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Bribery
July 16, 2024
Robert McCoy
“Know When to Fold”: Democrats Call on Bob Menendez to Resign
Democratic lawmakers are calling on the New Jersey senator to step down after his guilty verdict.
July 16, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Bob Menendez Officially Convicted Felon After Gold Bar Bribery Scheme
The New Jersey Democrat has been found guilty of corruption.
June 26, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Ketanji Brown Jackson Blasts “Absurd” Supreme Court Bribery Ruling
The Supreme Court justice took aim at her conservative colleagues’ supposed originalist beliefs.
June 24, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Trump Facing More Trouble After Shady Meeting With Oil Executives
Donald Trump has just been hit with a bribery complaint.
May 28, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Bob Menendez’s Biggest Campaign Expense Isn’t Even for Campaigning
The embattled New Jersey senator is throwing cash at his legal fees...and pricey steaks.
May 10, 2024
Timothy Noah
Donald Trump Is Short on Cash—and Selling Laws to Anyone Who Will Pay
Donald Trump is telling oil and gas executives they can rewrite entire laws if they help him return to the White House.
February 14, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
We Now Have More Details on Skeezy Bob Menendez’s Bribery Scheme
A new court filing says Senator Bob Menendez tried to blame all those gold bars on someone else—and regularly made calls on a backup “James Bond” phone.
January 2, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Bob Menendez Indicted for Taking Bribes From Yet Another Country
The Democratic senator is ringing in the new year with a new superseding indictment.
December 17, 2023
Matt Ford
America’s Most Corrupt Mayors Have a Friend in the Supreme Court
The Roberts court is getting back to what it does best: providing a safe haven for political scoundrels.
September 22, 2023
Matt Ford
There’ll Be No Escape for Bob Menendez This Time
Even the Supreme Court’s lax bribery standards might not let him off.
September 22, 2023
Edith Olmsted
The Department of Justice Is So “Corrupt” It Just Indicted a Democratic Senator
New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez is alleged to have received over $480,000 in cash and numerous gold bars in exchange for favors.
March 22, 2023
Matt Ford
Lindsey Graham Has Some Good Advice for Donald Trump, for Once
If the former president needs a legal bailout, his pal from South Carolina knows where he might be able to get one.
October 5, 2022
Michael Linhorst
The Supreme Court Might Be on the Brink of Making Corruption Easier—Again
Percoco v. United States
would seem to be a pretty clear-cut case of political bribery. That the justices are even willing to hear it is a bad sign.
May 17, 2022
Matt Ford
American Politics Just Got a Little More Corrupt Thanks to Ted Cruz and John Roberts
Campaign graft continues its long-running undefeated streak at the Supreme Court.
August 23, 2018
Matt Ford
Is Trump Trying to Bribe Paul Manafort?
The president and Rudy Giuliani have made clear that he might pardon his former campaign chairman, who has yet to "flip" for Robert Mueller.
June 9, 2014
Shaj Mathew
The World Cup Is About to Begin, and FIFA's Reputation Has Never Been Worse
April 30, 2013
Kevin Mahnken
A Brief History of 'Bags of Cash'
The CIA's Afghanistan bribes join a long and storied genre
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