Trump’s FBI Purge Upended Bribery Probe Involving Hawaiʻi Contractor
FBI agents say Navatek executives traded campaign cash and gifts for Navy research money before Trump-era purges stalled the public-corruption probe.
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Lindsey Graham was saved from a bribery investigation by Trump's FBI
On March 3, 2020, Sen. Lindsey Graham walked into a private dining room at Charlie Palmer Steak in Washington, D.C. Graham’s time was expensive. He was meeting with two executives and a lobbyist from a Hawaiian naval defense contractor called Navatek. And he had required them to commit to $40,000 in campaign contributions for a 45-minute meeting.Navatek’s CEO, Martin Kao, was confident that was all the time he needed.“Shoot all he has to really …
Trump’s FBI Purge Upended Bribery Probe Involving Hawaiʻi Contractor
An FBI anti-corruption team launched an investigation into whether South Carolina’s most powerful members of Congress were involved in a bribery scheme, ProPublica found. After Trump gutted the FBI and DOJ, the investigation went dark.
FBI Was Probing Lindsey Graham and James Clyburn for Bribery — Until Trump Purged the Agency
"Shoot all he has to really do is stop by and say ‘yes.’ ... We don’t need to pretend we give a sh*t about each other," Kao allegedly wrote of Lindsey Graham. The post FBI Was Probing Lindsey Graham and James Clyburn for Bribery — Until Trump Purged the Agency first appeared on Mediaite.
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How Trump’s FBI Purge Saved Lindsey Graham and James Clyburn From a Bribery Investigation
An FBI anti-corruption team launched an investigation into whether South Carolina’s most powerful members of Congress were involved in a bribery scheme, ProPublica found. After Trump gutted the FBI and DOJ, the investigation went dark.
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