Trump Corruption Index

This Week in Trumpland Corruption: A Transition From Hell

This week we saw the Trump team try and outright steal the election, plus more trouble for Trump campaign strategist Jason Miller

Is there enough graft, double-dealing, and self-interested chicanery in the Trump administration to publish this column every week? Only time — and Trump — will tell. (But we feel pretty confident.) Presenting this week’s installment of the Trump Corruption Index.

Our cheater-in-chief

The official Republican Party donation page to help in Trump’s legal battle to “win key states” is in fact mostly funneling that money into other GOP campaigns, according to the Washington Post’s Dave Weigel. In other words, Republicans who are abetting Trump’s bogus war on the election results are likely doing so because it bolsters their fundraising abilities in key races such as the Georgia Senate runoffs. Perhaps owing to the party’s effort to falsely legitimize the president’s argument, the White House has told federal agencies to keep preparing the administration’s budget proposal for the next fiscal year. And lest we forget, at least half of every donation to Trump’s “election defense fund” will go toward paying off his campaign’s debts.

• Corrupt-o-meter (out of a possible five emojis): 💣💣💣💲💲

Yes, THAT Emily Murphy

General Services Administration chief Emily Murphy, who has blocked the routine release of funding for the transition of power to a Biden administration, was also at the agency when it reversed plans to move the FBI headquarters in D.C., a relocation that would have freed up real estate space for a competitor to Trump’s nearby hotel. “She has a history of being subservient to President Trump,” Virginia Rep. Gerald Connolly, a Democrat, told the Washington Post.

• Corrupt-o-meter: 🏨🏨🏨

Deutsche has lost interest in Trump

Germany-based Deutsche Bank wants to sever its connection to President Donald Trump, Reuters reported last week. The bank has three loans totaling $340 million outstanding to the…