With so much taxpayer money at stake and few details about how it would be used, we wanted to know how much the government had already spent.
Category: Money and Politics
Posted inAccountability, Money and Politics, The Paradise Papers
The isles are alive with the sound of music
Royalties from thousands of American classics are tucked away tax-free.
Posted inAccountability, Money and Politics, The Paradise Papers
Big US political donors play the offshore game
A leak of offshore records provides a glimpse into the finances of Republican and Democratic contributors.
Posted inAccountability, Money and Politics, The Paradise Papers
Leaked documents expose secret tale of Apple’s offshore island hop
The inside story of Apple’s hunt for a new tax avoidance strategy is among the disclosures emerging from a leak of secret corporate records.
Posted inAccountability, Money and Politics, The Paradise Papers
Offshore trove exposes Trump-Russia links and piggy banks of the wealthiest 1 percent
A new leak of confidential records reveals the financial hideaways of iconic brands and power brokers across the political spectrum.
Posted inAccountability, Money and Politics, The Paradise Papers
Kremlin-owned firms linked to major investments in Twitter and Facebook
A major investor in Twitter and Facebook had financial ties to two Russian government-owned firms.
Posted inAccountability, Money and Politics
https://d1m3w2qdkx2ozg.cloudfront.net/345TheParadisePapers_Monday.mp3
The Paradise Papers
This week, Reveal journalists team up with The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists for a new bombshell: the Paradise Papers.
Nominee for banking post meets resistance due to fraud settlement
A whistleblower says “there shouldn’t even be a hearing” for Joseph Otting, Trump’s choice for the nation’s top banking regulator, due to an $89 million federal fraud settlement.
Federal agency holds closed-door meeting about single-family rentals
The Federal Housing Finance Agency held a closed-door meeting with industry executives to discuss “opportunities” in the single-family rental market.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Money and Politics, The Trump Era
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Split down the middle
As Donald Trump assumes leadership of a divided nation, Reveal heads to Jacksonville, Florida, one of the most divided cities in America.