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Foreign Corruption
December 11, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Trump’s Corruption Business Officially Expands in Saudi Arabia
A new Trump Tower has launched just weeks before Donald Trump is set to return to office.
August 2, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
How Bill Barr Killed Secret Probe on Whether Egypt Paid Trump Millions
A bombshell report reveals how Bill Barr protected Donald Trump from a damning investigation.
February 14, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
We Now Have More Details on Skeezy Bob Menendez’s Bribery Scheme
A new court filing says Senator Bob Menendez tried to blame all those gold bars on someone else—and regularly made calls on a backup “James Bond” phone.
May 12, 2023
Casey Michel
Biden Is Letting Think Tanks and Dodgy Foreign Funders Get Cozy Again
One of the only good transparency innovations of the Trump era has come to a quiet end.
April 20, 2022
Casey Michel
Jared Kushner’s Saudi Scam Is the Swampiest Thing He’s Ever Done
Trump’s son-in-law may be the hot new player in Washington’s seamy influence-peddling game, but he’s following in the footsteps of many of the Beltway’s major players.
January 26, 2022
Casey Michel
Azerbaijani Kleptocrats Have Been Getting Their Money’s Worth in Washington for a Long Time
Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar’s not the only lawmaker illicitly involved with the regime, he’s just the one who (maybe) got caught.
January 12, 2022
Casey Michel
The End of America’s Kazakhstan Delusion
Long sold as an island of stability in a sea of chaos, the nation has collapsed into misrule, requiring swift action against its kleptocratic rulers.
December 27, 2021
Casey Michel
It’s Put Up or Shut Up Time in the Fight Against Global Corruption
Biden ended 2021 advancing some much needed measures to battle foreign kleptocrats. Next year, he can win the war.
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