By Andrew M Harris January 5, 2017 at 1:17:17 PM PST Plumbers, wood workers, electricians have claims against hotel Trump organization spent $212 million renovating capital site Donald Trump’s new Washington hotel, located just blocks from the White House, owes electricians, wood workers and a plumbing and heating business more than $5 million for unpaid labor, […]
David A Fahrenthold January 3rd, 2017 The Independent. Published in The Washington Post December 29th, 2016 The billionaire philanthropist has given ‘many tens of millions’ to good causes. His charitable foundation has helped many hundreds of organisations. Everyone says so. But it it true? Or is the main benefactor of the Donald J Trump Foundation’s largesse actually… Donald J […]
By Matt O’Brien January 3 at 12:31 PM When a billionaire does it, that means that it is not corrupt. That seems to be an animating principle of the incoming Trump administration. Although to be fair, in what amounts to a populist touch, this will probably apply to select millionaires as well. At least the […]
By RICHARD C. PADDOCK and ERIC LIPTON DEC. 31, 2016 JAKARTA, Indonesia — One resort, planned as the largest in Bali, will overlook a spectacular Hindu temple. The other, in the verdant hills of West Java, will adjoin a theme park. The properties will be so luxurious, the Trump Organization says, that even an impressive five-star rating will not do […]
Matthew Rozsa Dec. 31st, 2016 President-elect Donald Trump’s copious conflicts of interest haven’t made headlines this week like they have in the past, but that doesn’t mean there wasn’t anything worth noting. This week has revealed quite a bit of new information not only about how Trump has abused power in the past, but how […]
Sun-Times Editorial Board 12.27.16 Two Trump family charities are shutting down or going into hibernation, which could be a blow to at least one favored recipient — the Trump family. But Donald Trump’s presidency is sure to be hammered by accusations of financial conflicts of […]
By Drew Harwell December 15, 2016. On the day President-elect Donald Trump had pledged to clarify how his companies would run during his term in the White House, his strategy to avoid conflicts of interest looks more confusing than ever. On Tuesday, Trump said his sons would run his company, building what he says is a clear wall between […]
By Stephen Gandel October 4th, 2016 By far, the oddest thing about Donald Trump’s 1995 tax returns, a portion of which was published by The New York Times on Saturday, is not the massive $916 million loss—some 9,385 times as large as what was taken by the average filer who claimed a similar loss—but this: 1995 was actually a […]
By Caelainn Hogan November 17th, 2016. On election night in Tubridy’s bar, one of few buildings in the village of Doonbeg, Ireland, that was still open at midnight, pints of Guinness were being poured with “Trump” written on top in creamy froth. A few local men huddled around the bar discussing their man’s chances. “If he […]
By Danny Hakim and Eric Lipton November 21st, 2016 LONDON — When President-elect Donald J. Trump met with the British politician Nigel Farage in recent days, he encouraged Mr. Farage and his entourage to oppose the kind of offshore wind farms that Mr. Trump believes will mar the pristine view from one of his two Scottish golf courses, according to […]
