influence peddling

How Russia uses economic influence and leverage to undermine US national security

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As I’ve said before, “At some point the Russians figured out that the best way to defeat America is by old-fashioned capitalism and corruption: find easily corruptible politicians in key positions of power and simply buy them, through bribery or with campaign contributions.” “Moscow Mitch” McConnell took a beating this week in investigative journalism from the … Read more

To ‘drain the swamp,’ start with the Washington swamp’s power couple

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The “Enemy of The People,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and his wife Elaine Chao, the current Secretary of Transportation, are unrivaled as the Washington swamp’s power couple. We’ll get back to “The Grim Reaper,” Mitch McConnell, whose Senate is the graveyard of legislation under his policy of “total obstruction” another time. Last month, a Wall Street … Read more

‘Follow the Money’ – Congress needs to see Trump tax returns

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Donald Trump has consistently misled the public about releasing his tax returns, as every presidential candidate and president has done since Richard Nixon. Trump started out saying “If I decide to run for office, I’ll produce my tax returns, absolutely,” he said. “And I would love to do that.” Then he hemmed and hawed, and finally spewed bullshit about how he couldn’t release his tax returns because he is under an audit. After he was elected Trump asserted no one cared about his tax returns, and has consistently refused to produce his tax returns. All the things Donald Trump has said about releasing his tax returns.

The previous Republican Congress enabled Trump to get away with not producing his tax returns as part of its oversight function, despite three Emoluments Clause cases having been filed, and long-standing allegations about foreign money flowing into the Trump organization, money laundering and influence peddling.

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