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Making the United States an anti-corruption laughingstock

Rachel Brewster and Samuel W. Buell (Duke): The Market for Global Anticorruption Enforcement. Donald Trump is a crook: Holding his first fundraiser at his own hotel is a message that the president wants to flaunt his self-enrichment. Did the U.S. just pull out of a global anti-corruption group? How Trump rebranded the First Family: The president has turned an archaic institution into something worse — an organized racket. There’s more to measuring corruption than Transparency International’s annual index. Trump, Russia and a shadowy business partnership: An insider describes the Bayrock Group, its links to the Trump family and its mysterious access to funds — it isn’t pretty.

Jordan Gans-Morse, Mariana Borges, Alexey Makarin, Andre Nickow, and Dong Zhang (Northwestern) and Theresa Mannah Blankson (UMass): Reducing Bureaucratic Corruption: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on What Works. Can Jared Kushner’s SWAT team of mini-mes protect him in the White House? Trump is pulling America back from the global fight against corruption. M. Steven Fish and Katherine Michel (UC-Berkeley) and Staffan I. Lindberg (Gothenburg): Legislative Powers and Executive Corruption. How a “shadow” universe of charities joined with political warriors to fuel Trump’s rise. Vladimir Putin is suddenly on the defensive against corruption.

J. Patrick Dobel (Washington): Integrity and Corruption. Why Angola’s star reporter won’t stay down: Angola's corrupt leaders keep trying to silence Rafael Marques — so far, without success. Trump lawyer’s firm steered millions in donations to family members, files show. When a liberal power lawyer represents the Trump family, things can get ugly. Donald Trump is making the United States an anti-corruption laughingstock: The nation is losing credibility thanks to the president’s numerous conflicts of interest.