Tag: Ethics and Official Misconduct
New York Republican George Santos’s Résumé Called Into Question
Kedric Payne, the vice president of the watchdog Campaign Legal Center, and a former deputy chief counsel for…
How Scientists Are Reviving Cells in Dead Pigs’ Organs
The pigs had been lying dead in the lab for an hour — no blood was circulating in…
Top Democrats, Alleging Cover-Up, Seek Testimony on Secret Service Texts
WASHINGTON — Two influential House Democrats called on Monday for two officials at the Department of Homeland Security’s…
The M.M.A. Doctor’s Dilemma: To Stop or Not to Stop the Fight
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Late one Saturday evening in June, two men in their 20s stood across from each…
D.C. Bar Moves to Penalize Jeffrey Clark, Who Aided Trump in Election Plot
WASHINGTON — A disciplinary board is moving to penalize Jeffrey Clark, the former Justice Department official who worked…
Trump Aides Watch Testimony and Brace for Damage
WASHINGTON — Devastating new testimony by a former White House aide describing a president desperately clutching to power,…
South Africa’s Corruption Inquiry Leaves Few of the Nation’s Powerful Unscathed
JOHANNESBURG — The final findings of a three-year inquiry into deep-rooted corruption in South Africa were released Wednesday,…
A Day After a Portrait of Pence in Danger, Trump Attacks Him Again
A day after the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 assault illustrated the serious danger that rioters posed…
New York ‘Architect’ Says He Never Saw Plans for 642 Feet Tall Building
Amid the glittering geometric towers that dot the Manhattan skyline, the hotel on 11th Avenue in Hudson Yards…
E. Robert Wallach, 88, Lawyer Linked to Reagan-Era Scandal, Dies
E. Robert Wallach, whose career as a heavyweight trial lawyer in California was overshadowed by his connection to…
Trump E.P.A. Chief ‘Endangered Public Safety’ by Ordering His Drivers to Speed
WASHINGTON — Scott Pruitt, while in charge of the Environmental Protection Agency during the Trump administration, repeatedly pressured…
Intensifying Inquiry Into Alternate Electors Focuses on Trump Lawyers
The Justice Department has stepped up its criminal investigation into the creation of alternate slates of pro-Trump electors…