In Trump's pardon economy, victims lost out on $119M in restitution
Small businesses and retirees are left empty-handed as fraudsters, some represented by Trump allies, win clemency.
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Gabe Kaminsky is an investigative reporter for CBS News based in Washington, D.C., covering money and influence in politics.
Previously at The Free Press and the Washington Examiner, he reported on D.C.'s booming lobbying industry, the rise and fall of Elon Musk's DOGE, and the billionaire megadonors supporting Presidents Trump and Biden.
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Small businesses and retirees are left empty-handed as fraudsters, some represented by Trump allies, win clemency.
At least 52 $TRUMP holders moved funds through crypto exchanges that bar U.S. customers.
Democratic lawmakers are pressing HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin to explain what role they may have played in pardons granted by President Trump.
The Federal Election Commission is down to just two members ahead of what's projected to be the most expensive election cycle on record.
President Trump is slated to speak on Tuesday in Washington at an event that features Elon Musk, Jensen Huang and others, according to invitation materials reviewed by CBS News.
Senior Democratic lawmakers vowed to investigate the new market that has sprung up around President Trump's pardons, citing CBS News video that aired in a 60 Minutes report.
Hidden cameras captured lobbyists as they tried to woo a potential client interested in obtaining a pardon from President Trump.
James Talarico's Senate campaign is accusing Ken Paxton and his campaign treasurer of "illegally spending" $1 million that was routed to a Paxton-aligned super PAC.
The disclosure requirement would be added to the Form 990, the annual return that nonprofit groups file with the IRS.
The Trump-linked group Freedom 250 staged America's birthday with tens of millions that it is not required to disclose.
CBS News previously reported President Trump was weighing pardons of a slate of people convicted of emissions and clean air-related violations.
President Trump hasn't committed to a firm number of people who will receive clemency — he's scheduled to have a meeting on pardons Friday afternoon, sources said.
President Trump earned more than a billion dollars from crypto-related ventures alone last year, according to a financial disclosure, including from his meme coin business and his family's cryptocurrency firm.
The probe focuses on Gallego's use of campaign funds for family trips, a source told CBS News. He has denied wrongdoing.
Mo Strategies, started by former Trump campaign and administration officials, recently expanded its practice into the lucrative world of pardon lobbying.