In Ukraine, the state itself is investigating the government, the cabinet, the president’s closest advisers. By contrast, it is impossible to imagine Kash Patel’s FBI investigating anyone in Trump’s White House. Any Russian who investigates Putin goes to jail

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2025/12/ukraine-fighting-corruption-trump/685162/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK33X0lgpfLuVN_3VQ2IrzF5k

Trumpian Corruption Is Worse Than Ukrainian Corruption

The people of Ukraine want an honest government, even as American and Russian kleptocrats circle their country.

The Atlantic

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I can imagine Kash investigating, and completing the investigation, before the jet touches down to pick up his girlfriend.