Fri, Aug 22, 2025:
Trump doesn’t have to pay half a billion dollars for business fraud – WP
Wed, Aug 13, 2025:
Bessent Has Yet to Fully Divest Assets, Raising Concern at Ethics Agency. The Treasury secretary has been slow to shed assets, including farmland, posing potential conflicts of interest. – NYT
Fri, Aug 8, 2025:
America’s CEOs come to the White House bearing gifts and flattery. Tech industry CEOs have lavished gifts, flattery and attention on President Trump. The administration has rolled out industry-friendly policies. – WP
Thurs, July 17, 2025:
Over 1 in 5 high-level Trump picks held crypto, Post analysis finds. The unprecedented level of digital assets highlights an enormous reversal of fortune for the cryptocurrency industry. – WP
Mon, July 14, 2025:
He Helped Big Companies Dodge Taxes. Now He’s Writing the Rules. Ken Kies, a longtime tax lobbyist who worked for some of the world’s largest businesses, is now running the Treasury Department’s office that will administer Trump’s tax law. – NYT
Wed, July 2, 2025:
Trump’s $620 Million of Quick Crypto Riches Reshapes His Fortune – Bloomberg
Tues, June 17, 2025:
Profiting from the Presidency: Trump Family Launches Branded Mobile Phone Service in US
Fri, May 30, 2025:
Power & Profit, Washington Week’s review of Donald Trump’s corruption – PBS/The Atlantic
Fri, May 23, 2025:
Presidency for Sale: guest list and social media posts identifying who was invited to President Trump’s private event for customers of his cryptocurrency business on Thursday – NYT
Wed, May 21, 2025: Pentagon takes possession of Qatari luxury jet sought by Trump for use as Air Force One — in blatant violation of Article I, Section 9 of the Constitution which provides that “No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States: and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state.”
Wed, May 14, 2025:
Unpacking Trump’s many potential conflicts of interest – WP
Mon, May 12, 2025:
Auction to Dine With Trump Creates Foreign Influence Opportunity – NYT
Thurs, April 24, 2025:
Selling presidential access: How Trump turned a dinner invite into a crypto boon worth millions – WP
Meet the top donors to Trump’s $239 million inauguration fund; The list includes more than a dozen nominees to the administration, a poultry giant and embattled crypto companies – WP
Thurs, March 27, 2025:
Trump Administration disbands DOJ anti-kleptocracy unit which had ensnared a number of Trump supporters – WP
Friday, Dec. 6, 2024:
Musk spent more than a quarter billion dollars to elect Trump – CNN
They gave millions to Trump. Now they’re named to top jobs – Bloomberg
Trump has assembled an uber-wealthy Cabinet, raising risks of ethics conflicts – WashPost
Wed, Dec. 4, 2024: Peter Navarro served prison time related to Jan. 6. Now Trump is bringing him back as an adviser – AP