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Emoluments Clause
August 20, 2025
Timothy Noah
Trump’s Antitrust Policy Is Fascist Too
Expect less of a fight against monopolies, and more of it shaped solely by the president’s private financial and political interests.
July 8, 2025
Timothy Noah
Donald Trump’s Vampire Presidency
How does the president’s brand of kleptocracy work? It turns out rentier politics is even more lucrative than rentier capitalism.
June 21, 2025
Jason Linkins
Trump Just Expanded His Tawdry Empire of Scams
The president’s lust for self-enrichment knows no bounds—but now, he’s getting bipartisan cover for his corruption.
May 20, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Marco Rubio Suddenly Has Amnesia on Key Detail About Trump’s Qatar Jet
Secretary of State Marco Rubio apparently has frighteningly little knowledge about the supposed gift.
May 20, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Turns Out, Trump’s Qatar Private Jet Wasn’t Even a Gift
Donald Trump’s excuses for accepting the luxury plane continue to blow up in his face.
May 19, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Threatens ABC in Wild Rant Whining About Qatar Plane Reporting
Donald Trump continues to freak out about the pushback against his “free” private plane from Qatar.
May 14, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Trump Fully Loses It Over Pushback Against Qatar Private Jet
Donald Trump continues to insist he deserves to get the not-so-free luxury jet.
May 13, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Here’s How Much Trump’s “Free” Qatar Private Jet Will Cost Americans
The luxury jet Qatar gifted Donald Trump does have a price, after all.
January 10, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Corrupt Trump Opens the Door for International Bribes
The Trump Organization will be cutting overseas deals with private companies with no regard to conflicts of interest.
May 16, 2022
Timothy Noah
The Trump Hotel Is Gone, but Its Squalid Legacy Will Never Die
Donald Trump used his Washington hotel for corrupt purposes. He still managed to lose money—but now, thanks to a suck-up bank, he’s walking away with $100 million.
October 14, 2021
Matt Ford
A Requiem for Donald Trump’s Grift Factory
The former president is selling off the D.C. hotel that served as the brightest star in his universe of scams.
September 30, 2020
Casey Michel
Ivanka Trump’s Starring Role in Her Father’s Financial Troubles
If the president’s tax shenanigans land him afoul of the law, the first daughter could go down with him.
November 11, 2019
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Brianne Gorod
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Elizabeth Wydra
The First Magistrate in Foreign Pay
The Founders envisioned impeachment as a potent and necessary means of defeating corruption in the nation’s highest office.
September 10, 2019
Matt Ford
The Trump Organization’s Hostile Takeover of the U.S. Government
It's the president's biggest business acquisition yet.
August 26, 2019
Matt Ford
Trump’s Latest Get-Rich-Quick Scheme
The president wants to use the accumulated wealth of the G-7 to prop up his failing Miami resort.
March 12, 2018
Suzanne Monyak
Ivanka Trump is still making money from the Trump Organization.
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