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Elon Musk’s conflicts of interest ‘should scare every American’, experts say

Doge’s work allows Musk to keep control of companies with billions in federal contracts as he guts government agencies

The Guardian - US

“What’s the point of having Congress?”

Some conservative scholars are admitting that Elon Musk's slash-and-burn approach to government is unconstitutional

Salon

‘Trump’s grifting tendencies’: how the president’s crypto ties could spur corruption

With Trump promising the US will be ‘crypto capital of the planet’, experts say the industry is poised for laxer oversight

The Guardian - US

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Melania Trump launches memecoin

The First Lady's announcement came two days after her husband promoted his own meme coin

Salon

Trump Launches Personal Cryptocurrency Amid Conflict Of Interest Concerns

Controversy surrounds the launch of a Trump cryptocurrency before his inauguration, raising ethical concerns and highlighting potential conflicts of intere...

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Donald Trump’s media company presents a new type of potential conflicts of interest

Trump media connects the President-elect’s political allies and his business interests in a decidedly 21st century tech company.

Fortune

Trump’s $8 billion media company creates a complex set of potential conflicts for the incoming president

Trump’s political network, his media business, and his personal wealth have heavy overlaps.

Fortune

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What are preemptive pardons? Reports Biden is considering granting them to Trump enemies

Biden administration concerned Trump and his associates may launch probes that would harm the reputations and finances of their targets

The Independent UK

Elon Musk's budget-cutter-in-chief role for Trump is a 'dangerous combination' that risks creating conflicts of interest with his AI empire

Elon Musk's future role advising President Trump on budget cuts through the new DOGE agency is raising alarm bells.

Fortune

Elon Musk says he and Trump have 'mandate to delete' regulations. Ethics laws could limit Musk role

Choosing billionaire Elon Musk to be what President-elect Donald Trump calls “our cost cutter” for the U.S. government, is not the first time an American president has empowered a business tycoon to look for ways to dramatically cut federal regulations

The Independent UK

Trump's Closest Wall Street Ally's Link To Crypto Is 'An Invitation For Trouble,' Top Ethics Lawyer Says

Howard Lutnick is heading up the transition team if the former president returns to the White House.

International Business Times

GOP alarmed by new Ga. election rules

The pro-Trump election board majority's new rules could sow chaos, but court fight could stretch past Election Day

Salon

Samuel Alito has an ethics problem

Legal experts say its time for the Supreme Court's ethics code to grow some teeth

Salon

Thomas' Koch trip undermines his defense

“Even using Thomas’ flawed logic... there’s no way this chartered flight fits into that exception," expert says

Salon

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Chicago Sun-Times

Justice Clarence Thomas reports he took 3 trips on Republican donor’s plane last year

Thomas said he was complying with new guidelines for reporting travel, but he did not include any earlier travel at billionaire Harlan Crow’s expense, including a 2019 trip to Indonesia aboard his yacht.

Salon

SCOTUS lawyers paid Thomas aide on Venmo

"There is no excuse for it," says former White House ethics chief

The Guardian - US

Lawyers with supreme court business paid Clarence Thomas aide via Venmo

Payments to Rajan Vasisht, an aide from 2019-21, underscore ties between the justice and lawyers who argue cases in front of him

Salon

Watchdog demands Judge Cannon's removal

Judge Cannon's history "creates an unacceptable risk of an unavoidable appearance of bias" in the case, group says

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Axios

Scoop: Inside Hunter Biden's clash with the White House

The president's team and his son's team have disagreed on strategies for dealing with legal battles and GOP attacks.

Salon

Thomas benefactor Crow covered tuition

Crow paid for private school for Thomas' great-nephew. Yet that fact remained previously undisclosed

Capital & Main

In Blue Colorado, Oil and Gas Companies Try a New Approach to Woo Democrats

Up against a heavily Democratic Legislature, fossil fuel firms funnel cash to politicos they’ve previously ignored to win precious votes.

Fortune

Rupert Murdoch distances himself from Fox News election denial as legal fight looms

Fox News' latest legal fight may have already been undermined by the company's own star employees.

The Independent UK

Analysis: Documents probe dents Biden's claims to competence

When Joe Biden was running for president, he offered himself to Americans as the kind of leader they wouldn’t have to think about after the tumult of Donald Trump's years in the Oval Office

The Independent UK

The strange twists of Donald Trump and Piers Morgan’s self-serving mutual adoration club

Trump is aged 75 and Morgan 57. To their detractors, both are behaving like attention-seeking teenage boys, writes Andrew Buncombe

The Independent UK

The strange twists of Donald Trump and Piers Morgan’s self-serving mutual adoration club

Trump is aged 75 and Morgan 57. To their detractors, both are behaving like attention-seeking teenage boys, writes Andrew Buncombe

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