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Corruption list: How Trump, his family & aides are lining their own pockets

Some historians believe Trump's administration is the most corrupt since at least Warren Harding's, of 1920s Teapot Dome fame

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Illustration by Ajay Mohanty

David Leonhardt and Ian Prasad Philbrick | NYT
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

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