Prime Only Members-Only Article

Trump Swamp: Interior Sec. Calls Corporations He Regulates ‘My Clients… My Former Clients’

|
May 16, 2019 5:34 p.m.

The American Prospect’s David Dayen late last week noted what he called President Donald Trump’s “most nakedly corrupt tweet”: an appeal to Congress to reject a bill giving tribal sovereignty over 321 Interior-Department-controlled acres to the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe in Massachusetts. Or as the President described it, “a special interest casino Bill, backed by Elizabeth (Pocahontas) Warren.”

Want to keep reading?

Join TPM to get full-access to our reporting, newsletters, and other member-only features.