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Category: Corruption

Looking for a Presidential Pardon?  Loyalty and Endorsements are Apparently More Important Than Political Corruption

June 3, 2025June 3, 2025
President Donald Trump recently announced pardons to a range of individuals, including convicted drug dealers, fraudsters, and . . .  convicted public officials.  ABC New reports 1 in 5 have political or financial ties to the president.
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With His Corruption Charges Dropped by the Trump DOJ, NYC Mayor Eric Adams Sues NY Campaign Finance Board for Denying Matching Funds

May 29, 2025May 29, 2025
New York City Mayor Eric Adams had his bribery and corruption charges dropped by the U.S. Department of Justice under questionable circumstances in April. Because of those charges, the New York State Campaign Finance Board denied Adams matching campaign funds.  Adams is now suing to get those funds. 
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Meme Coins & 747s: Campaign Finance Reformer Doris “Granny D” Haddock’s Immortal Words on Memorial Day

May 25, 2025May 25, 2025
As the egregious violations of the emoluments clause add up, with unknown millions in dark money contributed during the transition, another $240 million in inaugural donations, and now peddling meme coins and receiving a Boeing 747, I wonder what Granny D would have said.  My guess?  She'd be circling the U.S. Capitol again.
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The Constitution’s Foreign Emoluments Clause was Intended to Stop Bribery and Corruption.  Recently, Not So Much.

May 14, 2025May 14, 2025
This is a timely rebroadcast of a piece we did last November on the emoluments clause.  The numbers quoted are chump change compared with the money being thrown at President Donald Trump by foreign countries right now in bitcoin, sweetheart investments and even a luxury Boeing 747.  What would the framers have said?
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Cockpit Lights Flash Emoluments Clause Danger, as Qatar Government Apparently Gifts $400M 747 to Trump for Air Force One

May 12, 2025May 12, 2025
President Donald Trump appears poised to accept a gift of a $400 million dollar super luxury Boeing 747 from the Qatar royal family for use as Trump’s Air Force One.  The potential gift is raising questions of potential corruption under the Constitution’s Emoluments Clause, and a potential security risk.
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