President Xi Jinping’s visit to Mar-a-Lago
On April 6 and 7, 2017, Chinese President Xi Jinping met with President Trump at the Mar-a-Lago Club. Accounts of the meeting were fairly positive, but there is likely much ...
CYBERWAR: Activists vs. the Surveillance State
Eric Trump’s Nepotistic Self-Dealing
Self-dealing and misleading donors violate federal tax laws intended to ensure the ethical functioning of charities. When New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman decided to probe the Eric Trump Foundation ...
Secret Service paid Mar-a-Lago at least $63,000, documents show
The U.S. Secret Service paid tens of thousands of dollars to President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club in the span of a few months, according to documents obtained by CNN.
New Hotel Act would ban federal agencies from doing business with Trump hotels
Democratic lawmakers are introducing legislation that would ban federal officials from spending any taxpayer-funded travel expenses at Trump-owned properties or locales owned by other senior government officials.
Ryan Shapiro takes his crusade against government secrecy to the steps of the White House
It’s the sort of scene that one imagines fuels President Trump’s sleepless, Twitter-trolling nights. Some 75 politically active New Yorkers are gathered for a mid-April fund raiser in a tony, ...
What Is Trump Hiding At Mar-a-Lago?
Despite a court order to release a list of all of the visitors to Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort since the Inauguration, the Justice Department’s list contained only 22 names, and ...
Property of the People exposes Donald Trump’s violation of Constitution’s Anti-Bribery Clause, calls on Department of Justice to Investigate
As reported in the Washington Post, new FOIA-obtained documents show the White House National Security Council (NSC) paid over $1,000 for an unidentified guest to stay two nights at Donald Trump’s ...
The Strongest Evidence Yet Donald Trump Is Violating Constitutional Anti-Corruption Clauses
Since Donald Trump took office in January, his presidency has been dogged by concerns about how he may be profiting off the executive office.
Watchdogs Try To Get Mar-A-Lago Answers, Mostly Turn Up More Questions
Two Freedom of Information Act requests are raising questions about President Trump’s private Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida: Who stayed there, how much they did they pay and who received the ...