"Trump''s Corruption: The Definitive List" As Compiled By The New York Times

Trump’s Corruption: The Definitive List

The many ways that the president, his family and his aides are lining their own pockets.

By David Leonhardt and Ian Prasad Philbrick

Opinion

• Oct. 28, 2018

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President Trump, his family and many of the people he has hired are profiting from his presidency.CreditCreditSarah Silbiger/The New York Times

Introductory text verbatim from The New York Times

"They don’t even try very hard to hide it.

President Trump, his family and more than a few of his appointees are using his presidency to enrich themselves. They are spending taxpayer dollars for their own benefit. They are accepting sweetheart deals from foreigners. And they are harnessing the power of the federal government on behalf of their businesses.

There’s a word for this: corruption.

Given how widespread Trumpian corruption has become, we thought it was time to make a list. It’s meant to be a definitive list of self-dealing by the president, his family, his staff or his friends — since he began running for president. To qualify, an incident needs to seem highly credible, even if it remains unresolved, and needs to involve making money.

Compiling the list made us understand why some historians believe Trump’s administration is the most corrupt since at least Warren Harding’s, of 1920s Teapot Dome fame. Trump administration officials and people close to them are brashly using power to amass perks and cash. They are betting that they can get away with it. So far, Congress has let them."

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Here’s the list, sorted into

 thematic categories:

                 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/28/opinion/trump-administration-corruption-conflicts.html

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