Within 48 hours in mid-October, Trump purged thousands of federal workers, threatened massive China tariffs, and ordered prosecution of New York’s attorney general despite prosecutors’ objections. Business leaders responded with donations and silence rather than resistance, demonstrating …
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The Donald J. Trump Foundation reached a settlement with the New York Attorney General agreeing to dissolve under court supervision and admitting to a pattern of illegal coordination with Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. The stipulation filed in New York State Supreme Court required the …
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On March 29, 2016, a coalition of 17 state attorneys general announced coordinated investigations into ExxonMobil for potential climate denial fraud at a daylong climate change conference in Manhattan. Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey and Virgin Islands Attorney General Claude Walker …
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