The Art of the Bribe: Trump’s Stock Market Corruption

Trump Media is gifting stock to key government picks. Ethics violations? Emoluments Clause violations? Or just another day in Trump’s America?

Donald Trump has never been one to separate his business interests from his presidency. Now, he’s turned the U.S. government into an extension of Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG)—his social media company—by handing out tens of thousands of shares to his top government nominees.

Kash Patel, his pick for FBI Director, and Linda McMahon, his nominee fo…