George Kollitides - who has worked as a senior advisor for Deputy Secretary of Defense Stephen Feinberg - has resigned from his role as an independent director of D. Boral Acquisition I Corp. www.sec.gov/Archives/edg... I wrote about Kollitides and D. Boral in this piece from June

Wendy Siegelman@wendysiegelman.bsky.social · 3mo ago

A top advisor shaping U.S. defense spending is a director of a public company with ties to Trump's Truth Social and deals linked to China

Sheikh Tahnoon is having a fantastic Trump administration!

Wendy Siegelman@wendysiegelman.bsky.social · 6d ago

US govt and Gulf billionaires back Todd Boehly bid for Lukoil assets Boehly's consortium includes US International Development Finance Corp, UAE's Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed al-Nahyan and billionaire Syrian-Qatari Al-Khayyat family - bidding against Carlyle www.ft.com/content/152a...

NEW: In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump was reelected and eviscerated the FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption probes.

The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way

After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...

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US govt and Gulf billionaires back Todd Boehly bid for Lukoil assets Boehly's consortium includes US International Development Finance Corp, UAE's Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed al-Nahyan and billionaire Syrian-Qatari Al-Khayyat family - bidding against Carlyle www.ft.com/content/152a...

US government and Gulf billionaires back Todd Boehly bid for Lukoil assets

Consortium aims to unseat Carlyle, which struck deal to buy Russian group’s international business in January

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A big new story from us: a big new leak means that we can put numbers on the scale of A7 -- the Kremlin's huge money-laundering machine. $6.9bn laundered through the international banking system via SWIFT, with $1.1bn sent to StanChart alone. www.ft.com/content/3848...

Kremlin-backed forgery scheme moved $6.9bn through global banks

FT finds thousands of Russian payments handled by Standard Chartered, Citigroup and other international groups in vast leak from inside fintech A7

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A company linked to a major donor for President Donald Trump's $350 million White House ballroom project received authorization from the Treasury Department to complete an acquisition involving a sanctioned Russian bank, according to public records. buff.ly/drBjmRR

Trump administration gave firm with ties to ballroom donor the green light to do business with a sanctioned Russian bank - ICIJ

Private equity investor Konstantin Sokolov was also appointed to run a government enterprise fund.

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$2 billion Trump Tower Tbilisi project launched in Georgian capital Eric Trump addressed ceremony by video link Partners include Archi Group, Invia and Sapir Org (former Trump Soho partner), investors include Block Stone Capital, Finvest, Vector Group georgiatoday.ge/trump-tower-...

Trump Tower Tbilisi Unveiled as Flagship Project of $2 Billion Development

Trump Tower Tbilisi was officially launched in the Georgian capital this week, at an international ceremony attended by Georgian government

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$2 billion Trump Tower Tbilisi project launched in Georgian capital Eric Trump addressed ceremony by video link Partners include Archi Group, Invia and Sapir Org (former Trump Soho partner), investors include Block Stone Capital, Finvest, Vector Group georgiatoday.ge/trump-tower-...

Trump Tower Tbilisi Unveiled as Flagship Project of $2 Billion Development

Trump Tower Tbilisi was officially launched in the Georgian capital this week, at an international ceremony attended by Georgian government

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This is Donald Trump's fortune over time. See those last two bars? Yeah, the presidency has been good to him. www.forbes.com/sites/danale...

Another Don Jr. wedding guest was a Russian linked to the country's security services, according to a Russian investigative journalism outfit: www.agents.media/top-executiv...

Top executive from companies linked to Russian security services attended Trump son’s wedding • «Агентство»

Русский язык The wedding of Donald Trump Jr. was partly financed by Umar Kremlev, the head of the International Boxing Association (IBA) and a friend of the chief of the Russian president’s security s...

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Jesse Eisinger@jeisinger.bsky.social · 2w ago

“This should be unthinkable for the son of the president. End of story.” A Russian oligarch close to Putin bankrolled Don Jr.’s wedding. www.propublica.org/article/dona...

Donald Trump Jr.’s Bahamas Wedding Secretly Bankrolled by Russian Oligarch Close to Putin Umar Kremlev - who spent hundreds of thousands on Don Jr wedding - is head of International Boxing Association which has been financed by Russian state-owned Gazprom www.propublica.org/article/dona...

Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch

The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...

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Trump‘s cash gifts to government employees, violate ethics rules, which exist to promote loyalty to the United States over loyalty to one person. He doesn’t get to break the law just because cash bonuses were “his longtime practice” in the private sector. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Trump gave $45,000 cash gifts to Natalie Harp, two other close aides

Financial disclosures show the sums were equivalent to nearly one-third of each of their salaries. Experts say the gifts are without precedent and may violate the law.

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NEW: In a White House meeting this spring, Rubio brought up Alejandro Betancourt as an oil partner in Venezuela. Then US officials pressed Switzerland and UK to ease or drop travel restrictions and investigations into him. UK was reluctant but agreed. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/w...

Alejandro Betancourt, Trump’s Partner in Venezuelan Oil Deal, Has Faced Investigations (Gift Article)

Alejandro Betancourt has been targeted by multiple investigations. Now he’s the U.S. government’s unrivaled partner in President Trump’s bid to control Venezuelan oil resources.

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NEW in OUR LAND: Trump's DOJ is going to court to help a fabricator tied to Russian intelligence—who was sentenced to 6 years in prison for lying to the FBI to smear Joe Biden—appeal his sentence & get released. Why would Trump aid a possible Russian agent? link.motherjones.com/public/47273...

Michael Shvartsman pleaded guilty in 2024 to insider trading associated with the Trump Media & Technology Group - per a lawsuit, he later helped fund the documentary "The Man You Don't Know" in an effort to obtain a pardon. He denies the allegations. www.newstribune.com/news/2026/se...

Lawsuit says convicted fraudster linked to Trump Media funded pro-Trump film in hopes of pardon | Jefferson City News-Tribune

A Miami investor who pleaded guilty to making insider trades connected to the parent company of President Donald Trump's Truth Social platform helped fund a pro-Trump documentary film in hopes of secu...

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Fernando Cerimedo, a top right-wing political operative & business partner of fmr. Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale, has been arrested in Bolivia in connection w/ the attempted assassination of his partner, Nadia Bayer, who is allegedly pregnant w/ his child. Bayer survived being shot by two...

Trump Family’s New Crypto Bank Is Backed by Abu Dhabi Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed al Nahyan The Emirati ‘spy sheikh’ backs a 49% stake in the entity behind the new World Liberty bank www.wsj.com/finance/curr...

Exclusive | Trump Family’s New Crypto Bank Is Backed by Abu Dhabi Sheikh

The Emirati “spy sheikh” backs a 49% stake in the entity behind the new World Liberty bank.

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Venezuelan oilman Alejandro Betancourt faced Swiss arrest warrant. Trump admin intervened and per sources Betancourt is acting as intermediary for US In past decade he faced investigations (not charges) in Switzerland, Spain, US into alleged $ laundering www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...

A Venezuelan oilman faced a Swiss arrest warrant. The U.S. had other plans for him.

The Trump administration intervened in a Swiss criminal investigation of Alejandro Betancourt, who has been helping Washington as an intermediary in Caracas.

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‘Thin Air,’ Real Money: Donald Trump’s Crypto Products Have Left Investors at Least $4.7 Billion Underwater Incredible reporting by @zacheverson.com @publiccitizen.bsky.social - w/detailed info on NFTs, governance token $WLFI, meme coin $TRUMP, stablecoin USD1, TMTG www.citizen.org/article/dona...

‘Thin Air,’ Real Money: Donald Trump’s Crypto Products Have Left Investors at Least $4.7 Billion Underwater - Public Citizen

Introduction  “I am not a fan of Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrencies, which are not money, and whose value is highly…

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Fun tidbit, just saw that a July 2026 report from the US House Natural Resources Committee Democrats on "How The White House Cheated The American People Out Of Their 250th Birthday" mentions me and a 2023 piece on Brad Parscale (footnote 266 on the last page)

Drone-Defense Startup Needed Connections, so It Hired Eric Trump Space-Eyes’ CEO Jatin Bains gives President Trump’s son 6% stake to tap in to his ‘network of contacts’ www.wsj.com/business/dro...

Drone-Defense Startup Needed Connections, so It Hired Eric Trump

Space-Eyes’ CEO gave President Trump’s son a 6% stake to tap in to his “network of contacts.” Eric Trump said he isn’t involved in day-to-day operations.

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Inside the Collapse of a MAGA Marketplace Backed by Trump Jr. - PublicSquare racked up costs before shifting into fintech, and its stock has cratered by 99% since it went public, via @wsj.com www.wsj.com/business/ins...

Inside the Collapse of a MAGA Marketplace Backed by Trump Jr.

PublicSquare racked up costs—and consulting fees—before shifting into fintech. Its stock has cratered by 99% since it went public in 2023.

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Blackwater founder Erik Prince launches Vectus Air Defense Systems which is 20% owned by Swarmer, a drone software company where Prince is chairman of the board Vectus may partner with drone company Powerus backed by Don Jr. and Eric Trump www.wsj.com/business/bla...

Blackwater’s Erik Prince Launches Air-Defense Startup

The private security contractor joined with Ukraine company Swarmer to offer defense technology to Middle East sites getting hit by Iran

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NEW: Congress appropriated $1 trillion for defense this year, more than twice as much as the combined budget for agencies overseeing health, veterans affairs, education, housing, agriculture and justice. We’re setting out to report on how this public money is being spent.

The $1 Trillion Black Box

The U.S. military budget is vast and opaque. Projects touted as engineering marvels end up facing years of delays and ballooning costs. ProPublica has launched a series to report on the Pentagon’s spe...

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Insight: Trump crypto firm backs venture offering AI from restricted Chinese companies reut.rs/4iee4EJ

Insight: Trump crypto firm backs venture offering AI from restricted Chinese companies

President Donald Trump-backed World Liberty Financial is collaborating with a Hong Kong-based venture offering artificial-intelligence models developed by Chinese companies the U.S. administration has flagged for national security concerns.

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President Trump’s scheme to charge $100,000 a month for advance access to government announcements on Truth Social violates the First and Fifth Amendments. That's why we sued this week, on behalf of The Intercept and Freedom of the Press Foundation.

Truth Social's $100,000-per-month subscription for early access to Trump posts is unconstitutional - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

President Trump's scheme to charge $100,000 per month for advance access to official government announcements on Truth Social violates the First and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution.

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NEW: How some executives in drone deal backed by Eric and Donald Trump Jr. link to a DOJ Ozempic fraud case, a few other legal cases and interesting highlights of some prior business activities. My latest:

How some executives in a drone deal backed by Eric and Donald Trump Jr. link to a DOJ Ozempic fraud case and other business highlights

How some executives in drone deal backed by Eric and Donald Trump Jr. link to a DOJ ozempic fraud case and other legal cases and businesses.

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Exclusive: World Liberty Financial, the Trump family’s flagship crypto venture, says its trust company has received preliminary approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to become a bank. on.wsj.com/4wyvwat

Exclusive | Trump Family’s World Liberty Financial Gets Preliminary Approval to Launch a Bank

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency gives the flagship crypto venture a conditional approval to be a trust bank.

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NEW: How some executives in drone deal backed by Eric and Donald Trump Jr. link to a DOJ Ozempic fraud case, a few other legal cases and interesting highlights of some prior business activities. My latest:

How some executives in a drone deal backed by Eric and Donald Trump Jr. link to a DOJ Ozempic fraud case and other business highlights

How some executives in drone deal backed by Eric and Donald Trump Jr. link to a DOJ ozempic fraud case and other legal cases and businesses.

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Treasury Rolls Back Ownership Reporting Obligations for U.S. Companies www.occrp.org/en/news/trea...

Treasury Rolls Back Ownership Reporting Obligations for U.S. Companies

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