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Archives: Corruption
![Trump Casino and White House, Inc.](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011002840im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/trump-casino-and-white-house-inc-187x137.jpg)
![Why Climate Criminals like Exxon should pay for Hurricane Destruction](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011002840im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/09/why-climate-criminals-like-exxon-187x137.jpg)
Why Climate Criminals like Exxon should pay for Hurricane Destruction
By Jake Johnson, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org) | - - "It may take tens to hundreds of billions of dollars to support disaster relief and recovery among Gulf Coast communities affected…![Accountability: Pakistan PM Resigns After Supreme Court Corruption Ruling](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011002840im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/07/accountability-pakistan-pm-resig-187x137.jpg)
Accountability: Pakistan PM Resigns After Supreme Court Corruption Ruling
TeleSur | - - The ruling comes after months of hearings over Nawaz Sharif's alleged corruption. Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif resigned on Friday after the country’s Supreme Court disqualified him from…![How our Intel Agencies Screwed us by Letting Sessions, Trumpies get away with Russia Scheme](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011002840im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/07/how-our-intel-agencies-screwed-u-187x137.jpg)
How our Intel Agencies Screwed us by Letting Sessions, Trumpies get away with Russia Scheme
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Adam Entous, Ellen Nakashima and Greg Miller at WaPo report from a US intelligence source that former Russian ambassador to the US, Sergei…![Can Trump use the presidential pardon to thwart the Russia investigations?](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011002840im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/07/can-trump-use-the-presidential-p-187x137.jpg)
Can Trump use the presidential pardon to thwart the Russia investigations?
By Austin Sarat | (The Conversation) | - - Speculation is mounting that President Donald Trump could issue a pardon to members of his family and close associates who are suspected of…![Did UAE plant Fake News about Qatar to Fool Trump?](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011002840im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/07/did-uae-plant-fake-news-about-qa-187x137.jpg)
Did UAE plant Fake News about Qatar to Fool Trump?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The intrepid Karen DeYoung and Ellen Nakashima report at WaPo that anonymous US intelligence officials have decided to go public with what they…![Who are the Trumps’ Russian Fixers? Meet Rinat Akhmetshin](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011002840im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/07/who-are-the-trumps-russian-fixer-187x137.jpg)
Who are the Trumps’ Russian Fixers? Meet Rinat Akhmetshin
By Mike Eckel | ( RFE/RL) | - - WASHINGTON -- As recently as last year, Rinat Akhmetshin could be seen regularly pedaling through downtown Washington, D.C., nattily dressed, with a pocket…![Hobby Lobby caught smuggling Iraqi Antiquities (TYT)](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011002840im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/07/hobby-lobby-caught-smuggling-ira-187x137.jpg)
Hobby Lobby caught smuggling Iraqi Antiquities (TYT)
Cenk Uygur and Brett Erlich | (The Young Turks News Video) || - - "Hobby Lobby just got caught smuggling. Cenk Uygur and Brett Erlich, the hosts of The Young Turks, tell…![Did Trump commit a crime in trying to Blackmail Mika and Joe? (TYT)](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011002840im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/07/did-trump-commit-a-crime-in-tryi-187x137.jpg)
Did Trump commit a crime in trying to Blackmail Mika and Joe? (TYT)
Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, Ben Mankiewicz | TYT Video Report | - - "The President of the United States is tight with the owner of "The National Enquirer,” because of course he…![Demand-Side Slavery, Libyan Instability and European Crime Networks](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011002840im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/demand-side-slavery-libyan-insta-187x137.jpg)
Demand-Side Slavery, Libyan Instability and European Crime Networks
Neil Thompson | (Informed Comment) | - - After several years in which refugees and migration have featured heavily in the Western media narrative, a disturbing correlation between human trafficking and conflict…![How Saudi blackmailed the UN to avoid Yemen War Human Rights Slam](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011002840im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/how-saudi-blackmailed-the-un-to-187x137.jpg)
How Saudi blackmailed the UN to avoid Yemen War Human Rights Slam
By Thalif Deen | (Inter Press Service) | - - UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - When Saudi Arabia – which has been spearheading a coalition of Arab states in a devastating war against…![Did Sessions and Trump conspire to obstruct justice?](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011002840im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/did-sessions-and-trump-conspire-187x137.jpg)
Did Sessions and Trump conspire to obstruct justice?
By Clark D. Cunningham | (The Conversation) | - - Did Attorney General Jeff Sessions conspire with President Donald Trump to fabricate a false story about why former FBI Director James Comey…![Session on Harris’s Questions re: Russia: “It makes me Nervous”](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011002840im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/session-on-harriss-questions-re-187x137.jpg)
Sessions on Harris’s Questions re: Russia: “It makes me Nervous”
TeleSur | - - Sessions' testimony did not provide any damaging new information on alleged Trump campaign ties with Russia. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday denounced as a "detestable lie" the…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011002840im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/Screen-Shot-2017-06-13-at-2.36.42-AM-1-187x137.png)
Top 6 signs Trump Really doesn’t like being Investigated
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - 1. Preet Bharara, former US attorney for Manhattan, says that after the election Trump called him several times and seemed to be attempting…![As Comey Bolsters “Obstruction” Case, could Trump be Impeached?](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011002840im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/as-comey-bolsters-obstruction-ca-187x137.jpg)
As Comey Bolsters “Obstruction” Case, could Trump be Impeached?
By Jake Johnson, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) | - - "Impeachment takes time but we need to start the process now. It's time to call for impeachment hearings." On the heels of…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011002840im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/dower_violent-180x137.jpg)
First, the Soviets Collapsed: Is it America’s Turn Now?
By William J. Astore | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - Jump into your time machine and let me transport you back to another age. It’s May 2001 and the Atlantic Monthly has…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011002840im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/41E0hBwQC9L._SX346_BO1204203200_-1-187x137.jpeg)
Erdogan, Trump, the Russians and General Flynn: The Tangled Web
By Carl Max Kortepeter | (Informed Comment) | - - When Sally Yates testified that she had told the Trump Organization, before his appointment as National Security Adviser, that General Flynn was…![Trump calls Special Counsel a “Witch Hunt”: But what is his relation to Russia?](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011002840im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/trump-calls-special-counsel-a-wi-187x137.jpg)
Trump calls Special Counsel a “Witch Hunt”: But what is his relation to Russia?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Now that a Special Counsel (former FBI director Robert Mueller) has been appointed by the deputy head of the Department of Justice, it…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011002840im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/bankersprins-180x137.jpg)
Trump Empire-Dynasty Expands via White House Ties
By Nomi Prins | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - President Trump, his children and their spouses, aren’t just using the Oval Office to augment their political legacy or secure future riches. Okay,…![Trump’s Real sin in DC is not distinguishing between “Good” and “Bad” Dictators](http://web.archive.org./web/20171011002840im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/trumps-real-sin-in-dc-is-not-dis-187x137.jpg)