Dec 12: Report: Americans view Trump White House as the most corrupt government institution

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Report: Americans view Trump White House as the most corrupt government institution


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/josh-rogin/wp/2017/12/12/report-americans-view-trump-white-house-as-the-most-corrupt-government-institution/?tid=hybrid_experimentrandom_with_top_mostshared_1_na&utm_term=.f2587b2adffc
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December 12 at 6:01 AM

President Trump. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

Almost half of Americans believe that corruption is pervasive in the White House under President Trump, a sharp increase over last year, according to a new survey. Americans now see Trump and his top officials as the most corrupt public officials in government, despite his campaign pledge to drain the swamp.

A new report out Tuesday compiled by Transparency International, the leading nonprofit organization tracking corruption worldwide, shows Americans have significantly lost faith that their government is ably fighting corruption, compared to last year. Overall, Washington-based government institutions are viewed by Americans are more corrupt than those outside the Beltway, the report found. But the Trump White House tops the list.

According to the group’s 2017 U.S. Corruption Barometer, 44 percent of respondents said that most or all of the officials in the office of the president are corrupt, up from 38 percent at the end of Obama’s second term.

“The current U.S. president was elected on a promise of cleaning up American politics and making government work better for those who feel their interests have been neglected by political elites,” the report states. “Yet, rather than feeling better about progress about the fight against corruption over the past year in America, a clear majority of people in American now say that things have become worse.”

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[BigmanPigman]

1. I heard that today 70% of Americans want him investigated

for his own sexual harassment issues. I guess sweeping it under the Oval Office carpet wasn't such a great plan after all.