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Duncan Hunter to plead guilty in campaign finance scandal, leave Congress – Los Angeles Times
After years of denials and claims that he was the target of a political witch hunt, Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Alpine) is scheduled to appear in federal court Tuesday morning to plead guilty in a sweeping campaign finance investigation. The announcement was posted on the U.S. District Court docket Monday morning, then …
Opinion | No, We Won’t Just ‘Get Over It’ – The New York Times
We dare not fail this test of our constitutional government. For weeks Donald Trump and his defenders have insisted that his decision to hold up aid to Ukraine was not dependent on that nation investigating Trump’s political opponents in the United States. They all insisted that there was no quid …
Trump Claims ‘Absolute Right’ to Solicit Foreign Collusion
Either Trump gets impeached, or he spends the next year trading American policy for foreign dirt on his rivals. We can now make an educated guess that President Trump probably knew the jig was up when he appeared on the White House lawn Thursday morning and announced that he wants Ukraine and …
Pence: I Participated In Ukraine Plot, But Only as a Patsy
Vice-president goes with stupidity defense because alternative is worse. Vice-President Mike Pence is knee-deep in the Ukraine scandal. He is floating the absurd defense that, while he did participate in Trump’s plan to extort Ukraine into investigating Joe Biden, he was completely ignorant of what he was doing. Although President …
Trump’s Ukraine Scandal Is Hiding in Plain Sight
Trump’s henchmen already confessed their scheme months ago. Now we’re learning how bad it was. Appearing last night on CNN, Rudy Giuliani created a furor by openly confessing that he had pressured Ukraine’s government to investigate Joe Biden. The apparent revelation was enhanced by Giuliani initially denying the charge before …
Trump: I Can’t Be Corrupt Because I’m Losing Money (He Can)
If Trump’s customers are fleeing because they hate him, it makes him more desperate for bribes. Donald Trump refuses to disclose what foreign and domestic sources are paying him during his presidency. But nobody should care, he argues, because he is losing tons of money in the process: ….for the …
Messages may show corruption behind a Slovak journalist’s murder – Bloody texts
Newspapers say texts suggest Jan Kuciak’s killer had high connections The brutal murders of Jan Kuciak, an investigative journalist, and his fiancée in February 2018 quickly turned Slovakia’s politics upside-down. Tens of thousands of Slovaks took to the streets, suspecting the killings were linked to political corruption. “We just thought our …
UN probes corruption in its own agencies in Yemen aid effort
CAIRO (AP) — The United Nations investigators assembled in the departure hall of Sanaa’s airport were preparing to leave with precious evidence: laptops and external drives collected from the staff of the World Health Organization. These computers, they believed, contained proof of corruption and fraud within the U.N. agency’s office …
The Gambling Investigation Scrutinizing Xi Jinping’s High-Rolling Cousin – The New York Times
Ming Chai has been caught up in an Australian scandal examining organized crime, money laundering, immigration favors and Chinese political influence. SYDNEY, Australia — When Australian federal agents searched a private jet with high-stakes gamblers at a coastal resort airport in 2016, they were seeking proof of international money laundering. …
New Documents Raise Ethical and Billing Concerns About the N.R.A.’s Outside Counsel | The New Yorker
In 2018, accountants for the National Rifle Association began cataloguing for its board of directors questionable financial arrangements that had led to millions of dollars in payments to a group of the organization’s top executives and consultants. The N.R.A. was experiencing cash-flow problems, and the accountants were trying to address what …
Kenya’s corruption crackdown: New era, or political theatre? | News | Al Jazeera
Does the international scandal that roiled Kenya this week mark a turning point in the war on corruption? Nairobi, Kenya – A bare piece of land in Kenya’s Rift Valley region, where two hydropower and irrigation dams should be standing. Millions of dollars paid out for projects that still exist only …
