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6 Jan 2017, 6:50 am
Federal: House Republicans, Under Fire, Back Down on Gutting Ethics OfficeNew York Times – Eric Lipton and Matt Flegenheimer | Published: 1/3/2017 House Republicans abruptly withdrew a proposal to weaken an ethics watchdog in a rocky start to the new Congress. [read post]
18 Dec 2015, 6:17 am
Broke Law with Social Media Push for Water Rule, Auditor Finds New York Times – Eric Lipton and Michael Shea | Published: 12/14/2015 Congressional auditors say the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) broke the law on multiple occasions with “covert propaganda” in support of a controversial regulation that gives the agency power over smaller streams of water. [read post]
5 Apr 2018, 9:01 pm
Their Client’s Project Got Approved.Anchorage Daily News – Eric Lipton (New York Times) | Published: 4/2/2018 Williams & Jensen, the lobbying firm at the center of the controversy surrounding Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt’s $50-a-night Washington, D.C. apartment, has assisted oil and gas companies in navigating the agency’s environmental regulations. [read post]
11 Sep 2015, 6:16 am
Lobbying War, Emails ShowNew York Times – Eric Lipton | Published: 9/5/2015 Monsanto executives were worried about attacks on the safety of their genetically modified seeds. [read post]
15 Apr 2016, 6:22 am
Power CoupleNew York Times – Eric Lipton and Michael Corkery | Published: 4/12/2016 As Puerto Rico has spiraled toward possible bankruptcy, the island’s sole representative in Congress has seen his family wealth swell, thanks in part to Wall Street companies that have sought to capitalize on the island’s financial crisis and have hired his wife to advise them. [read post]
18 Sep 2015, 7:30 am
Government ContractorNew York Times – Eric Lipton | Published: 9/14/2015 While earning more than $100,000 a year serving as executive director of the Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad, Jeffrey Farrow has simultaneously helped collect as much as $750,000 a year in lobbying fees, representing clients that include the governments of Puerto Rico and the Republic of Palau. [read post]
26 May 2017, 6:34 am
White House Moves to Block Ethics Inquiry into Ex-Lobbyists on PayrollNew York Times – Eric Lipton | Published: 5/22/2017 The Trump administration is trying to block an effort from the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) to find out the names of lobbyists who have been granted waivers to work in the federal government. [read post]
19 Dec 2014, 6:08 am
Energy Firms in Secretive Alliance with Attorneys GeneralNew York Times – Eric Lipton | Published: 12/6/2104 An investigation by The New York Times found attorneys general in at least a dozen states are working with energy companies and other corporate interests to push back against the Obama administration’s regulatory agenda. [read post]
15 Nov 2022, 4:47 am
Luke Broadwater and Eric Lipton report for the New York Times. [read post]
10 Apr 2015, 7:33 am
Federal: Comcast Recruits Its Beneficiaries to Lobby for Time Warner DealNew York Times – Eric Lipton | Published: 4/5/2015 Comcast, the media conglomerate long known for its aggressive lobbying operation, has enlisted a vast network of allies to press federal regulators to approve its proposed $45 billion takeover of Time Warner Cable. [read post]
10 Mar 2017, 6:24 am
Ethics Questions Dogged Agriculture Nominee as Georgia GovernorNew York Times – Eric Lipton and Steve Eder | Published: 3/7/2017 Sonny Perdue, who is awaiting confirmation to serve as President Trump’s agriculture secretary, became a target of frequent criticism that he was failing to honor his ethics pledge to reform state government during his eight years as Georgia governor. [read post]
23 Dec 2015, 6:58 am
Hospitality and Gambling Interests Delay Closing of Billion-Dollar Tax LoopholeNew York Times – Eric Lipton and Liz Moyer | Published: 12/20/2015 As congressional leaders were hastily braiding together a tax and spending bill of more than 2,000 pages, lobbyists swooped in to add 54 words that temporarily preserved a loophole sought by the hotel, restaurant, and gambling industries, along with billionaire Wall Street investors, that allowed them to put real estate in… [read post]
28 Aug 2023, 3:09 am
Eric Lipton reports for the New York Times. [read post]
18 Oct 2019, 3:00 am
Giuliani Pressed for Turkish Prisoner Swap in Oval Office Meeting MSN – Jo Becker, Maggie Haberman, and Eric Lipton (New York Times) | Published: 10/10/2019 During an Oval Office meeting with President Trump and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in 2017, Rudolph Giuliani pressed for help in securing the release of a jailed client, an Iranian-Turkish gold trader, as part of a potential prisoner swap with Turkey. [read post]
14 Mar 2021, 8:51 am
The Foilies were compiled by Electronic Frontier Foundation Director of Investigations Dave Maass, Senior Staff Attorney Aaron Mackey, and Frank Stanton Fellow Naomi Gilens, and MuckRock News Co-Founder Michael Morisy and Senior Reporter and Projects Editor Beryl Lipton, with further writing and editing by Shawn Musgrave. [read post]
22 Mar 2024, 4:00 am
But there were only a handful of citywide races in New York that year, including the election of Mayor Eric Adams. [read post]
5 Jan 2024, 3:00 am
New Spin on a Revolving Door: Pentagon officials turned venture capitalists Seattle Times – Eric Lipton (New York Times) | Published: 12/31/2023 Former Pentagon officials and military officers have joined venture capital firms and are trying to use their connections in Washington to cash in on the potential to sell a new generation of weapons. [read post]
11 Sep 2020, 3:00 am
How Trump Draws on Campaign Funds to Pay Legal Bills MSN – Eric Lipton (New York Times) | Published: 9/5/2020 President Trump was proudly litigious before his victory in 2016 and has remained so in the White House. [read post]
12 Apr 2024, 4:00 am
As Kushner’s Investment Firm Steps Out, the Potential Conflicts Are Growing Yahoo News – Eric Lipton, Jonathan Swain, and Maggie Haberman (New York Times) | Published: 4/9/2024 Jared Kushner’s investment fund is not especially large by global finance standards. [read post]
2 Feb 2020, 9:08 am
A copy of Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis’s January 17, 2020 opinion on the allocation issue can be found here. [read post]
