Robert Faturechi
@robert-faturechi.bsky.social
Investigative reporter, @ProPublica
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Email tips: robert.faturechi@propublica.org
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NEW: The White House intervened on behalf of accused sex trafficker Andrew Tate during a federal investigation.
“It was so offensive to what we’re all here to do, to uphold the law and protect the American people,” one official involved said.
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
“It was so offensive to what we’re all here to do, to uphold the law and protect the American people,” one official involved said.
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
NEW: The White House intervened on behalf of accused sex trafficker Andrew Tate during a federal investigation.
“It was so offensive to what we’re all here to do, to uphold the law and protect the American people,” one official involved said.
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
“It was so offensive to what we’re all here to do, to uphold the law and protect the American people,” one official involved said.
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
New: Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud.
Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud. Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them.
The White House has targeted opponents, including a Fed governor, for having more than one primary residence on their loan papers. ProPublica found that, in one case, a Trump cabinet secretary got two...
www.propublica.org
September 4, 2025 at 7:18 PM
New: Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud.
Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Horryifying.
DOGE made false allegations against an Afghan man who had helped the U.S.
Then the Taliban captured, blindfolded and beat his family.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
DOGE made false allegations against an Afghan man who had helped the U.S.
Then the Taliban captured, blindfolded and beat his family.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
DOGE Targeted Him on Social Media. Then the Taliban Took His Family.
Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U...
www.propublica.org
August 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Horryifying.
DOGE made false allegations against an Afghan man who had helped the U.S.
Then the Taliban captured, blindfolded and beat his family.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
DOGE made false allegations against an Afghan man who had helped the U.S.
Then the Taliban captured, blindfolded and beat his family.
www.propublica.org/article/doge...
Records show Attorney General Pam Bondi sold between $1 and $5 million worth of Trump Media shares on April 2.
That same day, after the market closed, Trump announced his Liberation Day tariffs, sending the stock market plunging.
www.propublica.org/article/pam-...
That same day, after the market closed, Trump announced his Liberation Day tariffs, sending the stock market plunging.
www.propublica.org/article/pam-...
U.S. AG Pam Bondi Sold More than $1 Million in Trump Media Stock the Day Trump Announced Sweeping Tariffs
Disclosure forms show that Bondi sold between $1 million and $5 million worth of shares on April 2. That day, after the market closed, Trump’s “Liberation Day” press conference sent the market tumblin...
www.propublica.org
May 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Records show Attorney General Pam Bondi sold between $1 and $5 million worth of Trump Media shares on April 2.
That same day, after the market closed, Trump announced his Liberation Day tariffs, sending the stock market plunging.
www.propublica.org/article/pam-...
That same day, after the market closed, Trump announced his Liberation Day tariffs, sending the stock market plunging.
www.propublica.org/article/pam-...
When a participant in the meeting asked him why he wouldn’t more forcefully call out Trump’s false claims about Social Security fraud, Dudek answered, “This is dealing with — have you ever worked with someone who’s manic-depressive?”
“I don’t want the system to collapse,” Dudek said in a closed-door meeting last week. He also said that it “would be catastrophic for the people in our country” if DOGE were to make changes at his agency that they made in others.
www.propublica.org/article/reco...
www.propublica.org/article/reco...
“The President Wanted It and I Did It”: Recording Reveals Head of Social Security’s Thoughts on DOGE and Trump
In a recording obtained by ProPublica, acting Social Security Commissioner Leland Dudek portrayed his agency as facing peril, while also encouraging patience with “the DOGE kids.”
www.propublica.org
March 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
When a participant in the meeting asked him why he wouldn’t more forcefully call out Trump’s false claims about Social Security fraud, Dudek answered, “This is dealing with — have you ever worked with someone who’s manic-depressive?”
Reposted by Robert Faturechi
New:
The evangelical pastor running a secretive influence project appears to be running a group house for lawmakers in D.C.
In addition to Mike Johnson living there, Trump ally Andy Ogles has the keys.
www.propublica.org/article/room...
w/ @josh-kaplan.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
The evangelical pastor running a secretive influence project appears to be running a group house for lawmakers in D.C.
In addition to Mike Johnson living there, Trump ally Andy Ogles has the keys.
www.propublica.org/article/room...
w/ @josh-kaplan.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Secretive D.C. Influence Project Appears to Be Running a Group House for Right-Wing Lawmakers
Evangelical pastor Steve Berger’s political influence campaign operates out of his D.C. townhouse. In addition to House Speaker Mike Johnson living there, a prominent Trump ally, Rep. Andy Ogles, has ...
www.propublica.org
March 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
New:
The evangelical pastor running a secretive influence project appears to be running a group house for lawmakers in D.C.
In addition to Mike Johnson living there, Trump ally Andy Ogles has the keys.
www.propublica.org/article/room...
w/ @josh-kaplan.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
The evangelical pastor running a secretive influence project appears to be running a group house for lawmakers in D.C.
In addition to Mike Johnson living there, Trump ally Andy Ogles has the keys.
www.propublica.org/article/room...
w/ @josh-kaplan.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
NEW: Sen. Joni Ernst had relationships with two military officials who lobby her committee, according to sources.
“From an ethics standpoint, it’s severely problematic,” one former legislative affairs official said.
www.propublica.org/article/joni...
“From an ethics standpoint, it’s severely problematic,” one former legislative affairs official said.
www.propublica.org/article/joni...
Ethical Concerns Surround Sen. Joni Ernst’s Relationships With Top Military Officials Who Lobbied Her Committee
Ernst, an Iowa Republican, is one of the most influential voices in Congress on military topics. Ethics and military experts say her relationships with top Air Force and Navy officials created potenti...
www.propublica.org
March 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
NEW: Sen. Joni Ernst had relationships with two military officials who lobby her committee, according to sources.
“From an ethics standpoint, it’s severely problematic,” one former legislative affairs official said.
www.propublica.org/article/joni...
“From an ethics standpoint, it’s severely problematic,” one former legislative affairs official said.
www.propublica.org/article/joni...
New: DOGE is expected to examine another sensitive system at Treasury next week
www.propublica.org/article/elon...
www.propublica.org/article/elon...
Elon Musk’s DOGE Is Expected to Examine Another Treasury System Next Week
The new target, sources said, is a sensitive database that tracks the flow of money across the government.
www.propublica.org
February 7, 2025 at 9:35 PM
New: DOGE is expected to examine another sensitive system at Treasury next week
www.propublica.org/article/elon...
www.propublica.org/article/elon...
February 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This is significant:
Lawyers at the SEC have been told they need to seek permission from the politically appointed leadership before formally launching probes.
finance.yahoo.com/news/exclusi...
Lawyers at the SEC have been told they need to seek permission from the politically appointed leadership before formally launching probes.
finance.yahoo.com/news/exclusi...
SEC's Republican-led commission tightens oversight of probes, sources say
Lawyers at the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) have been told they need to seek permission from the politically appointed leadership before formally launching probes, two sources briefed on ...
finance.yahoo.com
February 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This is significant:
Lawyers at the SEC have been told they need to seek permission from the politically appointed leadership before formally launching probes.
finance.yahoo.com/news/exclusi...
Lawyers at the SEC have been told they need to seek permission from the politically appointed leadership before formally launching probes.
finance.yahoo.com/news/exclusi...
Donald Trump sued CBS over its editing of a Kamala Harris interview.
Now Trump's new FCC chairman demanded CBS turn over the full, unedited transcript of the Harris interview, including footage from different camera angles.
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Now Trump's new FCC chairman demanded CBS turn over the full, unedited transcript of the Harris interview, including footage from different camera angles.
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
FCC demands CBS News turn over '60 Minutes' interview amid Trump lawsuit
The latest development comes as Paramount Global lawyers engaged in preliminary talks to settle the lawsuit Trump filed in October over his objection to edits to the '60 Minutes' interview with Harris...
www.latimes.com
January 31, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Donald Trump sued CBS over its editing of a Kamala Harris interview.
Now Trump's new FCC chairman demanded CBS turn over the full, unedited transcript of the Harris interview, including footage from different camera angles.
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Now Trump's new FCC chairman demanded CBS turn over the full, unedited transcript of the Harris interview, including footage from different camera angles.
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Reposted by Robert Faturechi
NEW: The Trump admin told a US-funded aid group that gives food & medicine to starving children in Sudan to shut down.
Children would die.
They’re defying the order.
But the aid world is in chaos.
Brett Murphy & Anna Barry-Jester:
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Children would die.
They’re defying the order.
But the aid world is in chaos.
Brett Murphy & Anna Barry-Jester:
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
January 31, 2025 at 8:00 PM
NEW: The Trump admin told a US-funded aid group that gives food & medicine to starving children in Sudan to shut down.
Children would die.
They’re defying the order.
But the aid world is in chaos.
Brett Murphy & Anna Barry-Jester:
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Children would die.
They’re defying the order.
But the aid world is in chaos.
Brett Murphy & Anna Barry-Jester:
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
NEW: There have been internal concerns that Trump Media has misled investors about Truth Social's performance, a source said.
But with Donald Trump, $DJT's largest shareholder, about to be president, will the SEC be up to the job of investigating?
www.propublica.org/article/dona...
But with Donald Trump, $DJT's largest shareholder, about to be president, will the SEC be up to the job of investigating?
www.propublica.org/article/dona...
Donald Trump Controls a Publicly Traded Company. Now He Will Pick Its Regulator.
There have been internal concerns that Trump Media could be misleading investors, a source said. But with its largest shareholder about to be president, experts doubt the SEC is up to the job of inves...
www.propublica.org
December 10, 2024 at 2:30 PM
NEW: There have been internal concerns that Trump Media has misled investors about Truth Social's performance, a source said.
But with Donald Trump, $DJT's largest shareholder, about to be president, will the SEC be up to the job of investigating?
www.propublica.org/article/dona...
But with Donald Trump, $DJT's largest shareholder, about to be president, will the SEC be up to the job of investigating?
www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Bondi was a central player in
@ericliptonnyt.bsky.social's Pulitzer Prize-winning series about state AGs accepting travel/ gifts/campaign $$ from corporate interests trying to avoid scrutiny and get investigations dropped.
nytimes.com/2014/10/29/u...
@ericliptonnyt.bsky.social's Pulitzer Prize-winning series about state AGs accepting travel/ gifts/campaign $$ from corporate interests trying to avoid scrutiny and get investigations dropped.
nytimes.com/2014/10/29/u...
November 22, 2024 at 12:15 AM
Bondi was a central player in
@ericliptonnyt.bsky.social's Pulitzer Prize-winning series about state AGs accepting travel/ gifts/campaign $$ from corporate interests trying to avoid scrutiny and get investigations dropped.
nytimes.com/2014/10/29/u...
@ericliptonnyt.bsky.social's Pulitzer Prize-winning series about state AGs accepting travel/ gifts/campaign $$ from corporate interests trying to avoid scrutiny and get investigations dropped.
nytimes.com/2014/10/29/u...
Now that we’re headed into a second Trump presidency, Truth Social/Trump Media has become incredibly important.
$DJT’s value is in the billions - arguably Trump’s most important asset moving forward.
We have been covering the company in depth. Here’s what we’ve found so far:
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$DJT’s value is in the billions - arguably Trump’s most important asset moving forward.
We have been covering the company in depth. Here’s what we’ve found so far:
🧵
November 19, 2024 at 4:47 AM
Now that we’re headed into a second Trump presidency, Truth Social/Trump Media has become incredibly important.
$DJT’s value is in the billions - arguably Trump’s most important asset moving forward.
We have been covering the company in depth. Here’s what we’ve found so far:
🧵
$DJT’s value is in the billions - arguably Trump’s most important asset moving forward.
We have been covering the company in depth. Here’s what we’ve found so far:
🧵