Huge Caterpillar Raid Is Tied to an Accounting Fraud Intended to Dupe Investors Beachhead teams. Top-level appointments still drag, but Trump and Bannon have installed more than 400 people in important mid-level jobs throughout the government, positions that don’t need Senate confirmation or the scrutiny that goes with the confirmation process. ProPublica looked at the hires and found at…
Ethics, Russia
Another Cabinet Pick with Secret Ties to Putin and Oligarchs
As the Senate is preparing to vote, DCReport finds deep financial ties between Donald Trump’s nominee for Commerce secretary, Wilbur Ross, and close associates of Russian President Vladimir Putin.