The thing that highlights Greenwald's ignorance here is that the U.S. has *consistently* led the global efforts at cracking down on domestic/trans-national corruption. (A legacy Trump has obviously helped kneecap.)
https://twitter.com/cjcmichel/status/1317957921888595968
Criminalizing bribery of foreign officials. Requiring transparency in foreign lobbying. Leveling massive fines against foreign money laundering banks. Piloting tax-transparency agreements. Asset seizures. Targeted sanctions programs.
Time and again, the U.S. has led on this.
Time and again, the U.S. has led on this.
Has the U.S. fallen short in other areas of trans-national corruption? Of course. (See: anonymous shell company formation, AML exemptions for real estate, etc.—which is why I'm writing this book.)
But claiming the U.S. "doesn't care" about domestic corruption is sheer idiocy.
But claiming the U.S. "doesn't care" about domestic corruption is sheer idiocy.
FARA? First of its kind. FCPA? First of its kind. FATCA? First of its kind. Magnitsky sanctions? First of its kind. Geographic Targeting Orders? First of its kind. Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative? First of its kind.
Examples of US anti-corruption leadership run on and on.
Examples of US anti-corruption leadership run on and on.
"Horseshoe theory" going to be one of the hottest costumes this Halloween season.
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1318346135266856960
"The U.S. cracks down on corruption when it benefits its own hegemony" is a nonsense statement. In what world did targeting Obiang's assets benefit U.S. hegemony? Or banning American firms from bribing foreign officials? Or enacting GTOs?
https://twitter.com/jessecrall/status/1318387196357791745
Yet another example of U.S. anti-corruption leadership (that Trump effectively gutted in his first weeks in office):
https://twitter.com/Ianpgary/status/1318570060517093377
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