Mother Jones – September 01, 2019

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systemic corruption, and that’s the most important thing Mother Jones can do right

now. My team’s coverage of the Trump-Russia scandal shows why it’s damn necessary.

Whether or not there was a criminal conspiracy, we know that when it came to

Moscow’s attack on a US election, Trump put his own interests ahead of those of

the nation. He aided and abetted an assault on American democracy—by denying it

was happening and signaling to Russia he didn’t mind Moscow’s intervention. That’s

textbook corruption: sacrifi cing the public good for personal gain. This is the sort

of fundamental wrongdoing our Corruption Project will expose and explain.

We want to assemble a crew of reporters and editors who target systemic

corruption—how the rich and powerful rig the system to serve their interests and

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Corruption isn’t just another scandal.

It’s the rot beneath them all.

A letter from

David Corn,

Washington, DC,

Bureau Chief

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