In recent months, New York City’s government has been rocked by corruption scandals at a pace not seen in nearly a century. Yet over the […]
Tag: Corruption (Institutional)
Former Aides to Ken Paxton Win $6.6 Million in Whistle-Blower Case
[] A judge awarded a total of $6.6 million to four former high-level aides to Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, who claimed that they […]
Trump Weighs In on Marine Le Pen Conviction
[] “FREE MARINE LE PEN!” With this blunt call, a strange one in that the French far-right leader is walking the streets of Paris, President […]
Adams Praises Kash Patel’s Book, Doubling Down on Trump Alliance
Eric Adams, the Democratic mayor of New York City who, after his federal corruption indictment, forged a mutually beneficial relationship with President Donald J. Trump, […]
Eric Adams’s Charges Were Dropped, but His Re-Election Chances Remain Dim
[] Mayor Eric Adams got his best case scenario on Wednesday, when Judge Dale E. Ho dismissed his federal corruption indictment. In the stroke of […]
In Adams Case, Some Say It’s Not the Time for Narrow Reading of the Law
[] The federal judge weighing a Justice Department request to drop corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams of New York has been doing so against […]