News
- A lawsuit alleges that foreign payments to Donald Trump’s businesses violate the Constitution. (NYT)
- Trump will never release his tax returns, says a top advisor - despite previously promising to do so eventually (and 74 percent of Americans thinking he should). (WaPo)
- U.S. counterintelligence agencies investigated Gen. Mike Flynn’s links to Russia. (WSJ)
- Western Union was fined $586 million by the U.S. for failing to stop hundreds of millions of dollars being sent to China - much of it to human smugglers. (Bloomberg)
- Gambia’s former president has finally given up power and left the country - along with millions of dollars and a cargo plane full of luxury cars. (WaPo)
- A paper trail appears to link Petro Poroshenko with the airline which helped Viktor Yanukovich flee Ukraine. (OCCRP)
- China jailed two officials and a former vice-chairman of the top parliamentary advisory body for corruption. (SCMP, Reuters)
- At a crucial time, the top criminal lawyer at the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority is leaving to join a private practice. (FT)
Features
- Will Trump end the federal crackdown on dirty money in U.S. real estate? (Nicholas Nehamas, Miami Herald)
- Trump should expand the Freedom of Information Act and end U.S. anonymous companies. (Anders Aslund, The Hill)
