Sold to the Trump family: one of the last undeveloped islands in the Mediterranean

Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner have spent more than $1bn on an Albanian island that will be a luxury resort – once the unexploded ordnance has been removed…

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/24/trump-family-kushner-undeveloped-island-mediterranean-sazan-albania

 

Author and Journalist Joe Conason (Al Franken podcast)

Joe Conason joins to discuss his new book “The Longest Con.” 

In it, he lays out the rich and ugly history of right wing grifters. It’s been happening for a long time. 

Joe goes back to the 1950s with the McCarthy era and takes us all the way through to one of the biggest grifters we’ve ever seen: Donald Trump. 

We discuss religious broadcasters and how some of them swindle their viewers regularly. Many of whom have abandoned their values all in the name of making a quick buck. And with Donald Trump on the ballot again this year, Conason explains how his second term will include a windfall of cash for the disgraced former President and his cronies.

Interview: 

https://www.alfranken.com/listen/author-and-journalist-joe-conason

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner SHREDDED by Republican Candidate

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/l8dBV2KQOMQ

Velshi: years of nepotism & influence peddling… and I’m not talking about the Bidens

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv0zB6oTQHo

'Biggest political scandal right now': heat on Javanka money haul

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq9zoKX7MaA

Chris Christie sees corruption in another political family: The Trumps - The Washington Post

"Are you saying that the Trump family is corrupt?" the host asked. 

 "Yes," Christie replied. "Sure."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/09/13/christie-trump-corruption-biden/

Forget Hunter Biden, what about Jared and Ivanka’s grift?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM0Y_y6Wjl8

How Hunter Biden Scandals Compare to Trump's Family Members | Time

Here's what to know about the conflict-of-interest questions that have been raised by the foreign business dealings of Trump family members, and how they compare to what's known about Hunter Biden's ventures…

https://time.com/6279053/hunter-biden-trump-children-scandals/

Ivanka Trump Wanted Dad to Pursue Every Unhinged Challenge to the Election as Possible – Mother Jones

Ivanka's coup-friendly remarks are now in the hands of the committee after it subpoenaed Alex Holder, the British filmmaker who had sought to create a "legacy project" for the Trump presidency. To that end, it does seem as though Holder successfully captured one prominent theme of the Trump White House: Ivanka's ruthless self-interest…

https://www.motherjones.com/mojo-wire/2022/06/ivanka-election-challenge-documentary/

Ex-Prosecutor Says Ivanka Trump 'Incriminated' Her Father for Jan. 6

… "That is a president in a very real way, waging war against the United States," Kirschner said. "Even his own daughter couldn't stop him. That is deeply incriminating information. Presumably, it's been provided by Ivanka under oath to the J-6 committee, and if I were prosecuting the case, she would be one of the very early witnesses I called."…

https://www.businessinsider.com/ex-prosecutor-says-ivanka-trump-incriminated-her-father-for-jan-6-2022-4

Jan. 6 committee wants to interview Ivanka Trump | PBS NewsHour

…Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., the vice chair of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection, has said it's hard to "imagine a more significant and more serious dereliction of duty" than Trump's failure to quell the riots...

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/jan-6-committee-wants-to-speak-to-ivanka-trump

The Trump Administration Used Its Food Aid Program for Political Gain, Congressional Investigators Find — ProPublica

"The Program was marred by a structure that prioritized industry over families, by contracting practices that prioritized cutting corners over competence, and by decisions that prioritized politics over the public good," he said...

https://www.propublica.org/article/the-trump-administration-used-its-food-aid-program-for-political-gain-congressional-investigators-find

Steven Mnuchin Stopped Ivanka Trump World Bank Appointment

President Donald Trump very much wanted Ivanka at the helm, and it was the Treasury secretary who blocked her ascent...

https://theintercept.com/2021/10/10/ivanka-trump-steven-mnuchin-world-bank/

George Conway: I'd be worried if I was Trump's children

Attorney George Conway says President Donald Trump's children should be "very, very worried" about the investigation into the Trump Organization.
https://youtu.be/2VLb0zOUg-E

Ivanka Trump quizzed as part of inauguration fund lawsuit | Ivanka Trump | The Guardian

Outgoing US president's daughter interviewed by lawyers alleging 2017 inauguration committee misused donor funds.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/03/ivanka-trump-quizzed-as-part-of-inauguration-fund-lawsuit

Ivanka Trump: How DARE You Investigate My Father for Tax Fraud, Which He Definitely Didn’t Use Me to Commit | Vanity Fair

The first daughter is extremely testy about the possibility her father is going to be criminally prosecuted. 
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/11/ivanka-trump-donald-trump-tax-fraud

This is still happening: Ivanka, Don Jr., and Eric, the Trump children.

A roundup of Trump administration malfeasance, part 12.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/10/this-is-still-happening-childrens-hour-edition.html

A Long List of Shady Financial Mysteries Trump Still Refuses to Explain – Mother Jones

It seems that Donald Trump’s closing message for his reelection campaign during a time of pandemic and economic crisis is this: Hunter Biden. In recent days, he has jumped on a misleading New York Post story about the business dealings of Joe Biden’s son—an allegation promoted by Rudy Giuliani and linked to a Russian disinformation operation—and slammed the Bidens as a “corrupt family,” claiming “Joe Biden personifies the selfish and corrupt globalists.” At campaign rallies, he has led largely mask-free crowds in chants of “lock him up,” referring to Biden. And Trump has called on Biden to release “all” records related to his family’s business dealings, including any activity involving Russia and China. 

Stone, meet glass house. ....

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/10/a-long-list-of-shady-financial-mysteries-trump-still-refuses-to-explain/

Trump’s Taxes Show Chronic Losses and Years of Income Tax Avoidance - The New York Times

The Times obtained Donald Trump’s tax information extending over more than two decades, revealing struggling properties, vast write-offs, an audit battle and hundreds of millions in debt coming due.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/09/27/us/donald-trump-taxes.html

Trump tax returns: We now know what he was trying to hide - Vox

The New York Times’ major new story reveals that Trump had political, legal, and financial reasons to hold the returns back....
https://www.vox.com/2020/9/27/21458945/trump-tax-returns-new-york-times-ivanka