Robert Faturechi

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Investigative reporter, @ProPublica Email tips: [email protected] Signal/WhatsApp: 213-271-7217

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New:

A private equity executive took a top Pentagon role. Then a firm he has close ties to landed a $281 Million no-bid contract from the unit he runs.

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propublica.orgThe Pentagon Gave $350 Million in Contracts to a Firm Closely Tied to a Senior Defense Department OfficialThe top Pentagon official left Alvarez & Marsal Capital after ProPublica started looking into his financial ties. The contracts with a related company are another example of firms close to the Trump a...
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New: A top White House aide intervened to get a $620 million Pentagon loan for a company tied to Donald Trump Jr.

“The call came from the White House: We have to get this done,” said one person involved.

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propublica.orgThe White House Intervened to Get a $620 Million Deal for a Company Tied to Donald Trump Jr.About three months before the Pentagon announced plans to lend money to Vulcan Elements, Trump Jr.’s venture capital firm took an undisclosed stake in the company.
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NEW: The White House intervened on behalf of accused sex trafficker Andrew Tate during a federal investigation.

“It was so offensive to what we’re all here to do, to uphold the law and protect the American people,” one official involved said.

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propublica.orgThe White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal InvestigationFederal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
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Horryifying.

DOGE made false allegations against an Afghan man who had helped the U.S.

Then the Taliban captured, blindfolded and beat his family.

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propublica.orgDOGE Targeted Him on Social Media. Then the Taliban Took His Family.Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U...