Eric Umansky
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In Hungary, a Freewheeling Trump Ambassador Undermines U.S. Diplomats
Matt Apuzzo - Nytimes.com 23h 13 tweets
He brokered a White House meeting for Hungary’s prime minister. He spends $320,000 on parties and takes positions at odds with American policy. He says he knows what President Trump wants.
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Eric Umansky This story isn't at the center of the news, but it's critical. It shows yet another Trump appointee going around policymakers and fighting *for corruption.* Specifically, the U.S. ambassador to Hungary -- a long-time friend of Trump. 37m
Never-Before-Seen Trump Tax Documents Show Major Inconsistencies
ProPublica 7d 46 tweets
The president’s businesses made themselves appear more profitable to lenders and less profitable to tax officials. One expert calls the differing numbers “versions of fraud.”
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Eric Umansky *This* is what we found when we got Trump Org tax documents. The numbers don’t add up. A dozen experts told us they could not see any legitimate explanations. 7d
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Eric Umansky So we got Trump Org tax documents. And you know what they seem to show? Fraud. 7d
Listen to Conference-Goers at Trump Resort Chant for “War!”
ProPublica 8d 4 tweets
Speakers at a pro-Trump conference urged attendees to “go to war” for the president and laughed about beating up classmates. It’s the same conference where a video of a fake Trump shooting members of the media played.
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Eric Umansky You know that video at Trump conf of the prez murdering journos? We have audio from the conf at Trump Doral. One speaker exhorted audience to “War!” The crowd’ replied: “War! War!” Another remembered knocking teeth out. Crowd laughed. W/ 8d
WSJ News Exclusive | Two Foreign-Born Men Who Helped Giuliani on Ukraine Arrested on Campaign-Finance Charges
Aruna Viswanatha, Rebecca Ballhaus - WSJ 13d 43 tweets
Two foreign-born donors to a pro-Trump fundraising committee who helped Rudy Giuliani’s efforts to investigate Democrat Joe Biden were arrested late Wednesday on criminal charges of violating campaign finance rules and are expected to appear in...
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Eric Umansky So two guys who helped Rudy’s “anti-corruption” campaign were just arrested for corruption. 13d
While Trump Cracked Down on Immigration, a Republican Megadonor Sued for a Special Visa
ProPublica 16d 2 tweets
Shipping supplies billionaires Richard and Elizabeth Uihlein frequently back “America First” candidates and causes. When it comes to their own company, it’s a different matter.
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Eric Umansky Nativism for thee but not for me: These Trump megadonors are super into “America First” and restricting *legal immigration.* At their own company, meanwhile, they’ve sued the govt to get exemption from Trump’s “Hire American” order. 16d
A Brief Guide to Giuliani’s Questionable Friends in Ukraine — “Trump, Inc.” Podcast
ProPublica 21d 3 tweets
Rudy Giuliani has been looking for “corruption” in Ukraine. It’s easy to find among the very people he’s befriended.
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Eric Umansky OK, my Trump Inc colleague has been secretly reporting from Ukraine *this whole time.* He retraced Rudy’s steps, digging into the Ukrainians he’s has been working with Turns out, *they are the ones riddled w/ corruption* Listen/Read 21d
Trump’s Ukraine Plotting Has Been Happening in Plain Sight. So Why Didn’t We See It?
Eric Umansky - ProPublica 26d 2 tweets
It’s not just that there’s a lot to pay attention to.
Google Says Google Translate Can’t Replace Human Translators. Immigration Officials Have Used It to Vet Refugees.
ProPublica 27d 13 tweets
Documents shared with ProPublica show that immigration officials have been told to vet refugees’ social media posts using Google Translate. Language experts caution even students against using the service.
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Eric Umansky So the U.S. government are vetting applicants' social media posts, looking for threats. And turns out, they're relying on Google Translate, *which Google itself says shouldn't be relied on.* We tested it and guess what. by 27d
Whistle-Blower Is Said to Allege Concerns About White House Handling of Ukraine Call
Charlie Savage, Michael S. Schmidt - Nytimes.com 28d 21 tweets
New details have emerged about the intelligence officer who raised alarms about the president’s pressure on Ukraine to open inquiries that could benefit him politically.
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Eric Umansky The intel inspector general, *appointed by Trump,* concluded that the prez “may have illegally solicited a foreign campaign contribution and his potential misconduct created a national security risk.” 28d
Welcome to the New Trump, Inc.
Eric Umansky - ProPublica 35d 1 tweets
This week, our podcast with WNYC looks at how Trump has taken his way of doing business to the government. We’ll be here every two weeks.
Millions of Americans’ Medical Images and Data Are Available on the Internet. Anyone Can Take a Peek.
ProPublica 36d 20 tweets
Hundreds of computer servers worldwide that store patient X-rays and MRIs are so insecure that anyone with a web browser or a few lines of computer code can view patient records. One expert warned about it for years.
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Eric Umansky New from us: Millions of Americans' X-rays and MRIs have been sitting unprotected on the internet, open for anyone to browse. “It’s not even hacking. It’s walking into an open door.” by , & 36d
The Myths of the “Genius” Behind Trump’s Reelection Campaign
ProPublica 42d 9 tweets
Brad Parscale has said he’s taking a relative pittance to run the president’s reelection operation. But as with much of what Parscale has claimed about his work and life, that’s not the full story. This is.
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Eric Umansky Today's must-read is a profile of Trump's campaign manager, Brad Parscale. Turns out has a habit of BSing like his boss--including awards he's "won," when he was married, and how he was going to be "very ethical" and not profit from the campaign 42d
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Eric Umansky A remarkable example of how the GOP has become Trump. The RNC gives local candidates all sorts of data on voters in their area, *except it has been removing polling about Trump.* That way they can't see if Trump is polling poorly in their area. 42d
Checking In at Trump Hotels, for Kinship (and Maybe Some Sway)
Eric Lipton - Nytimes.com 46d 15 tweets
To ethics lawyers, the most extraordinary aspect of the daily merging of President Trump’s official duties and his commercial interests is that it has now become almost routine.
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Eric Umansky Oh look, contrary to his promises, the president is still "intimately involved" in his businesses and "knows all the names on his Mar-a-Lago membership roll." So: People are paying the prez. We can't know who they are (or what they want). But he does. 45d
Letters to the Editor: Teens are reading fewer books. Here's why that isn't a crisis
Los Angeles Times 51d 1 tweets
Young people may getting less of their entertainment from books and more from screens, but that doesn't mean their imaginations are being stunted.
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Eric Umansky A few days ago, the LAT had an op-ed fretting about how kids' "imaginations will be stunted" by their supposed lack of reading. My 14-year-old niece decided to call bullshit. She wrote a letter to the editor. And it's 🔥. 51d
How Amazon and Silicon Valley Seduced the Pentagon
Fortune 62d 9 tweets
Tech moguls like Jeff Bezos and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt have gotten unprecedented access to the Pentagon while chasing a lucrative prize: a $10 billion cloud computing deal.
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Eric Umansky So the Pentagon gave special insider access to Silicon Valley bigshots like Eric Schmidt. An ethics officer objected. The result? Schmidt blew up and the ethics officer was *pushed out of her job.* 62d
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Eric Umansky Before a Pentagon ethics officer lost her job for Qing Eric Schmidt and Silicon Valley's insider access to the DoD, she was warned to never speak to Schmidt. She was told, "Schmidt was a billionaire and would never accept pushback, warnings or limits.” 62d
America Wasn’t a Democracy, Until Black Americans Made It One
Nytimes.com 70d 74 tweets
Our founding ideals of liberty and equality were false when they were written. For generations, black Americans have fought to make them true.
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Eric Umansky As Thomas Jefferson was drafting the Declaration of Independence, he was being attended to by an enslaved teenage boy. His wife’s half-brother. 70d
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Eric Umansky “United States is a nation founded on both an ideal and a lie.” This sentence — so much truth in so few words. 70d
Trump Adviser Tom Barrack Pushed for Saudi Nuclear Deal — and Planned to Profit From It
ProPublica 86d 4 tweets
Documents released by a congressional committee reveal Barrack’s plan to team up with Arab princes to buy a U.S. nuclear company. Federal prosecutors are investigating foreign influence.
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Eric Umansky But wait, there’s more: So Trump inaug chief Tom Barrack helped engineer admin plan to sell Saudis nuclear tech He wanted to buy firm that would build the plants, Westinghouse When plan stalled, he emailed Jared: “We should revisit Westinghouse!” 86d
Federal Inquiry of Trump Friend Focused on Foreign Lobbying
David D. Kirkpatrick, Maggie Haberman, William K. Rashbaum - Nytimes.com 87d 12 tweets
Thomas Barrack spoke with prosecutors about Persian Gulf contacts as part of an investigation into foreign influence starting in the 2016 campaign.
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Eric Umansky Oh look, Trump buddy & inauguration chief Tom Barrack is under federal investigation for foreign influence peddling -- the very stuff we at / & Trump Inc. have been reporting about him. 87d
Trump Employs an Old Tactic: Using Race for Gain
Maggie Haberman, Michael M. Grynbaum, Peter Baker - Nytimes.com 95d 22 tweets
Since well before setting off a furor by telling four Democratic lawmakers of color to “go back” to their home countries, President Trump has sought to turn racial divisions to his advantage.
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Eric Umansky Trump’s campaign often made sure to seat one guy behind the president. They called him “Michael the Black Man.” 95d
Jeffrey Epstein Was a Sex Offender. The Powerful Welcomed Him Anyway.
Mike McIntire, Vanessa Friedman - Nytimes.com 102d 33 tweets
Mr. Epstein served time a decade ago. When he returned to New York, he staged a comeback campaign among the elite.
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Eric Umansky The best parenthetical. 101d