Who Are The Super-Rich People Backing the Trump Agenda?
Donald Trump’s first run for office was famously dysfunctional. But his advisers now have put together a sprawling political operation that continually collects money from major donors, many of whom have interests before the Trump administration. Six groups funded by dozens of ultra-wealthy donors have raised more than $50 million to support President Donald Trump […]
Did Trump Squelch The FBI’s Office Relocation Plans?
U.S. House Democrats have released emails that raise serious concerns about whether President Donald Trump personally directed government officials to prevent the relocation of the FBI’s headquarters from its Pennsylvania Avenue location in Washington, D.C. These documents suggest the need for further scrutiny of whether the decision was made in an effort to avoid potential […]
We Can Trump-Proof The Presidency: Executive Branch Ethics Laws That Require Immediate Fixes
Until Donald Trump took office, ethics experts believed the system of conflict-of-interest rules and norms governing the White House and the rest of the executive branch was fairly robust. The Trump presidency, however, has exposed big holes in the system. According to Public Citizen’s ethics experts, the U.S. never before has had a president so […]
Statistics, Schmatistics: SEC Enforcement Chief Rejects Numbers, Dollars as Metric for Corporate Enforcement
What’s the best way to figure out whether the government is doing a good job of cracking down on lawbreaking companies? If you ask the current bosses at one federal regulator, it isn’t the number of cases, or the total amount of fines. Nope. According to Stephanie Avakian, who co-directs enforcement for the Securities and […]
Trump’s Corporation-Friendly Consumer Task Force
Whew! Finally we can all sleep soundly knowing that Trump is taking consumer protection seriously! President Trump has signed an executive order creating a “Task Force on Market Integrity and Consumer Fraud.” That the name of Trump’s task force puts the “market” before consumers and lacks the word “enforcement” does not seem incidental — especially […]
