Catherine Rampell at The Bulwark:
"Trump is robbing Americans blind, and even Republicans are starting to notice.
Trump and/or his cronies may have used access to market-moving information to enrich themselves, and the Trump-appointed regulators made sure none of their actions were properly investigated.
But this sort of apparent malfeasance looks like one of the defining characteristics of the Trump era."
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/just-so-much-corruption-trump-grift-graft-tax-cuts-snap
#UsPol #Corruption
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