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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent

World Bank staff were told to give special treatment to son of Trump official

David Malpass speaks after Donald Trump announced his candidacy to lead the World Bank in February 2019.
David Malpass speaks after Donald Trump announced his candidacy to lead the World Bank in February 2019. Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

World Bank staff were apparently told to give preferential treatment to the son of a high-ranking Trump administration official after the US Treasury threw its support behind a $13bn (£10bn) funding increase for the organisation, a leaked recording suggests.

Shared with the Guardian by a whistleblower, the recording of a 2018 staff meeting suggests colleagues were encouraged by a senior manager to curry favour with the son of David Malpass, who is now president of the World Bank but at the time was serving in the US Treasury under Donald Trump.

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