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Corrupt Congressman Claims Congress Needs a Raise
Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL), former federal judge who was impeached in 1988 for perjury and accepting bribes, on Monday asserted that members of Congress are not paid enough. He told the House Rules...
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Hillary Aide Cheryl Mills Double-Dipped While State Dept. Chief of Staff
Alana Goodman of the Washington Free Beacon details today how Cheryl Mills, one of Hillary Clinton’s longtime underlings, apparently collected a paycheck from New York University at the same time she...
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Ex-NY State Senate Leader Malcolm Smith Gets Seven Years
Former New York Senator Malcolm Smith was yesterday sentenced to seven years in prison for bribery and related offenses. He was convicted in February. A former majority leader in the New York Senate,...
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Double-Dipping Hillary Aide Helped Arrange NYU Commencement Speech
In a follow-up to her recent story detailing how Cheryl Mills simultaneously served as State Department Chief of Staff and General Counsel of New York University, Alana Goodman of the Washington Free...
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Clintons Pushed OPIC Loan to Fraudster Claudio Osorio
Alana Goodman of the Washington Free Beacontoday details how the Clintons pushed for a $10 million loan from the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) to Clinton Foundation donor Claudio...
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Menendez Legal Move Backfires
Lawyers for Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) recently asked that several of the counts in the indictment be thrown out because the investigation started after “unproven allegations” that Menendez has sex...
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Hillary Emails Shed Light on Clintons’ Role in Loan to Fraudster
The latest batch of publicly-released State Department emails provide more evidence that a $10 million loan from the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) to Clinton Foundation donor Claudio...
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With Boehner Going, Ethics Committee Must Release Azerbaijan Junket Report
John Boehner’s Speakership was a setback for Congressional ethics. He backslid on a number of important reforms, and helped to return the Ethics Committee to its traditional role of covering up...
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Supreme Court Will Not Hear Rangel Censure
The Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) who was seeking to overturn his Censure by the House of Representatives. Lower courts had ruled that they have no...
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Another Clinton Foundation Donor Gets OPIC Loans for Haiti
Alana Goodman of the Washington Free Beaconreports today that emails released by the State Department show that a Clinton Foundation donor asked the State Department to help his company secure loans...
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‘Nonprofit’ Clinton Foundation Operated Private Equity Fund in Corrupt Colombia
The appearance for some time has been that the State Department under Hillary Clinton was turned into sort of a shakedown operation for the Clinton Foundation. Now Alana Goodman of the Washington Free...
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Did Clintons Arrange ‘Sweetheart Deal’ for Canadian Tycoon Frank Giustra?
Alana Goodman of the Washington Free Beacontakes an even closer look at the relationship between controversial Canadian mining tycoon Frank Giustra and the Clinton Foundation. This time, she reports...
View ArticleHillary Emails Show State Department Favor Mill
Chuck Ross of the Daily Callertook a look at the recently released Hillary Clinton emails. He found even more evidence, now on the scale of an avalanche, that the State Department was turned into sort...
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IRS Proposes Dangerous Donor Reporting Rule
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) proposed a new rule in September that would allow charities to voluntarily report to the IRS contributions of more than $250. For donors reported to the IRS, the new...
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Sen. Corker to Get Scrutiny in Wake of Disclosure Omissions
On December 11, Senator Bob Corker (R-TN) amended his financial disclosure reports after he “failed to properly disclose millions of dollars in income from real estate, hedge funds and other...
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Menendez Shameless But Indictment Looms
In a headline today NJ.com asks the question, “How has Menendez Indictment Affected His Senate Duties?” The story details how Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) is acting if nothing is wrong, and quotes...
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FBI Investigating Clinton Foundation Pay to Play?
According to unconfirmed reports, the FBI is now investigating the possibility that donors were directed to the Clinton Foundation in return for favors from the State Department when Hillary Clinton...
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Questionable Charity in Puerto Rico Has One Employee— the Governor’s Brother
A nonprofit group founded by ex-New York SEIU boss Dennis Rivera has received big contributions from corporations that do business with the Puerto Rican government, while employing the governor’s...
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Puerto Rico Governor Tries to Distance Himself from His Brother
Alejandro Garcia Padilla, the governor of Puerto Rico, is claiming that he has nothing to do with a controversial charity, which has his brother Antonio Garcia Padilla as its only employee, according...
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Watchdog Asks for Probe in Mortgage Lending 'Revolving Door' Case
A watchdog group is asking for an investigation of David H. Stevens, a former Federal Housing Administration (FHA) official, who currently serves as President and CEO of the Mortgage Bankers...
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Justice Dept. Pursued Nemesis of Clinton Foundation Donor
Ken Silverstein in the New York Observeradds important new information to the case of Clinton Foundation donor Gonzalo Tirado, which was first exposed by NLPC. Tirado headed Ponzi-schemer R. Allen...
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Clinton Foundation Donor That Got Big OPIC Loans Now Faces Corruption...
Another Clinton Foundation donor with ethics problems received a loan from the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) while Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State. This time, the dollar amounts...
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Will the FTC’s Ramirez Tell the Truth at Senate Hearing?
Federal Trade Commission Chair Edith Ramirez is scheduled to testify tomorrow, May 11, before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law. The topic is “Examining the Proposed...
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Freedom House Asked to Decline Facebook Support for Net Freedom Index in Wake...
NLPC Chairman Ken Boehm sent this letter today to Freedom House President Mark Lagon:I am sure that you are familiar with the furor over the alleged censorship of conservative stories by Facebook in...
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House Thwarts New Assault on Office of Congressional Ethics
The House today voted down an amendment, sponsored by Rep. Steven Pearce (R-NM), that would have cut the budget of the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE). The tally was 137-270. During debate, Pearce...
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Rep. Kathleen Rice Took Gifts From Rich Donors
What is the point of prohibiting members of Congress from accepting personal gifts worth more than $50 if the the House Ethics Committee simply waives the rule?Freshman Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-NY) has...
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FBI Director James Comey Must Resign
FBI Director James Comey today announced that he would recommend that Hillary Clinton not be prosecuted for conducting State Department business on a private email system.He started by referencing the...
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Google, Facebook, Twitter Execs Asked to End Support for 'Black Lives Matter'...
In the wake of the murder of three police officers in Baton Rouge, we are today asking Eric Schmidt of Google, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, and Jack Dorsey of Twitter to end their personal and...
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Clintons Hide Source of $7 Million in Speaking Fees
Alana Goodman in the Washington Free Beacon today reports that Bill Clinton gave some thirty speeches for fees totaling $7 million, but that the actual identities of the sponsors is a “mystery.” The...
View ArticleWikileaks DNC Emails Reveal Plans to Reward Donors With Appointments
Chuck Ross of the Daily Caller reports that the emails and other Democratic National Committee (DNC) documents made public by Wikileaks show evidence that the DNC sought to reward big political donors...
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