Anne Applebaum

There's something called the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. This was designed to forbid U.S. entities from bribing companies abroad. That law is now not being enforced. There's also a Corporate Transparency Act, which was designed to

There's something called the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. This was designed to forbid U.S. entities from bribing companies abroad. That law is now not being enforced. There's also a Corporate Transparency Act, which was designed to

force the owners of shell companies and anonymous properties to register their names so that when someone bought, for example, an apartment in a Trump building, we would know who the real owner was. You know, is it Joe Smith down the street or is it a Kazakh billionaire who's interested in in having influence on the US government. And they have now said they will not be enforcing that law either.

force the owners of shell companies and anonymous properties to register their names so that when someone bought, for example, an apartment in a Trump building, we would know who the real owner was. You know, is it Joe Smith down the street or is it a Kazakh billionaire who's interested in in having influence on the US government. And they have now said they will not be enforcing that law either.

force the owners of shell companies and anonymous properties to register their names so that when someone bought, for example, an apartment in a Trump building, we would know who the real owner was. You know, is it Joe Smith down the street or is it a Kazakh billionaire who's interested in in having influence on the US government. And they have now said they will not be enforcing that law either.

And then finally, there is outright corruption. So Trump has created a cryptocurrency company, World Liberty Financial, which appears to be attracting investors who have a direct interest either in escaping a regulation or in some cases a lawsuit or an indictment by the federal government, or who have some interest in influencing Trump or his family in some other way.

And then finally, there is outright corruption. So Trump has created a cryptocurrency company, World Liberty Financial, which appears to be attracting investors who have a direct interest either in escaping a regulation or in some cases a lawsuit or an indictment by the federal government, or who have some interest in influencing Trump or his family in some other way.

And then finally, there is outright corruption. So Trump has created a cryptocurrency company, World Liberty Financial, which appears to be attracting investors who have a direct interest either in escaping a regulation or in some cases a lawsuit or an indictment by the federal government, or who have some interest in influencing Trump or his family in some other way.

And as you say, there may be hundreds of millions of dollars flowing into this project and into others. We have no clear way to keep track of it. We don't know the exact relationship between those investors yet. and decisions made by the Treasury Department or the Justice Department. And it is, again, corruption and self-dealing on a scale that we've never seen in American history.

And as you say, there may be hundreds of millions of dollars flowing into this project and into others. We have no clear way to keep track of it. We don't know the exact relationship between those investors yet. and decisions made by the Treasury Department or the Justice Department. And it is, again, corruption and self-dealing on a scale that we've never seen in American history.

And as you say, there may be hundreds of millions of dollars flowing into this project and into others. We have no clear way to keep track of it. We don't know the exact relationship between those investors yet. and decisions made by the Treasury Department or the Justice Department. And it is, again, corruption and self-dealing on a scale that we've never seen in American history.

And this really puts this administration in a completely different league.

And this really puts this administration in a completely different league.

And this really puts this administration in a completely different league.

Presumably the body that would be responsible for enforcing corruption laws against the president is the Department of Justice. And the Department of Justice in this administration is fully controlled by the president. There's a very political, very partisan group of people in charge of it.

Presumably the body that would be responsible for enforcing corruption laws against the president is the Department of Justice. And the Department of Justice in this administration is fully controlled by the president. There's a very political, very partisan group of people in charge of it.

Presumably the body that would be responsible for enforcing corruption laws against the president is the Department of Justice. And the Department of Justice in this administration is fully controlled by the president. There's a very political, very partisan group of people in charge of it.

And we're hearing all the time, I'm sure you've heard this as well, about current employees of the Department of Justice resigning. Some have done it publicly. Some have done it more quietly. They're looking for jobs afterwards and they don't want to be in the newspapers.

And we're hearing all the time, I'm sure you've heard this as well, about current employees of the Department of Justice resigning. Some have done it publicly. Some have done it more quietly. They're looking for jobs afterwards and they don't want to be in the newspapers.

And we're hearing all the time, I'm sure you've heard this as well, about current employees of the Department of Justice resigning. Some have done it publicly. Some have done it more quietly. They're looking for jobs afterwards and they don't want to be in the newspapers.