Commerce Department official George Cook was named acting Census Bureau director while simultaneously serving as Commerce Department’s acting undersecretary for economic affairs (which oversees the Census Bureau) and as chief of staff to that role—an unprecedented concentration of power …
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The Trump administration ordered the Department of Justice to investigate ActBlue, alleging potential illegal fundraising practices including straw donor and foreign contribution concerns. Key allegations include 237 donations from foreign IP addresses during the 2024 election cycle and claims of …
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The Justice Department, under the Trump administration, moved to dismiss criminal charges against former Representative Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) in a case involving illegal campaign donations. The charges were dropped with prejudice, following Trump’s public criticism of the prosecution as a …
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IRS supervisory agent Gary Shapley and case agent Joseph Ziegler testified before House Oversight Committee that the Justice Department investigation into Hunter Biden was ‘slow walked’ with political interference. They alleged prosecutors blocked scrutiny of Joe Biden’s potential …
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Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue violated the Hatch Act at an August 24, 2020 event in Mills River, North Carolina, related to the Farmers to Families Food Box Program. During the official USDA event attended by President Trump, Perdue told the crowd that people lined up along the motorcade route …
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President Trump fired State Department Inspector General Steve Linick on May 15, 2020, amid an ongoing investigation into Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The dismissal was part of a broader pattern of removing government watchdogs, with House Democrats suggesting the firing was an act of …
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The Pentagon awards the $10 billion, 10-year Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud contract to Microsoft, stunning observers who widely expected Amazon Web Services to win based on its established relationship with the intelligence community through the CIA’s C2S contract. Under …
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Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross threatened to fire top officials at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) unless they backed President Donald Trump’s false claim that Hurricane Dorian threatened Alabama. Ross called acting NOAA Administrator Neil Jacobs on September 6, …
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President Bush’s firing of two experienced Inspector Generals on Valentine’s Day 2002 represents systematic preparation for constitutional crisis operations by destroying independent oversight infrastructure necessary for WHIG’s subsequent systematic deception campaigns. The …
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