Showing posts with label disclosure. Show all posts
Showing posts with label disclosure. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Trump-backed clergy nets win over Washington state child abuse law — for now

Members of the Roman Catholic clergy in Washington, backed by the Trump administration, won a victory in court last Friday as they seek to dismantle a controversial aspect of a state law meant to curb child sex abuse...

https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/washington-child-abuse-law-clergy-catholics-trump-rcna220040 


 

Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Kristi Noem Secretly Took Personal Cut of Political Donations — ProPublica

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem's personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirements, experts say…

 
 

Tuesday, February 18, 2025

SEC rule suspension is early gift for Trump’s oil and gas supporters - The Washington Post

President Donald Trump's energy secretary and two of his major donors won a key victory last week when the Securities and Exchange Commission moved to back off a rule requiring large companies to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and any plans to reduce them...


Thursday, January 16, 2025

US sues Elon Musk for allegedly failing to disclose early Twitter stock purchase

In its lawsuit, the SEC said that before Musk's delayed disclosure of his ownership in Twitter, he allegedly spent more than $500m purchasing additional shares in the company and was able to buy the stock from the "unsuspecting public at artificially low prices"...

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/14/us-elon-musk-twitter-stock-purchase-lawsuit


 

Monday, May 6, 2024

The Scheme 31: The Crooked Stick and the Supreme Court

April 30 | Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Courts Subcommittee, delivers the thirty-first in a series of speeches titled “The Scheme,” exposing the machinations by right-wing donor interests to capture the Supreme Court and achieve through the Court what they cannot through the elected branches of government.

Whitehouse compares the prosecutions of government officials for failing to properly disclose gifts of free vacations, event tickets, lodging, or travel, with the lack of accountability for the right-wing Court justices who have received similar undisclosed gifts.
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Saturday, April 6, 2024

Trump’s Lawyers Didn’t Disclose Proposal to Put Up Full $464 Million Bond — ProPublica

An appeals court reduced Trump's bond by more than 60% after his attorneys claimed it was a "practical impossibility" to pay the full amount. Their failure to disclose a proposal from a billionaire financier may have violated ethics rules...

Tuesday, March 12, 2024

House GOP alleges January 6 committee withheld transcripts that undercut some of their most explosive claims | CNN Politics

Thompson asserted that their investigation "took into account the testimony of all witnesses, including the testimony that was released today" and the conclusion was that Trump was "irate" when his security detail told them he could not march to the Capitol. 

"The Select Committee also explained clearly why the committee was obligated to send certain transcripts to the executive branch for review and released detailed letters addressing this matter, Loudermilk's failure to mention the Select Committee's December 22, 2022, letter is deceptive. The Select Committee was obligated to take these steps in order to protect sensitive information as well as the privacy of witnesses. These facts are inconvenient to Mr. Loudermilk, so he ignores them as he continues to smear the Select Committee's work," he said in a statement. 

"Loudermilk is merely trying to deflect from Donald Trump's responsibility for the violence of January 6th and his own refusal to answer the Select Committee's questions," he added.

Biden admin restores protections for those getting help from faith-based groups

Monday, February 5, 2024

Clarence Thomas sued by Republican for allegedly failing to pay income taxes: report - Raw Story

"The complaint, which was shared with Newsweek, alleges that in violation of VFATA, 'Clarence Thomas knowingly presented or caused to be presented a false and fraudulent claim (i.e., his 2005 Virginia State Income Tax Return) to the Virginia Department of Taxation on or about April 15, 2016, that failed to report income from discharge of indebtedness," the report states…

Sen. Whitehouse Details the Latest News in the Investigation into Justice Clarence Thomas

Friday, October 6, 2023

Why Clarence Thomas’ Trip to the Koch Summit Undermines His Defense — ProPublica

Even by Thomas' own permissive interpretation, the justice's recently revealed travel to Palm Springs and the Bohemian Grove appear to violate the disclosure law, experts explained.

Saturday, July 8, 2023

Campaign Legal Center Files Ethics Complaint Against Governor DeSantis for Undisclosed Travel Gifts

"This lack of disclosure from Governor DeSantis appears to be a clear violation of state laws that are necessary to maintaining public trust," said Kedric Payne, CLC Vice President, General Counsel, and Senior Director of Ethics. "Floridians have a right to know that government officials representing them are acting in the public's interests – not their own personal interest, or the interests of the wealthy special interests who give them gifts."


Friday, July 7, 2023

Campaign Legal Center Files Ethics Complaint Against Governor DeSantis for Undisclosed Travel Gifts

"This lack of disclosure from Governor DeSantis appears to be a clear violation of state laws that are necessary to maintaining public trust," said Kedric Payne, CLC Vice President, General Counsel, and Senior Director of Ethics. "Floridians have a right to know that government officials representing them are acting in the public's interests – not their own personal interest, or the interests of the wealthy special interests who give them gifts."









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