Political Ethics
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FBI opened probe into AG Jeff Sessions at Democrats’ request even after he updated his testimony
Probe was ignited by a letter from Democratic senators on the Judiciary Committee and later a news article.
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FBI Follies: Bureau secretly probed Trump as a Russian asset for firing Comey: declassified memos
Documents declassified by the White House Government Transparency Task Force show the investigation – codenamed "Oxferd Comma" – was launched in the immediate aftermath of Comey’s May 9, 2017 firing and was predicated on allegations that the bureau’s own agents had mostly dismissed by that time.
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Newsom asked, and donors gave $347 million. What did they get in return?
Elected officials are increasingly taking advantage of state laws that allow them to solicit unlimited sums of money for third parties from large corporations, unions, tribes or other special interest groups.
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Michigan House Republicans release records on secretary of state’s SPLC ties
The records come amid ongoing scrutiny of Jocelyn Benson's relationship with the indicted group.
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New revelations raise questions whether Jack Smith lied to Congress about spying on lawmakers
Senators suggest Special Counsel Jack Smith may have misled Congress when he testified that his team did not access the contents of lawmakers’ messages seized in his probe into alleged 2020 election interference by President Donald Trump. Under federal law, knowingly making false statements to Congress is a crime punishable by up to five years in prison
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From Musk to Truth Social: Critics say Biden's SEC targeted Trump's allies
Republicans have warned for years that the Biden-era Securities and Exchange Commission had been weaponized against Trump and his allies.
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Treasury Secretary vows law-breaking leftist nonprofits to face prosecution, asset seizures
Bessent's crackdown comes after President Donald Trump signed an executive order last fall asking federal agencies to better police tax-exempt organizations, which have exploded in size and mission far beyond traditional charities.
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How Democrats escaped accountability in the era of weaponization
Democrats worked the system to avoid accountability while weaponizing that same system against Republicans.
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U.S. intel located video proving coronavirus research in China, even as Fauci continued to deny
Newly declassified documents show the Intelligence Community had circulated a video of a U.S. government grantee describing experiments in China to manipulate coronaviruses to predict human transmission.
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California legislator accuses Newsom of violating state code
Request for probe came after Newsom filed a FOIA request regarding the U.S. Department of Justice’s investigation into him and his wife.
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While claiming to fight corruption, Newsom solicited $340M from special interests for allies
California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s yearslong efforts to solicit donations for political allies, wife’s nonprofit comes into focus as the Justice Department probes the Newsoms’ finances.
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Anti-Trump lawyer’s nonprofit secretly aided state prosecutions of Trump supporters, memos show
Free pro-bono assistance to attorneys general offices raises ethics concerns about donor influence, political bias, experts say.
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Watchdog urges probe into ACLU Foundation over foreign funding of ballot campaigns
Americans for Public Trust’s complaint filed with the Missouri Attorney General alleged the ACLU Foundation “knowingly” received foreign donations