conflict of interest

New York 02/15/22, 12:47

Consultants questioned the integrity of financial records from hundreds of businesses owned by the former president on Feb. 9. Mazars USA declared Trump Organization financial statements from the past decade cannot be "relied on." "Statements of financial condition for Donald J. Trump for the years ending June 30, 2011–June 30, 2020, should ...

U.S. 03/06/21, 18:03

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and her husband own a financial stake in WeChat's parent company, Tencent Holdings, through a publicly traded fund. The most controversial aspect of the matter is that the Department of Commerce is in charge of reviewing the ban on the Chinese tech giant imposed by former ...

U.S. 12/17/19, 12:18

The next CEO of the parent company that owns NBC News has donated tens of thousands of dollars to various Democratic candidates and causes over the course of this year. This raises concerns about a possible conflict of interest. NBC News belongs to the NBCUniversal conglomerate. Beginning Jan. 1, 2020, NBCUniversal's ...

U.S. 12/09/19, 18:16

Former Vice President Joe Biden excused himself from possible conflicts that might have arisen when his son Hunter was appointed to the board of the Ukrainian company Burisma, saying that no one warned him. "Nobody warned me about a potential conflict of interest. Nobody warned me about that," Biden said. He ...

U.S. 10/28/19, 10:46

Suspicion and scandal continue to accumulate around former vice president and Democratic candidate for the 2020 elections, Joe Biden, and his youngest son, Hunter Biden, NBC reported. Reports released last week refer to two other possible corruption cases that point to the hypothetical influence exerted by former senior Democratic official in ...