No record of a college degree for Trump nominee to run troubled $6B Indian Health Service. Says he was a Missouri hospital supervisor but @WSJ investigation finds scant evidence. He says his work records were destroyed in a tornado.
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JamesVGrimaldi
@JamesVGrimaldi
NCR, WSJ, WaPo, Seattle Times, OC Register, Evening Tribune. Pulitzer Prizes. Mizzou Gold Standard Award
Washington, DC
Joined November 2008
- Scoop: Trump’s chief of student-loan portfolio resigns, says federal loan program is fundamentally broken and calls for student debt to be canceled — a position mostly associated with Democratic presidential candidates.
- Replying to @RuthMarcusNot just Mueller. A jury trial. Seven felony convictions.
- White House security adviser Gorka is out. As you know, one person must be fired at the end of every episode
- SCOOP: Firm with ties to the acting U.S. attorney general is under investigation by the FBI, an agency that is overseen, of course, by -- yes, that’s right -- the acting attorney general. w/ @MarkMaremont wsj.com/articles/fbi-i…
- This is incredible — and not just the Wendi Murdoch part. The $100 million Chinese garden at the National Arboretum, deemed a national-security risk because it included a 70-foot-tall tower that could be used for surveillance. What?! wsj.com/articles/u-s-w… via @WSJ
- "You're fired!" and "I quit." Trump White House smashes record for number of first-year staff departures -- biggest in past 40 years. Turnover rate is three times higher than both Barack Obama’s 9% and Bill Clinton’s 11%.
- Trump criticized Michelle Obama's travel, but @Peterwsj and I found that Melania Trump ran up more costs more quickly: $675,000 in three months.
GIF - Another big @WSJ scoop: Career White House budget staff balked at delaying aid to Ukraine, believing it was an illegal act. So the White House gave a politically appointed official the authority to put the funds on hold. wsj.com/articles/white…
- The Pentagon authorized diverting $3.6B in funds for 11 border-wall projects, which would delay as many as 127 military projects
- James Woolsey, former CIA director, told me the most amazing story about Mike Flynn and Turkey. wsj.com/articles/ex-ci…
- In DC records, I found the REAL owner of Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner’s Washington house. You'll never guess.
- Video on our story about the amazing tale former CIA Director James Woolsey told me about Mike Flynn and Turkey.
- When the Blackwater contractors pardoned today by Trump were convicted for a mass shooting in Iraq, the US attorney who prosecuted them said they had “unleashed powerful sniper fire, machine guns and grenade launchers on innocent men, women and children.”
