REACTION INCOMING – Vance: Trump isn't corrupt Luke: 'Nobody believes you!'

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

 

Lindsey Graham, James Clyburn Were Under Scrutiny in FBI Bribery Probe — ProPublica

Pay for Play: A Hawaiian naval firm filled South Carolina politicians’ campaign coffers with cash and won federal contracts in the state.

Big Players: Lindsey Graham and James Clyburn, two major forces in South Carolina, helped steer federal money to Navatek.

Questionable Merit: The contracts’ effectiveness was dubious. “The whole thing is a grand lie,” said the former CEO…

 https://www.propublica.org/article/navatek-lindsey-graham-jim-clyburn-fbi-anti-corruption-bribery

 

FBI Looks Into Illegal Pay-To-Play

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1cEW6ZDyd-Q

 

Democrats demand answers after DoJ drops bribery case against Indian billionaire

The Trump administration is facing growing questions over its decision to abandon a fraud and bribery case against the Indian billionaire Gautam Adani after he promised to invest $10bn in the US…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/24/democrats-doj-gautam-adani

 

SENATE RACE BOMBSHELL: Sen. Collins denies ProPublica report alleging Trump ended corruption investigation

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/izyykz4GZ6Q

 

More pardon madness

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Xsmml97RYjU

 

Trump hijacked US’s 250 anniversary to serve ‘political ideology and pet projects’, congressional report says

House Democratic subcommittee report outlines web of alleged corruption, wire fraud and pay-to-play schemes…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/02/trump-hijacked-250-anniversary

 

Investigations already underway as Trump goes overboard with corruption

After financial disclosure forms show Donald Trump taking in billions of dollars while president, Rep. Robert Garcia talks with Jen Psaki about the accountability Democrats intend to bring to the Trump family and his administration if they take back the House in November.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o0cMBluyFg

Noem DHS Scheme EXPOSED, More Than a Billion Dollars

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4ZF7b2asXBY

UK and US sink to new lows in global index of corruption

The UK and US have sunk to new lows in a global index of corruption, amid a "worrying trend" of democratic institutions being eroded by political donations, cash for access and state targeting of campaigners and journalists... UK and US sink to new lows in global index of corruption 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/10/uk-and-us-sink-to-new-lows-in-global-index-of-corruption

 

 

 

Top Democrats call for investigation into share-buying spree by Trump allies

"Corrupt pay-to-play schemes are at the heart of everything the Trump administration does," Wyden said. "There is no doubt in my mind that these new LNG transactions should be investigated so the American people know the full extent of Trump's corruption and abuse of office."…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/13/trump-fossil-fuels-allies-investigation

 

J.D. Vance ally Chris Buskirk is planning MAGA’s post-Trump future - The Washington Post

Vance told The Post in a statement that Buskirk is an "original thinker" who saw, "before almost anyone," how the "right combination of ideas, organizing and funding can ensure lasting political success for the Republican Party."

Outside of electoral politics, Buskirk's projects aim to push unrestrained capitalism into American life…

Richard Painter, a corporate law professor at the University of Minnesota who served as chief ethics lawyer in the Bush White House, said this influx of interest in Rockbridge, 1789 and Executive Branch creates the appearance of a "pay to play" network, of people who are paying to get access to administration officials or the Trump family...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/11/04/chris-buskirk-maga-vance-post-trump/

 

GOP prepared to punish corporations that curtailed PAC donations

The message from these Republicans is not subtle: access and influence are for sale, and Corporate America should start writing checks accordingly...

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/gop-prepared-punish-corporations-curtailed-pac-donations-n1256369

Pruitt sat courtside in seats owned by coal executive: report - The Hill

EPA administrator Scott Pruitt attended a basketball game last December where he sat courtside in seats owned by a billionaire coal executive with business before Pruitt's agency.....
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/390386-pruitt-sat-courtside-in-seats-owned-by-coal-executive-report

Ivanka Trump won China trademarks days before her father's reversal on ZTE - the guardian

Watchdog group says the timing of the approvals "raises significant questions about corruption'... Ivanka Trump's fashion and homewares business received initial approval from the Chinese government for five trademark applications days before her father announced a U-turn in policy on ZTE, a Chinese telecoms firm that has admitted breaking US sanctions on Iran and North Korea. Related: Ivanka Trump photo with son sparks backlash over border separations...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/28/ivanka-trump-won-china-trademarks-donald-trump-zte-reversal

Trump's Spying Claims; Don Jr’s Meeting with Gulf Emissaries: A Closer Look

Seth takes a closer look at the investigation of Trump's campaign widening to include more countries and the president spinning a wild conspiracy theory about the FBI spying on him.....
https://youtu.be/vuWcljJLFAQ

View from the Left: Trump's corruption is metastasizing as Republicans feed his power - Daily Kos

Last week America learned of a massive pay-to-play scheme where Donald Trump's longtime lawyer/fixer Michael Cohen sold millions of dollars' worth of White House access to international corporations for which he did little-to-no work. ....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1765445

AP investigation: A Trump fundraiser's secret lobbying effort to win $1B in business - NBC News

Hundreds of pages of leaked emails show how Elliott Broidy and his business partner, Lebanese-American George Nader, pitched themselves to Middle Eastern crown princes as a backchannel to the White House. ....
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/ap-investigation-trump-fundraiser-s-secret-lobbying-effort-win-1b-n876206