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Rick Claypool

Rick Claypool is research director for Public Citizen's President’s Office, investigating how corporate power undermines democracy and justice.

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Corporate Contributors to Trump Inauguration Seek to Curry Favor
Despite the incoming administration of President-Elect Donald Trump’s efforts to keep inauguration donors secret, The New York Times has reported seven of the event’s corporate donors: AT&T, Bank of America, Boeing, Chevron, Deloitte, JPMorgan Chase and United Parcel Service. In exchange for...
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