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White-collar crime
February 20, 2024
Podcast
The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent
Trump’s Devastating $355 Million Penalty Blows Up His Biggest Lie
A veteran journalist and longtime Trump-watcher explains how Justice Engoron’s ruling exposes the deeper scams at the heart of Trump’s 2024 campaign.
February 19, 2024
David Cay Johnston
Judge Engoron’s Ruling Is a Detailed Road Map to Trump’s Thievery
The $355 million judgment is bad enough. But if you want the full flavor of the Trump Organization’s chicanery, read what the judge had to say.
January 8, 2024
Timothy Noah
Elon Musk’s Odious One-Man War Against Labor Law Just May Succeed
A lot of what the mogul does is both evil and nuts. This campaign, sad to say, is just evil.
March 24, 2022
Matt Ford
Mark Pomerantz Is Furious About Trump’s Latest Escape From Justice
The former Manhattan prosecutor watched the former president wriggle out of trouble, and he wants everyone to know.
January 26, 2022
Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt
How Houses of Worship Became Hotbeds of Graft
Too many American churches are financial black holes. No wonder their pews are empty.
October 13, 2021
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The Politics of Everything
Succession
’s White-Collar Criminals
The HBO series written by Jesse Armstrong isn’t often described as a crime show. That’s because its main characters are billionaires.
May 7, 2021
Peter Stone
How America Became the Money Laundering Capital of the World
The U.S. is the venue of choice for cartels and kleptocrats. Now lawmakers want to use an agency called FinCEN to do something about it.
October 23, 2020
Ankush Khardori
The Justice Department’s Very Convenient Corporate Crackdown
From Purdue to Google, what explains the Trump administration’s recent surge in white-collar cases?
September 15, 2020
Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein
How White-Collar Criminals Get Away With It
Current laws target low-level employees and let the worst offenders off the hook.
July 23, 2020
Ankush Khardori
There’s Never Been a Better Time to Be a White-Collar Criminal
Thanks to the Trump administration’s signature mix of incompetence and corruption, America is knee-deep in fraud and corporate malfeasance.
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