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EXPOSED: How Politico Coordinated Damage Control for Mamdani’s $1.6 Million Campaign Finance Scandal

July 3, 2025 / 7 minutes of reading

When a mayoral candidate and a national news outlet coordinate damage control, the truth still comes out. Today’s Politico Playbook piece by Jeff Coltin exposed something far more troubling than a campaign finance “glitch”—it revealed how political journalism has become indistinguishable from campaign PR. In attempting to debunk our investigation of record alterations in Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign, Coltin inadvertently […]

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Betsy McCaughey, Jeff Coltin, Newsmax, Politico, Zohran MamdaniCorruption, Crime, Media Playbook

CAUGHT: Mamdani Campaign Finance Records Altered Twice After We Exposed $1.6M Irregularities

July 3, 2025 / 6 minutes of reading

INVESTIGATIVE EXCLUSIVE: Campaign finance records altered twice in one day after sustained media pressure—but was it a desperate coverup or correction of systematic false reporting that had been deceiving voters for weeks? 🎭 The Perfect Trap: Every Answer Makes It Worse There’s a moment in every investigation when the subject realizes they’re caught. For Zohran Mamdani’s campaign, that moment came

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Betsy McCaughey, Jerrod MacFarlane, Zohran MamdaniCorruption, Crime

How Zohran Mamdani’s ‘Grassroots’ Campaign Engineered the Perfect Political Heist

June 29, 2025 / 11 minutes of reading

Executive Summary Zohran Mamdani’s “grassroots revolution” was actually a $10.2 million corporate political operation that systematically deceived New York voters. Our investigation reveals: $7 million in public matching funds triggered by professional bundling, not grassroots donations 94% of contributions bundled by a single professional fundraiser employed by a taxpayer-funded organization 100% bundled money – every dollar of direct campaign contributions

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Andrew Cuomo, Brad Lander, Center for Law and Human Values Inc, Cynthia Nixon, Eric Adams, Jack Gross, Jerrod MacFarlane, Make the Road Action, Make the Road New York, New Yorkers for Lower Costs, Working Families Party, Zohran MamdaniCorruption, Crime

Albany’s Ultimate Protection Racket: The Triangle That Became a Circle of Self-Enrichment

June 26, 2025 / 17 minutes of reading

Executive Summary: This investigation documents a pattern of inconsistencies spanning Letitia James’s tenure in two major offices. Our findings show that James spent years handling sexual harassment allegations by Ibrahim Khan differently across both positions—first as NYC Public Advocate (2014-2018) and later as NY Attorney General (2019-present)—while applying vastly different standards to similar accusations against political figures like Governor Cuomo.

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Andrew Cuomo, Angel Dubose, Davis Polk & Wardwell, Ibrahim Khan, Kathy Hochul, Letitia James, Sofia Quintanar, William HochulCorruption, Crime

How Make the Road New York Uses Legal Loopholes to Transform Public Funds into Political Power

June 23, 2025 / 15 minutes of reading

Executive Summary New York City taxpayers are unknowingly subsidizing partisan political activities through a sophisticated legal loophole that allows publicly funded nonprofits to directly transfer money to political action committees. Our investigation reveals how Make the Road New York (MRNY), which has received over $27 million in taxpayer funds since 2010, operates a dual structure with its political affiliate Make

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Adrienne Adams, Brad Lander, Make the Road Action, Make the Road New York, Working Families Party, Zohran MamdaniCorruption, Crime

Governor Hochul’s Ledger: Peeling Back the Layers of Luxury and Favoritism

June 18, 2025 / 7 minutes of reading

The Bottom Line: New forensic analysis of Governor Kathy Hochul’s campaign finance records reveals a sophisticated pattern of coordinated luxury spending—where private jets and exclusive resort stays align with mathematical precision—operating alongside a broader system where taxpayer funds flow to benefit her political allies and family. Campaign finance investigations are like archaeological digs—each layer of data reveals new patterns hidden

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Kathy Hochul, Letitia James, William HochulCorruption, Crime

The $483,000 Question: How James Directed Funds to the Governor’s Husband’s Firm Before Her $10M Shield

June 17, 2025 / 13 minutes of reading

Twenty-four hours. That’s how long it took between The Guardian reporting that a federal grand jury had been impaneled in Virginia to investigate New York Attorney General Letitia James and the NY Post revealing that Governor Kathy Hochul had secured a $10 million taxpayer-funded legal defense shield, and sources confirming the FBI had opened a formal criminal investigation into James.

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Abbe Lowell, Davis Polk & Wardwell, Donald Trump, Jennifer Levy, Joel Gilbert, Kathy Hochul, Letitia James, Sharona Parchment, William HochulCorruption, Crime

How the NY Times Spins Letitia James Mortgage Fraud Investigation

June 13, 2025 / 15 minutes of reading

When America’s newspaper of record chooses narrative over evidence, someone has to set the record straight The New York Times wants you to believe that the federal investigation into Attorney General Letitia James is nothing more than Donald Trump’s revenge fantasy made manifest. In a June 11 article by Jonah E. Bromwich—his second puff piece defending James from federal prosecution—”She

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Donald Trump, Erik Siebert, Jennifer Levy, Joel Gilbert, Jonah E. Bromwich, Letitia James, New York Times, Sharona Parchment, William J. PulteCorruption, Crime, Media Playbook

CHECKMATE: Letitia James’s Own Documents Prove She Just Lied to America

June 5, 2025 / 9 minutes of reading

How the Attorney General’s latest interview became fresh evidence for federal prosecutors They say the cover-up is always worse than the crime. Letitia James just proved that axiom in spectacular fashion. In a desperate attempt to explain away her documented mortgage fraud—fraud documented in public records—New York’s Attorney General went on Pod Save America (869K subscribers) and told lies so

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Jennifer Levy, Joel Gilbert, Letitia James, Pod Save America, Sharona ParchmentCorruption, Crime

Gift-Wrapped for DOJ: The Witnessed Lie That Ends Letitia James’ Career

June 5, 2025 / 9 minutes of reading

On August 17, 2023, New York Attorney General Letitia James committed federal mortgage fraud. The evidence is her own signature on a lie. No matter what argument Abbe Lowell, her defense lawyer offers, no matter how they try to complicate the technical details, the central fact remains undeniable: Letitia James knowingly submitted a false sworn statement—an act that constitutes perjury

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Abbe Lowell, Donald Trump, Letitia JamesCorruption, Crime