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SCOOP: The Trump administration is paying millions to quickly cover four enormous bronze horses with extra-thick 23.75 karat gold leaf.
The money for the rush job is coming from National Park Service funds. In total, I found ~$100 mil spent on new DC beautification projects.
Top lawyer at the Dept. of Health and Human Services bought a bunch of stock in Corning Inc. www.notus.org/money/hhs-of...
The rub? Corning is a major contractor for HHS. And ethics officials flagged the trade as not in compliance with the lawyer's ethics agreement.
I spoke with said lawyer:
Trump's Hudson Valley golf club restaurant got dinged in April for having "spoiled, adulterated" food.
It's one of several Trump properties hit with health code violations in the past year.
NEW w/ @davelevinthal.com www.notus.org/donald-trump...
One of the more wild stories you'll read this week, from @taylorgiorno.bsky.social of @notus.com. www.notus.org/money/politi...
The Interior Department quickly gave nearly $100 million in contracts in a rush to beautify D.C.
Jonas Murphy, the former lobbyist who pleaded guilty to embezzling — & paid back — $1M from a venture capital trade assn PAC, avoids prison.
“The Court is of the opinion that incarceration would serve no justice at all,” Judge Emmet Sullivan said during sentencing. www.notus.org/courts/forme...
Some do it for love.
Others for addictions.
Others to live a lifestyle they can’t otherwise achieve.
Inside the epidemic of embezzlement rocking federal political campaign committees.
— w/ @taylorgiorno.bsky.social in @notus.com www.notus.org/campaigns/tr...
The D.C. delegate race is the most expensive on record — and we haven't even made it to the June 16 primary 💸
Dive into the candidates' new campaign finance reports on @notus.com www.notus.org/2026-electio...
“He’s taken first personal responsibility for his actions ... He’s not an American spy." — Thomas Pauken to @taylorgiorno.bsky.social/ @notus.com, on son Thomas Pauken II, who pleaded guilty today to charges of acting as a Chinese gov't agent www.notus.org/courts/thoma...
Love, addition, debt... individuals who embezzle from the political campaigns and committees they're trusted to manage are rarely motivated by pure greed, fraud experts told me and @davelevinthal.com www.notus.org/campaigns/tr...
Two Friends Formed a PAC. Now One Has Accused the Other of Theft.
NEW on @notus.com: www.notus.org/money/politi...
Jonas Murphy pleaded guilty in December to embezzling more than $1 million from the National Venture Capital Association’s political committee.
