Fill the swamp: Trump rescinds lobbying ban for his staff at 11th hour
Trump had banned his staff from lobbying for five years after leaving his White House in an effort to ‘drain the swamp.’
By Emily Singer - January 20, 2021Trump had banned his staff from lobbying for five years after leaving his White House in an effort to ‘drain the swamp.’
By Emily Singer - January 20, 2021The Kansas Republican stepped down from three committees on Friday.
By Dan Desai Martin - July 17, 2020Multiple Trump administration officials have resigned in disgrace for abusing taxpayer dollars.
By Emily Singer - May 20, 2020Sen. Kelly Loeffler’s (R-GA) campaign wants you to forgive her stock scandal because she ‘used her personal plane’ to help with coronavirus relief.
By Emily Singer - May 04, 2020Sen. Kelly Loeffler insists she is innocent of any wrongdoing.
By Dan Desai Martin - April 08, 2020Sen. Kelly Loeffler sold off hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of stock in January after being briefed about the spread of the coronavirus outbreak.
By Dan Desai Martin - April 07, 2020Just 22% of North Carolina voters approve of the job Republican Sen. Richard Burr is doing.
By Dan Desai Martin - March 24, 2020Hunter pleaded guilty to illegally using campaign funds for personal use.
By Associated Press - March 17, 2020At the same time, Trump is purging people who have fought against corruption in his administration.
By Emily Singer - February 20, 2020Foreign governments may be personally enriching Donald Trump by staying at the Trump International Hotel, which the Trump Organization runs through a lease from the GSA.
By Dan Desai Martin - January 28, 2020Several current Republican lawmakers also wrote letters defending the character of ex-Rep. Chris Collins (R-NY), who pleaded guilty to federal conspiracy charges.
By Josh Israel - January 08, 2020Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers must repay the U.S. Treasury more than $7,000 for repeated misconduct and misuse of official funds by her staff.
By Dan Desai Martin - December 20, 2019The committee has warned Hunter to stop voting on legislation in light of his recent guilty plea.
By Dan Desai Martin - December 06, 2019Mina Chang inflated her resume before landing a top job at the State Department.
By Dan Desai Martin - November 19, 2019The scandal-plagued Trump Hotel, located blocks from the White House, may soon be up for sale.
By Dan Desai Martin - October 25, 2019At least 268 CBP agents arrested during fiscal year 2018.
By Dan Desai Martin - October 24, 2019Ross is the latest administration official to be caught using unofficial channels to conduct business.
By Dan Desai Martin - October 24, 2019The White House announced next year’s G-7 Summit will take place at Trump National Doral in Florida.
By Dan Desai Martin - October 17, 2019Gordon Sondland shelled out $400,000 on kitchen renovations alone.
By Dan Desai Martin - October 17, 2019Education Secretary Betsy DeVos ignored a court order to stop collecting student loan payments from students defrauded by for-profit colleges.
By Dan Desai Martin - October 08, 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, 2019An investigation into Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ) found reason to believe he received improper gifts and failed to properly report his campaign finances.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 06, 2019Vice President Mike Pence’s trip to Ireland will enrich Trump with taxpayer money.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 03, 2019Trump’s ‘fingerprints are all over’ a plan to pay hush money to his mistresses before the 2016 election, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) said.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 03, 2019Trump may be on vacation, but his unrelenting obsession with spreading lies never takes a break.
By Dan Desai Martin - August 22, 2019Sen. Martha McSally (R-AZ) has paid thousands of dollars after investigators found she didn’t comply with election finance laws.
By Dan Desai Martin - August 21, 2019Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) ‘demonstrated poor judgment’ by making intimidating comments directed at Michael Cohen before his congressional testimony.
By Dan Desai Martin - August 19, 2019A staffer, who as part of her job worked with black lawmakers, was berated and punished.
By Dan Desai Martin - August 16, 2019Trump forced to abandon his support for Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX) as the next director of national intelligence.
By Dan Desai Martin - August 02, 2019Trump political appointees overruled recommendations from career prosecutors, drastically slashing the fines two big banks had to pay.
By Dan Desai Martin - August 02, 2019