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Sarah Sanders Is Making Weekly Taxpayer-Funded 'Capital for a Day' Trips in the Final Weeks of Her Campaign. She Signed the Law That Hides What Her Travel Costs.

Sarah Sanders Is Making Weekly Taxpayer-Funded 'Capital for a Day' Trips in the Final Weeks of Her Campaign. She Signed the Law That Hides What Her Travel Costs.

With weeks to go before she's on the ballot, Gov. Sarah Sanders has stepped up her 'Capital for a Day' tours to roughly once a week, bringing cabinet secretaries along on the state's dime. A former aide to her father says his administration stopped the trips at election time because it 'would be using taxpayer dollars to campaign.' The public can't see what they cost: Sanders signed a 2023 law shielding her travel records.

A Russian-Born Ballroom Donor Got a Fast Pass Around Russia Sanctions and a $201 Million Federal Fund. His Money Also Went to Ten Republicans on This Site.

A Russian-Born Ballroom Donor Got a Fast Pass Around Russia Sanctions and a $201 Million Federal Fund. His Money Also Went to Ten Republicans on This Site.

Konstantin Sokolov gave to Trump's White House ballroom days before his company asked Treasury for a license to get around Russia sanctions. He got it in 10 weeks, used it to buy a copper mine from a sanctioned Russian bank, and was put in charge of $201 million in State Department money. FEC records show he also gave to committees raising money for Susan Collins, Pete Ricketts, Dan Sullivan, Vivek Ramaswamy and six more Republicans on this site.