US Rep. George Santos arrested on federal criminal charges
Santos used campaign donations for personal expenses, including luxury designer clothes and to pay off his credit cards, according to the indictment.
By Associated Press - May 10, 2023Santos used campaign donations for personal expenses, including luxury designer clothes and to pay off his credit cards, according to the indictment.
By Associated Press - May 10, 2023A former Congressman that is being charged by federal prosecutors for attempting to help the Venezuelan government under Nicolas Maduro had contact with multiple congressional Republicans and members of the Trump administration.
By Associated Press - December 07, 2022Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX) spent more than $2,300 on membership fees or dues at the private club, Roll Call reported on Monday.
By Kaishi Chhabra - April 27, 2022Andrónico Luksic once rented a $5.5 million home in Washington, D.C., to Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner while his family’s mining company lobbied the Trump administration.
By Oliver Willis - January 28, 2022Vice President Kamala Harris said the fact that she chose Guatemala and Mexico for her first overseas trip was a ‘reflection of the priority President Biden placed on this region.’
By Associated Press - June 07, 2021More than a dozen Trump administration officials have violated the rule by using their positions for political gain.
By Donna Provencher - October 26, 2020The Department of Veterans Affairs declared September ‘Insider Threat Awareness Month.’
By Donna Provencher - October 26, 2020Donald Trump’s tax returns show he wrote off at least $750,000 in potentially illegal ‘consulting’ payments to Ivanka.
By Daniel Boguslaw - September 29, 2020Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance’s office argued that there’s ‘a mountainous record’ of public allegations of misconduct.
By Associated Press - September 25, 2020The Protecting Our Democracy Act seeks to reassert congressional oversight over the Executive branch.
By Amy Lieu - September 23, 2020Trump’s trademark overspending hits the American people where it hurts: their pocketbooks.
By Donna Provencher - September 16, 2020After Trump commuted Rod Blagojevich’s sentence, he will now host a fundraiser celebrating Trump’s renomination.
By Josh Israel - August 17, 2020Hunter pleaded guilty to illegally using campaign funds for personal use.
By Associated Press - March 17, 2020The DEA agent has been accused of sharing sensitive law enforcement information with his co-conspirators.
By Associated Press - February 23, 2020At the same time, Trump is purging people who have fought against corruption in his administration.
By Emily Singer - February 20, 2020Trump has claimed he withheld critical aid to the country over corruption issues, despite his own administration certifying that Ukraine was addressing the issue already.
By Oliver Willis - February 17, 2020Zelensky was reportedly concerned about navigating requests from Giuliani to investigate Trump’s 2020 rival as early as May this year.
By Associated Press - October 23, 2019The donor allegedly got access to high-level government officials thanks to his contributions.
By Associated Press - October 22, 2019‘We would have to take a look,’ is his best answer.
By Josh Israel - October 04, 2019The Office of Special Counsel, an ‘independent agency’ lead by a Trump appointee, found that Lynne Patton violated the Hatch Act, but decided not to punish her for it at all.
By Josh Israel - September 18, 2019McCarthy defended GOP spending at Trump properties on Tuesday.
By Oliver Willis - September 12, 2019The vice president racked up hundreds of thousands in limousine fees alone.
By Oliver Willis - September 11, 2019Pence’s stay at Trump’s hotel in Ireland, meanwhile, has already triggered a congressional investigation.
By Oliver Willis - September 10, 2019Interior Dept. official Joe Balash met with Oil Search multiple times when he was a government employee. Now he’ll work for them as they drill in Alaska.
By Oliver Willis - September 04, 2019Instead of draining the swamp, Trump’s making money off it.
By Oliver Willis - August 20, 2019Rep. Jamie Raskin slammed Trump for using the presidency as ‘a money-making operation.’
By Oliver Willis - August 14, 2019A wealthy Iraqi sheikh spent 26 nights in a suite in Trump’s D.C. hotel after lobbying for action in Iran.
By Emily Singer - June 06, 2019Republicans have allowed Trump’s unprecedented corruption to plague America for 655 days. That could come to an end if Democrats win back the House.
By Oliver Willis - November 06, 2018Despite the massive corruption in the Trump administration, national security adviser John Bolton is complaining that ‘so-called ethics checks’ have gotten ‘excessive.’
By Oliver Willis - November 01, 2018Trump doesn’t want to talk about his swamp.
By Eric Boehlert - August 10, 2018