Washington, D.C. — In the past few days alone, reporters have uncovered a mystery $100 million crypto buyer with an active money laundering investigation attached to his name, a Trump family tower project tied to Russian oligarchs, a Trump-touted gas station chain with a rap sheet of nearly 200 state penalties, an ethics carve-out that could hand the president a personal tax windfall, FCC commissioners taking luxury gifts from a company they regulate, a Kushner land deal entangled with an accused drug trafficker, and a Trump-linked oil company drilling in Greenland without a permit. James Comer and Jim Jordan have built their careers on manufactured “corruption” probes against Democrats. But neither has said a word about any of this. Just wait until Democrats are performing real oversight next year.
See below for more of what James Comer and Jim Jordan should be reading:
NEW YORK TIMES: Trump Crypto Took $100 Million From a Businessman With Red Flags
“Under World Liberty policy, as much as $75 million of that money was distributed to a company controlled by the president and his three sons. The money also benefited the family of Steve Witkoff, the Trump administration’s special peace envoy and the father of Zach Witkoff.
“In any prior era, a windfall for the president of that size from a foreigner with no public signs of access to that level of wealth would have certainly gone against norms and might have spawned a congressional investigation.”
WALL STREET JOURNAL: The Suspected Gangster Causing Headaches for Kushner’s Albania Deal
“Residents of this tiny coastal village were shocked two years ago when Jared Kushner posted renderings of a planned Mediterranean resort on a slim peninsula sandwiched by the azure sea and a lagoon where flamingoes flock.
“The images were of a spit of land where their parents and grandparents once raised potatoes. The villagers contended the property was stolen from them in the 2000s by Artur Shehu—a suspected gangster who fled to Miami after a gunfight at his bar.”
THE GUARDIAN: Greenland issues ‘strong warning’ as Trump-linked oil firm prepares to drill
“An American oil company connected to Donald Trump is preparing to sink wells in remote Greenland despite not having received permission from the local authorities.
“As the US president renews his threats to claim the vast Arctic territory, materials to prepare for drilling were brought ashore in recent days on Greenland’s eastern coast.”
BLOOMBERG: Trump May Net Tax Windfall in Crypto Bill Divestiture Plan
“The bipartisan ethics proposal senators have pitched to President Donald Trump to get landmark crypto legislation over the line in Congress could trigger a significant tax benefit for the president: the ability to defer capital gains levies on his crypto holdings.”
THE DAILY BEAST: Shady Russian Network Behind Trump Vanity Project Exposed
“Donald Trump’s sons are building a skyscraper in the Caucasus with a company co-owned by an oligarch who has shady ties to Russia.
“Trump Tower Tbilisi, a 70-story luxury apartment complex planned for the capital of Georgia, a former Soviet republic at the far reaches of Eastern Europe, is the latest jewel in the first family’s $2.7 billion property empire. Eric Trump, 42, posted an AI rendering on X in May, gushing that it ‘marks our first project in the region’ and that ‘we are so excited to bring it to life!’”
POLITICO: Retail gas stations touted by Trump racked up penalties in New Jersey
“The operator behind at least six of the mysterious Freedom Fuel discount gas stations had faced a stream of nearly 200 penalties in New Jersey before President Donald Trump touted the network last month, according to state records POLITICO reviewed.
“The penalties pertaining to safety and environmental violations laid out in New Jersey public records raise questions about how much the administration knew about the network that the White House promoted and Trump praised in social media posts and official press releases.”
PROPUBLICA: FCC Commissioners Face Ethics Complaints for Taking Luxury Gifts From Paramount
“Two government watchdog groups have demanded investigations into whether Federal Communications Commission members violated ethics requirements by accepting luxury gala tickets from Paramount as the company sought government approval for its $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.”
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