Tag: Corruption

A new animated series featuring former President Barack Obama and former Vice President Joe Biden is in the works.

Beltway Confidential

Joe Biden parrots laughable falsehood that the Obama administration was scandal-free

Becket Adams · April 26, 2019 10:08 pm

Federal Bureau of Investigation and Internal Revenue Service agents enter City Hall in Baltimore, MD., on Thursday, April 25, 2019. FBI, IRS launched raids connected to Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh amid widening probes to determine whether she used sales of her children's books to disguise government kickbacks.

Feds raid Baltimore mayor’s home and city hall

Zach Halaschak · April 25, 2019 4:20 pm

Actress Felicity Huffman arrives at federal court in Boston to face charges in a nationwide college admissions bribery scandal.

Actress Felicity Huffman and 13 others to plead guilty in college admissions scheme

John Gage · April 8, 2019 7:44 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov attends an event.

Beltway Confidential

Why Putin’s chief spokesman just had a tantrum over statistics

Tom Rogan · April 4, 2019 5:15 pm

Soldiers and National Guard organize aid for the Santa Ana community in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Guayama, Puerto Rico, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017.

Washington Secrets

Pushback: White House cites $91 billion for Puerto Rico, hits corruption, incompetence

Paul Bedard · April 3, 2019 7:20 pm

Rep. Mark Walker, R-N.C., chairman of the Republican Study Committee, the largest group of conservatives in the House, departs for the weekend following final votes, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, June 15, 2018.

North Carolina Rep. Mark Walker mixed up in federal corruption investigation

Zach Halaschak · April 2, 2019 8:53 pm

Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh walks on the Maryland House of Delegates chamber floor before Gov. Larry Hogan's annual State of the State address to a joint session of the legislature in Annapolis, Md.

Baltimore mayor takes ‘indefinite leave of absence to recuperate’ as criminal investigation begins

Zach Halaschak · April 1, 2019 10:16 pm

Former congressman William J. Jefferson, center, arrives for his sentencing hearing at Albert V. Bryan Courthouse in Alexandria, Va., Friday, Dec. 1, 2017.

Lawyer for ‘Dollar Bill’ corrupt congressman brands judge as biased over Manafort leniency

Jerry Dunleavy · March 9, 2019 5:03 am

Former U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock speaks to reporters at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse.

Aaron Schock makes deal to avoid prosecution on corruption charges

Caitlin Yilek · March 6, 2019 6:36 pm

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures as he delivers a statement at the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem.

Beltway Confidential

Why Benjamin Netanyahu is having a very bad week

Tom Rogan · February 28, 2019 7:32 pm

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears at a Cabinet meeting.

Israeli attorney general announces Benjamin Netanyahu to be indicted for corruption

Zach Halaschak · February 28, 2019 7:03 pm

Masked looters carry a flat screen TV amid protests demanding the resignation of Haitian President Jovenel Moise near the presidential palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019. Protesters are angry about skyrocketing inflation and the government's failure to prosecute embezzlement from a multi-billion Venezuelan program that sent discounted oil to Haiti.

Five Americans arrested in Haiti on conspiracy charges

Anna Giaritelli · February 18, 2019 5:23 pm