Nick Schwellenbach

Nick Schwellenbach is a senior investigator at Project On Government Oversight, a nonpartisan independent watchdog.

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Firm Tied to Top HHS Official Got $470M Pandemic Prep Deal

Experts say the saga points to the potential for personal connections to win out over safety and effectiveness in fighting COVID-19.

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PIGGY BANK

Inside the Pandemic Cash Grab by Private Equity-Backed Firms

More than 1,300 companies backed by private equity investors received at least $1.5 billion in funds meant to help businesses hard-hit by coronavirus.

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MINIONS

Inside the White House Plan to Plant Cronies All Over

Team Trump cooked up a blueprint to dismantle an agency that protected 2 million civil servants from political interference. Then a DOJ lawyer said some of the moves were illegal.

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‘SERIOUS CONCERNS’

Warren: Prison’s Spending at Trump Hotel Could Be Corruption

GEO Group spent at the hotel as the company lobbied the Trump administration to cover its legal bills and intervene in lawsuits.

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POLITICAL INVESTMENT

Prison Exec Pursues Federal Cash, Spends at Trump Hotel

GEO became an avid fan of then-candidate Donald Trump after President Barack Obama’s Justice Department promised to stop approving new federal private prison contracts.

Nick Schwellenbach

Nick Schwellenbach

Firm Tied to Top HHS Official Got $470M Pandemic Prep Deal

Inside the Pandemic Cash Grab by Private Equity-Backed Firms

Inside the White House Plan to Plant Cronies All Over

Warren: Prison’s Spending at Trump Hotel Could Be Corruption

Prison Exec Pursues Federal Cash, Spends at Trump Hotel

ICE Confines Some Detainees With Mental Illness for Months

Ex-ICE Official Paid to Defend $1-a-Day Wages for Immigrants

Trump’s NASA Pick Used His Nonprofit to Benefit Himself

ISIS Thugs Behead Peter Kassig