The Trump administration’s top environmental official for the Southeast has been arrested on Alabama state ethics charges related to a scheme to help a coal company avoid paying for a costly toxic waste cleanup.
Read moreAs civil litigation over the now-defunct World Patent Marketing trudges on, court records in more than 10 lawsuits show that acting U.S. Attorney General Matt Whitaker may have profited handsomely from his former role as a board member of the scam patent firm that was shut down by the Federal Trade Commission.
Read moreChief Justice John Roberts is referring ethics complaints against new Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh to federal judges in Colorado and neighboring states.
Read moreIn a financial disclosure report released by the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday, former administrator Scott Pruitt denied that he received gifts or other financial perks while overseeing the agency.
Read moreA former rural county judge running for California attorney general and facing 11 counts of ethics violations is casting the state’s investigation as “politically-motivated” and a ploy to sabotage his campaign.
Read moreMidway through a New York corruption trial that ended in conviction, Republican leaders asked the state’s ethics watchdog to begin an investigation of Governor Andrew Cuomo. Met only with silence for nearly six months now, they want a judge to intervene.
Read moreA watchdog group and a former special counsel to President Barack Obama are seeking an ethics review of U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan even as former colleagues back his statements that he didn’t know about sexual abuse of wrestlers while coaching at Ohio State University.
Read moreJahi McMath, the teen declared brain-dead five years ago in California and the subject of a prolonged legal fight to keep her on a ventilator, died June 22 in New Jersey following bleeding and kidney complications.
Read moreA federal watchdog wants the Environmental Protection Agency to pick up the pace on its investigations into Administrator Scott Pruitt’s ballooning list of ethics violations before it can recommend “corrective action” to President Donald Trump.
Read moreFinancial disclosure forms released late Monday show that White House special adviser — and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law — Jared Kushner’s wealth and debt both appear to have risen over the year, an indication of the complex state of his finances and the potential conflicts that confront some of his investments.
Read moreThe head of the Montana Democratic Party on Thursday asked for a congressional ethics investigation into whether Republican U.S. Rep. Greg Gianforte lied to the police and the public when he assaulted a reporter last year.
Read moreA formal grievance letter filed with court officials Thursday takes aim at a lawyer identified in a viral video where a white man threatens New York City restaurant workers with deportation.
Read moreThe Office of Government Ethics criticized President Donald Trump on Wednesday as it published the Republican’s latest disclosure form, which belatedly notes a reimbursement to his attorney, Michael Cohen, for the $130,000 that Cohen paid Stormy Daniels.
Read moreThe first openly gay lawmaker to lead a legislative chamber in Massachusetts resigned Thursday on the heels of a blistering audit about his role in a sexual-misconduct scandal that brought charges against his husband.
Read moreVolkswagen’s new CEO, Herbert Diess, has vowed to build a more ethical culture after the company’s diesel emissions scandal and outlined a new structure aimed at streamlining decision-making at the sprawling company.
Read moreEnvironmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt’s top security official abruptly resigned Tuesday ahead of his scheduled questioning before a congressional panel. Pasquale “Nino” Perrotta was one of two top Pruitt aides to leave the agency amid a series of federal ethics inquiries.
Read moreFIFA’s ethics committee has banned top Brazilian soccer official Marco Polo del Nero for life for bribery and corruption.
Read moreThe Senate Ethics Committee has admonished Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey for repeatedly accepting gifts of significant value, failing to report them and for advancing the personal and business interests of a donor.
Read moreMembers of House panel assailed Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt on Thursday for the ethics and spending scandals that have prompted bipartisan calls for his ouster.
Read moreA South Texas judge’s daily court-opening phrase, “This is a redneck court,” got him censured by a state ethics watchdog, which ordered him to take racial sensitivity classes.
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