Robert Faturechi
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How These Ultrawealthy Politicians Avoided Paying Taxes
IRS records reveal how Gov. Jim Justice, Gov. Jared Polis, former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and other wealthy political figures slashed their taxes using strategies unavailable to most of their constituents. → Read More
Burr’s Brother-In-Law Called Stock Broker, One Minute After Getting Off Phone With Senator
According to the SEC, Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina, had material nonpublic information about coronavirus impact. He and his brother-in-law dumped stock before the market dropped. → Read More
GOP Sen. Richard Burr, brother-in law face insider trading probes for February 2020 stock dump
Richard Burr and his brother-in-law dumped millions in stock just weeks before the market dropped in March 2020 → Read More
How Trump tax law created a loophole that lets top execs net millions by slashing their own salaries
The 2017 tax cuts made it more attractive for certain company owners to be paid in profits instead of wages → Read More
How The Trump Tax Law Created A Loophole That Lets Top Executives Net Millions By Slashing Their Own Salaries
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Secret IRS files revealed: Trump’s “big, beautiful tax cut" boosted the ultrawealthy's gains
Billionaire business owners deployed lobbyists to make sure Trump’s 2017 tax bill was tailored to their benefit → Read More
The Billionaire Playbook: How Sports Owners Use Their Teams to Avoid Millions in Taxes
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The Billionaire Playbook: How Sports Owners Use Their Teams to Avoid Millions in Taxes
Owners like Steve Ballmer can take the kinds of deductions on team assets — everything from media deals to player contracts — that industrialists take on factory equipment. That helps them pay lower tax rates than players and even stadium workers. → Read More
David Perdue sold his home to a finance industry official whose organization was lobbying the Senate
The same year FINRA was lobbying the Senate, one of its board governors paid Perdue $1.8 million for his townhouse → Read More
Sen. David Perdue Sold His Home to a Finance Industry Official Whose Organization Was Lobbying the Senate —
The same year FINRA was lobbying the Senate on a bill, one of its board governors paid Perdue $1.8 million for his D.C. townhouse. Perdue sits on the Senate Banking Committee, which oversaw the bill. → Read More
Georgia Senator David Perdue privately pushed for a tax break for rich sports teamowners
It’s unclear why Perdue was interested in tax regulation that would impact only a tiny set of the richest Americans → Read More
Georgia Senator David Perdue Privately Pushed for a Tax Break for Rich Sports Teamowners —
It’s unclear why Senator Perdue was interested in tax regulation that would impact only a tiny set of the richest Americans. The effort, which wasn’t successful, could have helped several of his donors, including fellow senator Kelly Loeffler. → Read More
The Obama DOJ had a plan to hold police accountable for abuses. The Trump DOJ has undermined it
Trump administration has not aggressively enforced existing agreements to monitor abusive law enforcement agencies → Read More
Department of Justice frees federal prosecutors to take steps that could interfere with elections
An email sent by a DOJ official announced "an exception to the general non-interference with elections policy" → Read More
DOJ Frees Federal Prosecutors to Take Steps That Could Interfere With Elections
In an internal announcement, the Justice Department created an exception to a decades-long policy meant to prevent prosecutors from taking overt investigative steps that might affect the outcome of the vote → Read More
DOJ Frees Federal Prosecutors To Take Steps That Could Interfere With Elections, Weakening Long-Standing Policy
The Justice Department created an exception to a decadeslong policy meant to prevent prosecutors from taking overt investigative steps that might affect ... → Read More
The Justice Department may have violated Attorney General Barr’s own policy memo
In a memo from May, the attorney general reminded Justice Dept. prosecutors to avoid partisan politics → Read More
The Justice Department May Have Violated Attorney General Barr’s Own Policy Memo
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This Treasury Official Is Running the Bailout. It’s Been Great for His Family.
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On the Same Day Sen. Richard Burr Dumped Stock, So Did His Brother-in-Law. Then the Market Crashed.
The brother-in-law, a Trump appointee, sold between $97,000 and $280,000 worth of stock. Burr is under federal investigation over whether he traded on non-public information gathered through his work in the Senate. → Read More