Source: In These Times
by Rick Claypool
“That’s the slogan that would truthfully describe the Trump administration’s approach to law enforcement. A new investigation by my organization, Public Citizen, shows that the Trump administration is dropping investigations and enforcement actions against corporations that showered money on Trump’s inauguration earlier this year. Seventy-one big businesses, which were facing at least 102 ongoing federal enforcement actions at the time of Trump’s inauguration, collectively gave a whopping $57 million to the Trump-Vance inaugural fund, we found. And many may now be collecting special favors. Trump’s inaugural haul from corporations facing investigations and lawsuits alone is comparable to the total amount raised for the inaugurations of President Obama in 2009 ($53 million) and Biden in 2021 ($62 million). And it’s just a third of the record-breaking $239 million Trump collected overall, $153 million of which came from corporate donors.” (05/14/25)
https://inthesetimes.com/article/trump-corporations-jpmorgan-crypto-ai