'Corruption, Pure and Simple': Probe Identifies Rich Donors Benefiting From Trump Presidency
'Corruption, Pure and Simple': Probe Identifies Rich Donors Benefiting From Trump Presidency
'Corruption, Pure and Simple': Probe Identifies Rich Donors Benefiting From Trump Presidency | Common Dreams
“These people are not getting coerced. They are making business decisions,” said one former official who left the Trump White House to become a lobbyist.
A detailed investigation published Monday shows that many wealthy and powerful contributors to US President Donald Trump’s staggering post-election fundraising haul—now at roughly $2 billion—have seen a return on their money in the form of pardons, corporate-friendly regulatory changes, government contracts, and dropped enforcement cases.
Drawing on campaign finance filings and previously unreported documents, the New York Times found that more than half of the 346 big donors it identified “have benefited, or are involved in an industry that has benefited, from the actions or statements of Mr. Trump, the White House, or federal agencies,” including Palantir CEO Alex Karp, ExxonMobil, Amazon, Uber chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi, Dow Chemical, and Goldman Sachs.