The White House Wouldn't Post Trump Staffers' Financial Disclosures, So We Did
ProPublica.org
April 1, 2017
In a remarkable Friday night news dump, the Trump administration made dozens of White House staffers financial disclosure forms available.
But they did it with an extra dose of opacity.
These are important disclosures from the people who have the president's ear and shape national policy.
They lay out all sorts of details, including information on ownership of stocks, real estate and companies, and make possible conflicts of interest public.
But the White House required a separate request for each staffer's disclosure.
And they didn't give the names of the staffers, leaving us to guess who had filed disclosures, a kind of Transparency Bingo.
Since the White House wasn't going to post the documents publicly, we did.
We teamed up with the New York Times and The Associated Press, requesting docs for every staffer we know and put them in this public Google drive folder.
We're continuing to look through them...And we want your help: If you see anything that merits a closer look, comment on the thread below or fill out our Google form.
Among the things we've learned already:
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