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Political Corruption (Executive Watch)

Trump Strong-Arms FIFA to Overturn a Red Card Suspension Against an American Player in the World Cup
There’s nothing wrong with wanting a bad call fixed.
 • Executive Watch
Trump Puts His Signature on the $100 Bill, Breaking 165 Years of Precedent
Trump’s name and face already adorn national park passes, U.S.
 • Executive Watch
Trump Pardons a Major Republican Donor Along With Nine Clean Air Act Violators
Donald Trump, the pardoner-in-chief who has abused this presidential power incessantly since returning to office, just handed out a fresh batch of…
 • Executive Watch
Trump Is Pitifully Lying About Crowd Size Again, This Time About His ‘Great American State Fair’
Donald Trump has always been obsessed with the size of his crowds, and his attempts to turn America’s 250th birthday into a celebration of himself and…
 • Executive Watch
Trump Is Snatching Money From America’s National Parks to Pay for His White House Vanity Projects
Donald Trump has made a lot of promises about his D.C.-area construction projects—about their quality, about how much they’ll cost, and about who’s…
 • Executive Watch
Trump Rebrands the Nation's 250th Birthday as a 'TRUMP RALLY'
The Fourth of July marking 250 years of American independence is, by design, a nonpartisan civic occasion—a celebration of the country, not of whoever…
 • Executive Watch
Trump Turns White House into Staging Area for UFC Fight
For his 80th birthday, Trump combined his two favorite things—celebrating himself and gaudy spectacles—in a UFC event on the White House lawn.
 • Executive Watch
Trump Asks His Congressional Lackeys for Symbolic Expungement of His Two Impeachments
Donald Trump continues his efforts—including handing out pardons and removing documents from the DOJ website—to rewrite the history of his first term.
 • Executive Watch
Trump Issues Yet Another Pardon, This Time to Former Republican Rep Convicted of Insider Trading
President Trump’s abuse of the pardon power is continuing, with the latest pardon going to a former Indiana congressman found guilty of insider trading.
 • Executive Watch
Trump Is Trying to Discredit California’s Primary Results Without a Shred of Evidence Because Some Republicans Might Not Make it Into the…
Donald Trump’s obsession with election conspiracy theories has found a new target: California’s primaries.
 • Executive Watch
In its Bid to Rewrite the History of the Capitol Attack, Trump’s DOJ Erases Thousands of Pages of Jan. 6 Materials from Its Website
For this president, rewriting the history of the Jan.
 • Executive Watch
DOJ Drops Federal Fraud Charges Against Indian Billionaire After He Hires Trump’s Lawyer and Pledges $10 Billion Investment
Gautam Adani, one of the world’s wealthiest men, was indicted by federal prosecutors for orchestrating a massive $265 million bribery scheme to secure…
 • Executive Watch
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