Like the disclosure of thousands of stock trades, being granted immunity from IRS audits, and the DOJ’s nearly $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund.
These actions have raised questions from both Democratic and Republican lawmakers.
Michael Waldman, president and CEO of the Brennan Center for Justice, a non-partisan legal think tank, says these actions amount to “corruption in plain sight.”
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