There is so much corruption in this administration it's hard to keep track.

Let's do a coronavirus corruption thread.

Please feel free to contribute.
https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2020/04/07/trump-and-associates-have-financial-stake-in-potential-coronavirus-drug-hydroxychloroquine-according-to-report
Trump and associates have financial stake in potential coronavirus drug hydroxychloroquine,...

On Sunday, Detroit's former health director Abdul El-Sayed criticized President Donald Trump's hawking of the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine as a potential coronavirus treatment, saying that...

https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2020/04/07/trump-and-associates-have-financial-stake-in-potential-coronavirus-drug-hydroxychloroquine-according-to-report
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/03/kushner-coronavirus-testing-oscar-company/609139/
Exclusive: Kushner Firm Built the Coronavirus Website Trump Promised

The extent of Oscar Health’s work on coronavirus testing hasn’t been previously reported.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/03/kushner-coronavirus-testing-oscar-company/609139/
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/03/kushner-coronavirus-testing-oscar-company/609139/
Exclusive: Kushner Firm Built the Coronavirus Website Trump Promised

The extent of Oscar Health’s work on coronavirus testing hasn’t been previously reported.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/03/kushner-coronavirus-testing-oscar-company/609139/
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/iowa-businessman-gets-lucrative-no-bid-coronavirus-contract-after-making-big-donation-to-trump-report/
Iowa businessman gets lucrative no-bid coronavirus contract after making big donation to Trump:...

This February, West Des Moines businessman David Greenspon made his first ever donation to Donald Trump. According to Iowa Starting Line, two months later he received a no-bid contract to obtain...

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/iowa-businessman-gets-lucrative-no-bid-coronavirus-contract-after-making-big-donation-to-trump-report/
https://twitter.com/trcfwtt/status/1262828716675207169?s=20
https://www.floridabulldog.org/2020/05/con-artist-landed-no-bid-covid-9-contract-with-desantis-administration/
'Con artist' landed no-bid Covid contract with DeSantis administration

By Daniel Ducassi, FloridaBulldog.org - A Texas company run by 'con artist' inked a multimillion deal with Florida to provide COVID-19 testing and supplies

https://www.floridabulldog.org/2020/05/con-artist-landed-no-bid-covid-9-contract-with-desantis-administration/
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/moncef-slaoui-covid-19-vaccine-trump-czar_n_5ec05ee0c5b601e938721768
Trump's New COVID-19 Czar Holds $10 Million In Vaccine Company Stock Options

Elizabeth Warren slammed the "huge conflict of interest," and demanded Moncef Slaoui "divest immediately."

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/moncef-slaoui-covid-19-vaccine-trump-czar_n_5ec05ee0c5b601e938721768
https://www.propublica.org/article/another-private-jet-company-owned-by-a-trump-donor-got-a-bailout-this-one-for-20-million?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
Another Private Jet Company Owned by a Trump Donor Got a Bailout — This One for $20 Million

The two private jet companies are among the first 96 airline companies disclosed as recipients of taxpayer funds under the CARES Act.

https://www.propublica.org/article/another-private-jet-company-owned-by-a-trump-donor-got-a-bailout-this-one-for-20-million?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/19/questions-mount-over-christian-group-behind-central-park-covid-19-hospital
Questions mount over Christian group behind Central Park Covid-19 hospital

Facility run by Trump ally Franklin Graham’s organisation requires staff to sign statement opposing gay marriage

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/19/questions-mount-over-christian-group-behind-central-park-covid-19-hospital
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/05/us/politics/rick-bright-coronavirus-whistleblower.html
Virus Whistle-Blower Says Trump Administration Steered Contracts to Cronies

Rick Bright, the ousted chief of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Agency, said he was pressured to steer millions of dollars to the clients of a well-connected consultant.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/05/us/politics/rick-bright-coronavirus-whistleblower.html
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/v7g4w3/millions-in-small-business-coronavirus-bailout-loans-are-going-to-oil-and-gas-companies
At Least $72 Million in Coronavirus Bailout Loans Went to Big Oil and Gas Companies

At least 16 drillers, fuel transporters, oil technology firms and service providers tapped the Small Business Association’s Paycheck Protection Program.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/v7g4w3/millions-in-small-business-coronavirus-bailout-loans-are-going-to-oil-and-gas-companies
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/04/jared-kushner-nat-turner-coronavirus-conflicts-of-interest/
How health care investors are helping run Jared Kushner's shadow coronavirus task force

Companies in their portfolios have a clear financial stake in how Trump handles the crisis.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/04/jared-kushner-nat-turner-coronavirus-conflicts-of-interest/
https://twitter.com/weareoversight/status/1263505574706241536?s=21 https://twitter.com/weareoversight/status/1263505574706241536
trump awarded them a $354 million contract https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/19/trump-administration-awards-350m-contract-to-ramp-up-us-drug-manufacturing-267841
Dubious history for leader of new made-in-America drug venture

The CEO’s past ventures include a flawed allergy-med injector and a pricey opioid overdose treatment

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/19/trump-administration-awards-350m-contract-to-ramp-up-us-drug-manufacturing-267841
Correction: contract worth up to $812 million https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-trump-admin-gives-812m-contract-to-small-virginia-firm-2020-5
The Trump administration gave a drug-making contract worth up to $812 million to a small Virginia...

The Trump administration is plowing hundreds of millions into boosting US medicine manufacturing, amid fears of over-reliance on foreign companies.

https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-trump-admin-gives-812m-contract-to-small-virginia-firm-2020-5
This stench of the swamp on this one is especially strong.
"The Department of Health and Human Services said on Tuesday that its Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, which directs federal money to companies countering public-health threats, was giving the contract to Phlow."

Critics were right. https://twitter.com/trcfwtt/status/1246154768806019073?s=20
"An earlier company he founded, Kaleo, was the focus of a 2018 Senate investigation after it abruptly increased the price of an opioid-overdose treatment by more than 600%. Kaleo was also criticized by Sen. Chuck Grassley in 2017 for selling an EpiPen rival product for $4,500."
I fear this is going to end up a very long thread. https://twitter.com/jonallendc/status/1263624454594273280?s=21 https://twitter.com/jonallendc/status/1263624454594273280
$600 million dollars for 60 machines that didn’t even clean the masks.
https://twitter.com/trcfwtt/status/1263887387094061057?s=21 https://twitter.com/trcfwtt/status/1263887387094061057
It appears he set up this company to grift 😡 https://twitter.com/dicktofel/status/1263931473566072833?s=21 https://twitter.com/dicktofel/status/1263931473566072833
Parscale is making sure he takes advantage of this crisis https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1261056353503547392?s=21 https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1261056353503547392
More great reporting from @propublica. https://twitter.com/ericuman/status/1265657264725245958?s=21 https://twitter.com/ericuman/status/1265657264725245958
Another example of a company being set up to grift
https://twitter.com/waltshaub/status/1266051214766223360?s=21 https://twitter.com/waltshaub/status/1266051214766223360
http://www.courthousenews.com/trump-towers-istanbul-partner-lobbied-president-and-cabinet-on-pandemic/
Trump Towers Istanbul Partner Lobbied President and Cabinet on Pandemic

In three letters copied to the U.S. president, a Turkish businessman who partnered on the Trump Towers Istanbul deal implored White House officials to sizably boost trade with Turkey in response to...

http://www.courthousenews.com/trump-towers-istanbul-partner-lobbied-president-and-cabinet-on-pandemic/
https://twitter.com/justinelliott/status/1267773104174125060?s=21 https://twitter.com/JustinElliott/status/1267773104174125060
https://twitter.com/propublica/status/1268591676362240001?s=21 https://twitter.com/propublica/status/1268591676362240001
https://twitter.com/crewcrew/status/1270332475181543425?s=21 https://twitter.com/CREWcrew/status/1270332475181543425
https://twitter.com/propublica/status/1272735332702674949?s=21 https://twitter.com/propublica/status/1272735332702674949
OMG! This thread!!! ....Mini coke bottles as test tubes. 🤯 https://twitter.com/davidmcswane/status/1273673868083965953?s=21 https://twitter.com/davidmcswane/status/1273673868083965953
I told you all this was going to be a really long thread. https://twitter.com/repkatieporter/status/1273633123209629697?s=21 https://twitter.com/RepKatiePorter/status/1273633123209629697
https://twitter.com/wendysiegelman/status/1274092967301656576?s=21 https://twitter.com/WendySiegelman/status/1274092967301656576
https://twitter.com/tpm/status/1276181130903982080?s=21 https://twitter.com/TPM/status/1276181130903982080
https://twitter.com/crewcrew/status/1277451763390525440?s=21 https://twitter.com/CREWcrew/status/1277451763390525440
https://twitter.com/jonallendc/status/1278086789291479041?s=21 https://twitter.com/jonallendc/status/1278086789291479041
https://twitter.com/redtraccoon/status/1278328037201805313?s=21 https://twitter.com/RedTRaccoon/status/1278328037201805313
https://twitter.com/schwartzbcnbc/status/1278774043970322432?s=21 https://twitter.com/schwartzbCNBC/status/1278774043970322432
https://twitter.com/weareoversight/status/1279201807017918466?s=21 https://twitter.com/weareoversight/status/1279201807017918466
https://twitter.com/juliadavisnews/status/1280149567615438853?s=21 https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/status/1280149567615438853
https://twitter.com/crewcrew/status/1280162307537068035?s=21 https://twitter.com/CREWcrew/status/1280162307537068035
I knew they would https://twitter.com/briantylercohen/status/1280237242254950400?s=21 https://twitter.com/briantylercohen/status/1280237242254950400
GREAT THREAD @kenvogel https://twitter.com/kenvogel/status/1280173289130864640?s=21 https://twitter.com/kenvogel/status/1280173289130864640
Holy shit. I knew this was going to end up being a mega thread but I’m not sure I can keep up with all the corruption . https://twitter.com/ericgarland/status/1280359476571316224?s=21 https://twitter.com/ericgarland/status/1280359476571316224
If you don’t follow the good people at @propublica, you should. https://twitter.com/alecmacgillis/status/1280501898903199745?s=21 https://twitter.com/AlecMacGillis/status/1280501898903199745
https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1280614544180678657?s=21 https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1280614544180678657
The amount of coronavirus grifting is just ... https://twitter.com/bpolitics/status/1282132828390596610?s=21 https://twitter.com/bpolitics/status/1282132828390596610
https://twitter.com/propublica/status/1282878950474219526?s=21 https://twitter.com/propublica/status/1282878950474219526
https://twitter.com/propublica/status/1283085632164827139?s=21 https://twitter.com/propublica/status/1283085632164827139
https://twitter.com/waltshaub/status/1283145036696375303?s=21 https://twitter.com/waltshaub/status/1283145036696375303
The looting never ends https://twitter.com/samstein/status/1283774456155066368?s=21 https://twitter.com/samstein/status/1283774456155066368
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1284623990095376384?s=21 https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1284623990095376384
https://twitter.com/marknyt/status/1286715254655901698?s=21 https://twitter.com/marknyt/status/1286715254655901698
https://twitter.com/propublica/status/1288519546593325057?s=21 https://twitter.com/propublica/status/1288519546593325057
I get that in an emergency there are going to be some mistakes made BUT JHC the corruption and incompetence is endless. https://twitter.com/CREWcrew/status/1289772937562611717?s=20
More looting https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1292874619750408194?s=21 https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1292874619750408194
Never ending corruption https://twitter.com/barbrastreisand/status/1294024808922062848?s=21 https://twitter.com/BarbraStreisand/status/1294024808922062848
https://twitter.com/propublica/status/1294420978303471618?s=20
https://www.thedailybeast.com/texas-man-charged-with-fraud-after-using-ppp-loans-on-strip-clubs-lamborghini
Texas ‘Entrepreneur’ Spent Coronavirus Loans on Strip Clubs, Lamborghini: Feds

His arrest comes just days after a Florida man was charged with doing the same thing.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/texas-man-charged-with-fraud-after-using-ppp-loans-on-strip-clubs-lamborghini
Not at all a surprise, but they are spending coronavirus relief $ on drones as if we don’t already given them too much $ as it is https://www.rawstory.com/2020/09/colossal-backdoor-bailout-outrage-as-pentagon-funnels-hundreds-of-millions-meant-for-supplies-to-private-defense-contractors/
‘Colossal backdoor bailout’: Outrage as Pentagon funnels hundreds of millions meant for COVID...

“If you can’t get a Covid test or find an N95, it’s because these contractors stole from the American people to make faster jets and fancy uniforms.” Instead of adhering to congressional intent by...

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/09/colossal-backdoor-bailout-outrage-as-pentagon-funnels-hundreds-of-millions-meant-for-supplies-to-private-defense-contractors/
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