Agriculture Department

Agriculture Department

Quick and Dirty

What Am I Doing Here?

Handouts to the Undeserving

Undue Influence

Apparatchiks

We Don’t Want to Hear About It

Further Reference

Commerce Department

Commerce Department

Quick and Dirty

What Am I Doing Here?

Self-and-Crony-Enrichment

We Don’t Want to Hear About It

Further Reference

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Quick and Dirty

What Am I Doing Here?

Handouts to the Undeserving

Further Reference

Education Department

Education Department

Quick and Dirty

What Am I Doing Here?

Undue Influence

Further Reference

Energy Department

Energy Department

Quick and Dirty

What Am I Doing Here?

Self-and-Crony-Enrichment

Undue Influence

Further Reference

Environmental Protection Agency

Environmental Protection Agency

Quick and Dirty

Undue Influence

Ignominious Departures

We Don’t Want to Hear About It

Further Reference

Health and Human Services Department

Health and Human Services Department

Quick and Dirty

Ignominious Departures

Dereliction of Duty

Undue Influence

Further Reference

Homeland Security Department

Homeland Security Department

Quick and Dirty

Government for Sale

The Boss’s Bidding

Undue Influence

Further Reference

Housing and Urban Development Department

Housing and Urban Development Department

Quick and Dirty

Self-and-Crony-Enrichment

Duties Betrayed

Further Reference

Interior Department

Interior Department

Quick and Dirty

Self-and-Crony-Enrichment

Undue Influence

Handouts to the Undeserving

We Don’t Want to Hear About It

Ignominious Departures

Further Reference

Justice Department

Justice Department

Quick and Dirty

What Am I Doing Here?

Handouts to the Undeserving

Undue Influence

Further Reference

Labor Department

Labor Department

Quick and Dirty

What Am I Doing Here?

Ignominious Departures

Further Reference

State Department

State Department

Quick and Dirty

What Am I Doing Here?

Government for Sale

The long list of big-money ambassadors includes:

Name Assignment Backstory
Gordon Sondland European Union Hotel magnate and one of the Trump campaign’s biggest donors, giving more than $1 million
Donald Tapia Jamaica Major GOP donor who got rich running a construction supply company
David Fischer Morocco Owner of multiple Michigan car dealerships and contributor of $250,000 to the Trump inauguration committee
Jeffrey Ross Gunter Iceland Dermatologist and longtime GOP donor
John Rakolta Jr. United Arab Emirates Construction company heir and major Republican donor
Lynda Blanchard Slovenia Founder of evangelical charity and wife of Alabama real-estate magnate
Lana Marks South Africa Fashion designer and member of the Mar-a-Lago Club
Joe Cella Fiji Founder of National Catholic Prayer Breakfast
David B. Cornstein Hungary Jewelry magnate, Republican donor, and longtime member of Trump’s West Palm Beach golf club
Kelly Craft United Nations Republican donor, wife of billionaire coal executive, and frequent guest at Trump properties
David Friedman Israel Bankruptcy lawyer, longtime Trump associate, and key 2016 fundraiser
Ronald Gidwitz Belgium Private equity manager and cosmetics executive
Robert “Woody” Johnson United Kingdom Johnson & Johnson heir and New York Jets owner
Trevor Traina Austria Dow Chemical heir and tech entrepreneur
Adrian Zuckerman Romania Real-estate lawyer and member of Bedminster golf club
Carla Sands Denmark Former chiropractor turned The Bold and the Beautiful actress
Jamie McCourt France Former Los Angeles Dodgers owner
William Kohorst Croatia Real-estate developer

Further Reference

Transportation Department

Transportation Department

Quick and Dirty

What Am I Doing Here?

Self-and-Crony-Enrichment

Further Reference

Treasury Department

Treasury Department

Quick and Dirty

What Am I Doing Here?

Self-and-Crony-Enrichment

The Boss’s Bidding

Further Reference

CREDITS
Dossiers by Jim Lardner. Map art by Peter and Maria Hoey. Coding by Donny Truong.

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Mapping Corruption: Donald Trump’s Executive Branch
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