watch
Administration Insiders Might Be Illegally Making Billions on Massive Iran War Insider Trading Without Fear of Being Investigated
It has long been speculated that Trump insiders are using advance knowledge of his chaotic decisions to make huge amounts of money from stock market…
 • Executive Watch
Prediction Markets Getting Flooded with Accounts Making Money Off Iran War Raise Concerns About Corrupt Betting by Trump Insiders
Alongside cryptocurrency, the Trump administration has championed online “prediction markets,” a kind of legalized gambling that gives scope for corrupt…
 • Executive Watch
Kristi Noem's Unofficial Chief of Staff and Rumored Lover Corey Lewandowski Is Accused of Soliciting Bribes In Exchange for DHS Contracts
Kristi Noem may be on her way out at the Department of Homeland Security, but her tenure has shown us the vast corruption that is tolerated and…
 • Executive Watch
Trump Hands a No-Bid Contract to the Company That Planned the Jan. 6 Rally
The purpose of political corruption is not just for political insiders to cash in.
 • Executive Watch
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