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Trump has amassed staggering wealth in ‘most openly corrupt’ presidency

Ethics experts and Democrats express alarm as Trump uses office to grow his personal fortune to ‘unprecedented’ level

The Guardian - US · Aug 13

FCC received Paramount gifts before deal

Ethics experts say that by accepting the gifts, FCC commissioners are compromising the agency’s impartiality

Salon · Jul 16

Trump fights to save Alina Habba in latest showdown with the courts

IN FOCUS: New Jersey judges picked their own nominee to replace Trump’s personal attorney as the state’s top prosecutor. Then Pam Bondi fired her, sparking the most direct attack on the judiciary yet, Alex Woodward reports

The Independent UK · Jul 24, 2025

"Egregious" Kushner deal faces probe

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden is investigating Saudi support for Jared Kushner's private equity firm

Salon · Jun 12, 2024

Top US ethics watchdog investigating Trump over dinner with oil bosses

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington ‘taking very serious look’ at whether Mar-a-Lago meeting justifies legal action

The Guardian - US · May 15, 2024

Pat Toomey's post-Senate jobs are renewing calls to close Washington's revolving door

WASHINGTON — A few weeks before he left the U.S. Senate in January, Pat Toomey helped block the Enablers Act, a bipartisan proposal designed to curtail corruption and money laundering.

Tribune News Service · Jul 3, 2023

Expert: Trump's Oman deal poses "threat"

This "gives him an opportunity to line his pocket with millions of dollars in foreign income," expert warns

Salon · Jun 21, 2023

Samuel Alito did not declare gifts from billionaire with case before US supreme court

Rightwing justice accepted private plane trip to Alaska for luxury fishing trip hosted by Paul Singer in latest gifts scandal

The Guardian - US · Jun 21, 2023

SCOTUS review case involving Thomas' pal

"It would be supremely naive" to think Crow didn't have stake in a case before the court, watchdog says

Salon · Apr 25, 2023

Calls to impeach Thomas over $133K deal

"Harlan Crow is not, as Thomas claims, his 'dearest friend' so much as his corrupt benefactor," critic says

Salon · Apr 14, 2023