Defeat Trump Public date: 16.10.2020 21:22:36

Publisher: Truthout

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28 Sep 2020

Tax Returns Show Trump Looting Treasury to Stave Off His Own Financial Disaster

Donald Trump is using the US Presidency to stave off looming financial disaster, by looting the treasury to plug holes in his sinking ship. This makes him extremely dangerous. If Trump loses the election, he loses access to federal money he uses to hose down his deb.
Donald Trump is using the US Presidency to stave off looming financial disaster, by looting the treasury to plug holes...
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Publisher: Washington Post

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22 Sep 2020

The Pentagon funneled coronavirus relief funds to defense contractors

A $1 billion fund Congress gave the Pentagon in March to build up the country’s supplies of medical equipment has instead been mostly funneled to defense contractors and used to make things such as jet engine parts, body armor and dress uniforms.
A $1 billion fund Congress gave the Pentagon in March to build up the country’s supplies of medical equipment has...
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Publisher: Huffington Post

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7 Apr 2020

Donald Trump Has Stake In Hydroxychloroquine Drugmaker

President Donald Trump reportedly owns a stake in a company that produces hydroxychloroquine, the anti-malaria drug he has repeatedly touted as a coronavirus treatment even though his experts say there’s no strong evidence it works.
President Donald Trump reportedly owns a stake in a company that produces hydroxychloroquine, the anti-malaria drug he...
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Publisher: Washington Post

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29 Mar 2020

Trump takes immediate step to try and limit coronavirus inspector general’s power

Immediately after signing the historic $2 trillion coronavirus aid package, President Trump sought to curb oversight provisions in the bill by asserting presidential authority over a new inspector general’s office. The move could presage a major battle between the White House and Capitol Hill as the Trump administration moves to implement the new law.
Immediately after signing the historic $2 trillion coronavirus aid package, President Trump sought to curb oversight...
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Publisher: Bloomberg

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20 Mar 2020

The Stocks Senators Unloaded Before the Coronavirus Crash

Senator Richard Burr has called for an ethics investigation into himself and three other senators who sold off stock. Burr—a North Carolina Republican who is chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee—sold up to $1.72 million in stock through Feb. 13, shortly before reassuring the public that the government had a handle on the coronavirus response.
Senator Richard Burr has called for an ethics investigation into himself and three other senators who sold off stock....
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Publisher: Washington Post

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17 Mar 2020

DHS Inspector General’s office nearly dormant under Trump as reports and audits plummet

The Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog division has been so weakened under the Trump administration that it is failing to provide basic oversight of the government’s third-largest federal agency, according to whistleblowers and lawmakers from both parties.
The Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog division has been so weakened under the Trump administration...
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Publisher: Huffington Post

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27 Nov 2019

Trump Has Spent $115 Million On Golf Trips ― Or 287 Years Of Presidential Salary

With his Thanksgiving vacation, President Donald Trump’s golf hobby has now cost Americans an estimated $115 million in travel and security expenses ― the equivalent of 287 years of the presidential salary he frequently boasts about not taking.
With his Thanksgiving vacation, President Donald Trump’s golf hobby has now cost Americans an estimated $115 million...
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Publisher: Washington Post

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21 Nov 2019

Secret Service spent quarter of a million dollars at Trump’s properties in first five months of his term, records show

The U.S. Secret Service paid more than $250,000 to President Trump’s private businesses in just the first five months of his presidency - paying Trump’s company an average of nearly $2,000 per day, according to Secret Service records.
The U.S. Secret Service paid more than $250,000 to President Trump’s private businesses in just the first five months...
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Publisher: Vanity Fair

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17 Oct 2019

“There Is Definite Hanky-Panky Going On”: The Fantastically Profitable Mystery of the Trump Chaos Trade

In the last 10 minutes of trading on Friday, August 23, as the markets were roiling in the face of more bad trade news, someone bought 386,000 September e-minis. Three days later, Trump lied about getting a call from China to restart the trade talks, and the S&P 500 index shot up nearly 80 points. The potential profit on the trade was more than $1.5 billion.
In the last 10 minutes of trading on Friday, August 23, as the markets were roiling in the face of more bad trade news,...
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Publisher: The Independent

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21 Jun 2019

How government money follows Trump on presidential visits to his clubs

When Donald Trump finished the first official rally of his re-election campaign this week, he got on Air Force One. But he didn't go home to Washington. Instead, he flew 190 miles in the opposite direction – to visit his own Doral golf resort, outside Miami. It would be his 126th visit to one of his properties since taking office. And this visit – like more than a dozen before it – would bring paying customers, allowing Mr Trump to play a double role.
When Donald Trump finished the first official rally of his re-election campaign this week, he got on Air Force One. But...
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Publisher: The Guardian

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9 Jun 2019

Company part-owned by Jared Kushner got $90m from unknown offshore investors since 2017

A real estate company part-owned by Jared Kushner has received $90m in foreign funding from an opaque offshore vehicle since he entered the White House as a senior adviser to his father-in-law Donald Trump.
A real estate company part-owned by Jared Kushner has received $90m in foreign funding from an opaque offshore vehicle...
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Publisher: Washington Post

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6 Jun 2019

Trump family members promote themselves, and businesses, on European trip

As parties go, it’s hard to top a state dinner with the queen of England, but President Trump’s sons — Donald Jr. and Eric — tried to keep the revelry going during an impromptu pub crawl in Doonbeg, Ireland, where they bought rounds of Guinness for the locals and reveled in the adoration of a village where the Trump family owns property.
As parties go, it’s hard to top a state dinner with the queen of England, but President Trump’s sons — Donald Jr....
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Publisher: The Guardian

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29 May 2019

Bannon described Trump Organization as ‘criminal enterprise’, Michael Wolff book claims

The former White House adviser Steve Bannon has described the Trump Organization as a criminal entity and predicted that investigations into the president’s finances will lead to his political downfall, when he is revealed to be “not the billionaire he said he was, just another scumbag”.
The former White House adviser Steve Bannon has described the Trump Organization as a criminal entity and predicted that...
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Publisher: Forbes

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29 May 2019

The Department Of Education Has Spent $1 Billion On Charter School Waste And Fraud

In many cases, CSP awarded grants to schools that never even opened, or closed soon after opening. In 2015, Innovative Schools Development Corporation pulled in a three-year federal grant for $609,000 to open a STEM school.
In many cases, CSP awarded grants to schools that never even opened, or closed soon after opening. In 2015, Innovative...
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Publisher: CNBC

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28 May 2019

Transportation Secretary Chao reportedly retained construction co. stake she pledged to divest

Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao has held onto her shares of Vulcan Materials, a construction company she promised to divest from more than a year ago, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao has held onto her shares of Vulcan Materials, a construction company she promised...
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Publisher: Bloomberg

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23 May 2019

Kushner Cos. Gets $800 Million Federally Backed Apartment Loan

Kushner Cos., the real estate firm owned by the family of President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, has received about $800 million in federally backed debt to buy apartments in Maryland and Virginia -- the company’s biggest purchase in a decade.
Kushner Cos., the real estate firm owned by the family of President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, has...
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Publisher: Hill Reporter

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29 Mar 2019

Bombshell New Allegations: Kushner Appears to be Extorting Qatari Government

Vicky Ward an investigative journalist and author of the new book Kushner Inc. has been investigating ties that Kushner has had with the Saudis, Emiratis and Qataris, and has come across new information that appears to imply that the president’s son-in-law may be extorting the nation of Qatar.
Vicky Ward an investigative journalist and author of the new book Kushner Inc. has been investigating ties that Kushner...
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Publisher: Miami Herald

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22 Mar 2019

Who paid for Chinese execs’ $50K photos with Trump?

Two guests of Cindy Yang didn’t pay for their own photos, priced at $50,000 each, with President Trump at a December 2017 RNC event. Selling tickets to campaign fundraisers without disclosing the buyer to the Federal Election Commission is illegal.
Two guests of Cindy Yang didn’t pay for their own photos, priced at $50,000 each, with President Trump at a December...
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Publisher: Politicaldig

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20 Jan 2019

China Grants Ivanka Trump 5 More Trademarks Ahead Of Trade Negotiations

China has granted Ivanka Trump’s company preliminary approval for another five trademarks this month, as her father’s administration pushes ahead on trade negotiations with China, Time Magazine reported Monday.
China has granted Ivanka Trump’s company preliminary approval for another five trademarks this month, as her...
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Publisher: NYTimes

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18 Dec 2018

Trump Foundation to Close Amid Lawsuit Accusing It of ‘Willful Self-Dealing’

The Donald J. Trump Foundation will close and give away all its remaining funds under judicial supervision amid a lawsuit accusing the charity and the Trump family of using it illegally for self-dealing and political gain, the New York attorney general’s office announced Tuesday.
The Donald J. Trump Foundation will close and give away all its remaining funds under judicial supervision amid a...
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Publisher: Talking Points Memo

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13 Dec 2018

Feds Open Criminal Investigation Into Trump Inauguration Committee

Trump’s inaugural committee is under criminal investigation by federal prosecutors from the Southern District of New York over whether donors handed over cash in exchange for access to government officials and into whether funds were misallocated, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Trump’s inaugural committee is under criminal investigation by federal prosecutors from the Southern District of New...
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Publisher: The Guardian

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7 Nov 2018

Trump’s acting attorney general was part of firm US accused of vast scam

Donald Trump’s new acting attorney general was part of a company accused by the US government of running a multimillion-dollar scam.Matthew Whitaker was paid to sit on the advisory board of World Patent Marketing, which was ordered in May this year to pay a $26m settlement following legal action by federal authorities, which said it tricked aspiring inventors.
Donald Trump’s new acting attorney general was part of a company accused by the US government of running a...
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Publisher: NYTimes

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2 Oct 2018

Trump Engaged in Suspect Tax Schemes as He Reaped Riches From His Father

President Trump participated in dubious tax schemes during the 1990s, including instances of outright fraud, that greatly increased the fortune he received from his parents, an investigation by The New York Times has found. Mr. Trump won the presidency proclaiming himself a self-made billionaire, and he has long insisted that his father, the legendary New York City builder Fred C. Trump, provided almost no financial help.
President Trump participated in dubious tax schemes during the 1990s, including instances of outright fraud, that...
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Publisher: NYTimes

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31 Aug 2018

Lobbyist Sam Patten Pleads Guilty to Steering Foreign Funds to Trump Inaugural

An American lobbyist on Friday admitted brokering access to President Trump’s inauguration for a pro-Russian Ukrainian oligarch in a scheme that highlighted the rush by foreign interests to influence the new administration.
An American lobbyist on Friday admitted brokering access to President Trump’s inauguration for a pro-Russian Ukrainian...
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Publisher: ThinkProgress

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20 Aug 2018

Zinke caught red-handed trying to sell off public lands

Environmental groups caught the Department of the Interior trying to sell off part of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah, despite a pledge by Secretary Ryan Zinke never to put public lands up for sale After massive backlash from environmental groups and the public, the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) late Friday canceled all plans to sell off the land.
Environmental groups caught the Department of the Interior trying to sell off part of the Grand Staircase-Escalante...
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Publisher: NYTimes

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25 Jul 2018

Emoluments Lawsuit, Accusing Trump of Violating Constitution, Clears a Hurdle

A lawsuit accusing President Trump of violating the Constitution by maintaining a financial interest in his company’s Washington hotel cleared a critical hurdle on Wednesday when a federal judge allowed the case to move forward.The plaintiffs in the lawsuit, the District of Columbia and the State of Maryland, say that Mr. Trump’s profits from the Trump International Hotel, just blocks from the White House, violate anti-corruption clauses in the Constitution and take business from local convention centers and hotels.
A lawsuit accusing President Trump of violating the Constitution by maintaining a financial interest in his company’s...
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Publisher: The Intercept

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20 Jun 2018

EPA Head Scott Pruitt’s Latest Expenses Show Total $4.6 Million Spent on Security

SCANDAL-PLAGUED ENVIRONMENTAL Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has now spent more than $4.6 million from public coffers on security, according to documents obtained by The Intercept and Documented under the Freedom of Information Act.
SCANDAL-PLAGUED ENVIRONMENTAL Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has now spent more than $4.6 million from...
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Publisher: Entorno Inteligente

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19 Jun 2018

Buyers tied to Russia, Soviet republics made 86 all cash sales

Buyers connected to Russia or former Soviet republics made 86 all cash sales — totaling of nearly $109 million — at 10 Trump-branded properties in South Florida and New York City, which raises red flags for federal officials looking into money laundering
Buyers connected to Russia or former Soviet republics made 86 all cash sales — totaling of nearly $109 million — at...
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Publisher: NYTimes

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14 Jun 2018

N.Y. Attorney General Sues Trump Foundation After 2-Year Investigation

The New York State attorney general’s office filed a scathingly worded lawsuit on Thursday taking aim at the Donald J. Trump Foundation, accusing the charity and the Trump family of sweeping violations of campaign finance laws, self-dealing and illegal coordination with the presidential campaign.
The New York State attorney general’s office filed a scathingly worded lawsuit on Thursday taking aim at the Donald J....
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Publisher: NY Magazine

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15 May 2018

The Michael Cohen Bribery Scandal Is Now a Trump Bribery Scandal

Last night, the Daily Mail reported a development in the Michael Cohen saga of seismic scale. In a December 2016 meeting in Trump Tower, the British tabloid reports, Cohen asked Ahmed Al-Rumaihi, who runs a $100 billion Qatari investment fund, to send him “millions” which, the story claims, would go “through him to Trump family members.”
Last night, the Daily Mail reported a development in the Michael Cohen saga of seismic scale. In a December 2016 meeting...
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Publisher: ThinkProgress

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6 Apr 2018

Ivanka Trump’s clothing company will be spared from tariffs, thanks to her dad

The steel and aluminum industries in China will soon be slapped with tariffs up to $50 billion by President Donald Trump. Exempt from the proposed tariffs against China, however, is the clothing manufacturing industry.
The steel and aluminum industries in China will soon be slapped with tariffs up to $50 billion by President Donald...
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Publisher: NYTimes

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25 Mar 2018

Fund-Raiser Held Out Access to Trump as a Prize for Prospective Clients

For Elliott Broidy, Donald J. Trump’s presidential campaign represented an unparalleled political and business opportunity. An investor and defense contractor, Mr. Broidy became a top fund-raiser for Mr. Trump’s campaign when most elite Republican donors were keeping their distance, and Mr. Trump in turn overlooked the lingering whiff of scandal from Mr. Broidy’s 2009 guilty plea in a pension fund bribery case.
For Elliott Broidy, Donald J. Trump’s presidential campaign represented an unparalleled political and business...
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Publisher: Business Insider

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18 Mar 2018

Kushner Cos. faked paperwork about NYC properties in order to profit

An AP investigation found Jared Kushner's firm repeatedly lied about the number of tenants in its building who were living under rent controlled housing. The Kushner Cos. routinely filed false paperwork with the city declaring it had zero rent-regulated tenants in dozens of buildings it owned across the city when, in fact, it had hundreds.
An AP investigation found Jared Kushner's firm repeatedly lied about the number of tenants in its building who were...
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Publisher: New York Post

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17 Mar 2018

How McConnell and Chao used political power to make their family rich

As Schweizer tells it, the Chao family fortune derives from the Foremost Group, a shipping company that Chinese native James Chao, a classmate of former Chinese president Jiang Zemin at Jiao Tong University, founded in New York in 1964.
As Schweizer tells it, the Chao family fortune derives from the Foremost Group, a shipping company that Chinese native...
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Publisher: NYTimes

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15 Mar 2018

Mueller Subpoenas Trump Organization, Demanding Documents About Russia

The special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, has subpoenaed the Trump Organization in recent weeks to turn over documents, including some related to Russia, according to two people briefed on the matter. The order is the first known instance of the special counsel demanding records directly related to President Trump’s businesses, bringing the investigation closer to the president.
The special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, has subpoenaed the Trump Organization in recent weeks to turn over...
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Publisher: ThinkProgress

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18 Nov 2017

Ivanka’s signature real estate deals were disasters linked to drug cartels and money laundering

The project in Azerbaijan has been tied to allegations of money laundering from the Azeri dictatorship and those close to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard; the project in Panama has been tied to allegations of money laundering from South American drug cartels.
The project in Azerbaijan has been tied to allegations of money laundering from the Azeri dictatorship and those close...
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Publisher: Newsweek

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18 Nov 2017

Trump Made Millions of Dollars From Drug Money Laundering in Panama

President Donald Trump made tens of millions of dollars in profits by allowing Colombian drug cartels and other groups to launder money through a Trump-affiliated hotel in Panama, according to a new investigation by the organization Global Witness.
President Donald Trump made tens of millions of dollars in profits by allowing Colombian drug cartels and other groups...
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Publisher: The Guardian

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5 Nov 2017

Trump commerce secretary’s business links with Putin family laid out in leaked files

Donald Trump’s commerce secretary, Wilbur Ross, is doing business with Vladimir Putin’s son-in-law through a shipping venture in Russia. Leaked documents and public filings show Ross holds a stake in a shipping company, Navigator, through a chain of offshore investments.
Donald Trump’s commerce secretary, Wilbur Ross, is doing business with Vladimir Putin’s son-in-law through a...
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Publisher: Dallas News

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6 Aug 2017

Tangled web connects Russian oligarch money to GOP campaigns

Party loyalty is often cited as the reason that GOP leaders have not been more outspoken in their criticism of President Donald Trump. But perhaps it's because they have their own links to the Russian oligarchy that they would prefer go unnoticed.
Party loyalty is often cited as the reason that GOP leaders have not been more outspoken in their criticism of President...
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Publisher: The Hill

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19 Jul 2017

Trump warns Mueller against investigating his family’s finances beyond Russia probe

President Trump warned special counsel Robert Mueller from investigating his family’s finances beyond the scope of the probe into ties between his administration and Russia in an interview with The New York Times on Wednesday. “I think that’s a violation. Look, this is about Russia,” Trump told The Times.
President Trump warned special counsel Robert Mueller from investigating his family’s finances beyond the scope of the...
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Publisher: Washington Post

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12 Jun 2017

D.C. and Maryland to sue President Trump, alleging breach of constitutional oath

Attorneys general for the District of Columbia and the state of Maryland say they will sue President Trump on Monday, alleging that he has violated anti-corruption clauses in the Constitution by accepting millions in payments and benefits from foreign governments since moving into the White House.
Attorneys general for the District of Columbia and the state of Maryland say they will sue President Trump on Monday,...
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Publisher: Forbes

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6 Jun 2017

How Donald Trump Shifted Kids-Cancer Charity Money Into His Business

Donald Trump is one of the least charitable billionaires in the world. Eric Trump is far more altruistic. In a clash of values, the president directed hundreds of thousands of dollars from his son's kids-with-cancer foundation into his company coffers.
Donald Trump is one of the least charitable billionaires in the world. Eric Trump is far more altruistic. In a clash of...
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