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Andy Kroll

Andy Kroll

Investigative Reporter at ProPublica - Chicago Bureau

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    Recent Articles

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    The Trump Administration’s Plan for Protecting Consumers? Politely Ask Companies to Behave.

    Rather than investigate a buzzy fintech startup for throwing users’ accounts into chaos, the Russell Vought-led Consumer Financial Protection Bureau trusted that the company was “back on track.” Customers soon learned the hard way that this wasn’t true.
    about 2 months ago
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    What You Should Know About Russ Vought, Trump’s Shadow President

    Vought is the architect of President Trump’s broader plan to fire civil servants, freeze government programs and dismantle entire agencies. Here are some key things to know about the D.C. insider who wants to take a hatchet to the federal government.
    12 months ago
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    How Russell Vought Became Trump’s Shadow President

    From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that insiders say they feel like “he is the commander in chief.”
    12 months ago
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    Who Is Russell Vought? How a Little-Known D.C. Insider Became Trump...

    Reporter Andy Kroll explains Vought’s rise from a congressional staffer to the man piloting everything from Trump's layoffs and agency closings to his shutdown strategy, controlling the fate of trillions of dollars and millions of federal workers.
    12 months ago
    propublica.org

    Defending Jan. 6 Rioters, Investigating Democrats: How Ed Martin Is...

    As interim U.S. attorney in D.C., Martin has fired career prosecutors, dropped Capitol riot cases and launched sweeping probes into Trump’s political enemies.
    over 1 year ago
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    Ed Martin, Interim D.C. U.S. Attorney, Secretly Ghostwrote Online A...

    Martin’s career is dotted with ethical and professional questions, records show. Some of the most serious ones about the interim U.S. attorney for D.C. have remained buried in court filings, overlooked by the press or never reported — until now.
    over 1 year ago
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    Emails Reveal Top IRS Lawyer Warned Trump Firings Were a “Fraud” on...

    The Trump administration cited “performance” failures to justify its mass firing of IRS workers. But this claim was “false,” a senior agency attorney warned officials, because the administration had not conducted any such performance assessment.
    over 1 year ago
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    How DOGE’s Cuts to the IRS Threaten to Cost More Than DOGE Will Eve...

    The Trump administration claims gutting federal agencies will save money, but cutting the IRS means the government collects less taxes. “If you’re interested in the deficit and curbing it, why would you cut back on the revenue side?” one expert asks.
    over 1 year ago
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    Trump Claims “Illegal Alien” Voting Is Rampant. His Own Party Disag...

    In a private video training session, a top Pennsylvania Republican National Committee official reassured a new poll watcher that undocumented people could not possibly vote in the state.
    almost 2 years ago
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    Heritage Foundation Staffers Flood Federal Agencies With Thousands ...

    The conservative think tank has filed thousands of public-information requests, clogging the pipeline at federal agencies in an apparent attempt to find employees a potential Trump administration would want to purge.
    about 2 years ago
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    Ginni Thomas Privately Praised Group Working Against Supreme Court ...

    In a call with donors, First Liberty Institute’s Kelly Shackelford read the supportive email he said came from Thomas. The leader of the religious-rights group also labeled Justice Elena Kagan “treasonous” for backing a stronger ethics code.
    about 2 years ago