By Samuel Rubenfeld ( November 9, 2026, 21:40 GMT | Comment) -- With the sweeping victory for Democrats in the US midterm elections, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and his colleagues in Congress now have several tools at their disposal to investigate corruption in the Trump administration, as well as to probe the companies that sought its favor or protection. More than half of voters said government corruption was a "crucial" issue in their vote for Congress, according to The AP Voter Poll conducted by SSRS.When Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer spoke at public forum in Washington, DC, in July, he proposed the creation of an anticorruption bureau to investigate graft and claw back ill-gotten gains....
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