Corruption Archives

President Donald Trump's personal attorney, Marc Kasowitz.

News in Brief

Another Longtime Trump Attorney Has Links to Russia and Michael Cohen

Reports show that Trump's personal lawyer, Marc Kasowitz, also represented Columbus Nova, an investment firm with ties to Renova Group and Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg.

Justin Elliott

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has announced what he's calling a transparency rule.

Environment

A Watchdog Group Highlights the EPA’s Delayed FOIA Responses

A report by Project on Government Oversight claims that the EPA's Office of the Administrator has significantly delayed the department's processing of Freedom of Information Act requests.

Candace Butera

News in Brief

Kickbacks, Corruption, and a Texas Border Wall

How one Texas family allegedly made millions off the construction of a border fence funded by the Department of Homeland Security.

T. Christian Miller & Kiah Collier

Protesters demonstrate in support of former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on January 24th, 2018. A Brazilian appeals court upheld the ex-president's conviction for corruption, effectively ending his hopes of re-election this year.

News in Brief

Viewfinder: Protests in Support of a Former President in Brazil

Protesters demonstrate in support of former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on January 24th, 2018.

Pacific Standard Staff

News in Brief

FBI Re-Opens Probe of Clinton Foundation Donations

Agents from the Little Rock, Arkansas, field office are looking into whether any donations to the Clinton Foundation were made in exchange for political favors while Hillary Clinton was secretary of state.

Kate Wheeling

Protesters hold a European Union flag during an anti-government and corruption protest at the Victoria square in front of the Romanian government headquarters, in Bucharest, on December 3rd, 2017.

News in Brief

Viewfinder: An Anti-Corruption Protest in Bucharest

Protesters hold a European Union flag during an anti-government and corruption protest in Bucharest on December 3rd, 2017.

Pacific Standard Staff

Alleged members of the 18 gang gesture as they walk during their presentation to the press in San Salvador on February 26th, 2016.

News in Brief

How Political Corruption Fuels Gang Violence in Central America

Behind the devastating crime rates in the region lies an insidious network of political collaboration with violent gangs like MS-13.

Jose Miguel Cruz

People walk across a flooded street in Juana Matos, Puerto Rico, on September 21st, 2017.

Social Justice

Puerto Rico Was Undergoing a Humanitarian Crisis Long Before Hurricane Maria

For decades, Puerto Rico had been suffering the slow but certain violence of modern colonial capitalism.

Frances Negrón-Muntaner

News in Brief

Search Warrant Shows FBI Raided GOP Representative’s Campaign Offices

The search warrant was not yet supposed to be released, and was only made public this week due to an error.

Jack Denton

An activist holds up a flare during a protest in front of Ukrainian Parliament in Kiev on July 11th, 2017, demanding the removal of immunity for deputies. The parliament of Ukraine is debating the submission by the general prosecutor's office on the removal of parliamentary immunity from five parliamentarians suspected of corruption.

News in Brief

Viewfinder: Protesting Government Corruption in Ukraine

An activist holds up a flare during a protest in front of Ukrainian Parliament in Kiev on July 11th, 2017, demanding the removal of immunity for deputies.

Pacific Standard Staff