Money laundering

From Chi-Town bagman to ECOWAS chairman: meet the former money launderer leading the push to invade Niger

Since the overthrow of Niger’s US-friendly government, West African nations of the ECOWAS bloc have threatened an invasion of their neighbor. Before leading the charge for intervention, ECOWAS chair Bola Tinubu spent years laundering millions for heroin dealers in Chicago, and has since been ensnared in numerous corruption scandals. Hours after Niger’s Western-backed leader was detained by the country’s presidential guard on July 28, Nigerian President and chair of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Bola Tinubu leapt […]

Robert Maxwell Goes to Texas: The Story of Bluebonnet, Part 2

After Robert Maxwell dropped his bid for Bluebonnet, the S&L was sold to insurance man James Fail under exceedingly strange financial circumstances. His backers ranged from figures tied to George H.W. Bush and Arkansas financier and covert "money shuffler" Jackson Stephens.
Robert Maxwell Goes to Texas: The Story of Bluebonnet, Part 2.

House Passes $40 Billion Aid Package for Ukraine, 149 Republicans Vote in Support of War Package

Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene pointed out that while there is a shortage of baby formula in America, yet the bill provides President Biden with $17 million, funding for the CIA, $54 million for COVID in Ukraine, $900 million for family and friends of politicians to provide services, and more.

Will Biden’s Sham Corruption Crackdown Endanger Freedom?

American Institute for Economic Research, June 7, 2021 Will Biden’s Sham Corruption Crackdown Endanger Freedom? James Bovard Denouncing corruption is the easiest way for rascally politicians to appear honest. Upholding a venerable Washington Kabuki tradition, President Joe Biden announced on Thursday that he was “issuing” a memo to “establish combatting corruption as a core U.S. […]