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Politics and government
Documented profile covering 4 controversies, including “Corruption scandals involving several of his sons during his presidency” and “Sunshine Policy towards North Korea: historic dialogue but enduringly contested legacy”.
4 controversies · 9 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 18 controversies, including “"I am the Governor": telephone confrontation with firefighters and subsequent transfers overturned” and “SsangYong strikers described as "suicide commandos"”.
18 controversies · 32 sources2 convictions
Business and billionairesPolitics and government
Documented profile covering 21 controversies, including “1998–2000: $8 million USWeb contract followed by Schwab joining its board with stock options — conflict-of-interest controversy” and “2017–2025: recurring criticism of his remuneration, WEF financial transparency and public funding of security”.
21 controversies · 30 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 22 controversies, including “'Meth. We're on it' anti-drug campaign ridiculed” and “COVID-19 management, refusal of lockdowns and support for large gatherings including Sturgis”.
22 controversies · 31 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “Arrest of L. K. Advani and Halting of Ram Rath Yatra” and “Fodder Scam — First Chaibasa Case: Five-Year Prison Sentence”.
11 controversies · 8 sources5 convictions1 formal charge
Politics and governmentArts, letters and intellectuals
Documented profile covering 17 controversies, including “December 1991: World Bank memo on relocating polluting industries to poorer countries” and “1998: opposition to Brooksley Born over regulation of over-the-counter derivatives”.
17 controversies · 25 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “Elf affair: recusal request by Roland Dumas's lawyers alleging 'bias'” and “Searches of Alfred Sirven's lawyer's premises: complaint against Joly and Vichnievsky declared inadmissible”.
11 controversies · 18 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 19 controversies, including “2011: 'cancer of welfare dependency' and disputed example concerning RSA” and “2017: controversy over pension rights at Council of State despite very brief period of actual service”.
19 controversies · 19 sources
Politics and government
British MP for Ashfield, former Conservative MP and prominent Reform UK figure.
26 controversies · 37 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “Sexual services and concealment allegations: PPP suspension followed by no criminal prosecution” and “Legal battle against his removal: initial injunction granted, subsequent applications rejected”.
6 controversies · 11 sources
Business and billionairesPolitics and government
Documented profile covering 12 controversies, including “Payments into former President Roh Tae-woo's slush fund: corruption conviction” and “1997 presidential pardon following conviction in Roh Tae-woo affair”.
12 controversies · 17 sources2 convictions
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Final 17-year sentence for embezzlement involving DAS, bribery and other offences” and “2022 special pardon cancelling the remainder of his sentence”.
9 controversies · 13 sources1 conviction
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “2019 Disclosure of a Confidential Draft Agreement on General Practitioners” and “'Welfare Cheats Cheat Us All' Campaign”.
8 controversies · 16 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “"At least I keep my legs shut" remark to Hollie Hughes: Senate apology” and “Old Parliament House fire: "colonial system burning" tweet deleted after backlash”.
8 controversies · 13 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Opinion article attacking the Constitution and "mentally colonised" judges” and “Recruitment of Cuban engineers for water infrastructure: costs, local expertise and trade union challenge”.
9 controversies · 23 sources
Politics and government
British Labour MP for Wigan and Culture Secretary from July 2024.
8 controversies · 13 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 24 controversies, including “1994–2016: from republican Liberal Democrat activist to Conservative minister and widely publicised ideological reversals” and “2004–2009: affair with Mark Field followed by an attempt by her local Conservative association to deselect her”.
24 controversies · 44 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “Defamation of Christian Baeckeroot: conviction became final” and “Perpignan: increase in mayor's allowance at the start of his term”.
10 controversies · 19 sources2 convictions
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 18 controversies, including “Rough Sleepers Unit: controversy over soup kitchens, sleeping bags and Big Issue accused of prolonging street homelessness” and “ASBO and Respect programme: enforcement strategy accused of criminalising non-criminal behaviour”.
18 controversies · 52 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Continuation of large-scale job cuts in national education” and “Secondary school reform relaunched after Xavier Darcos's retreat”.
7 controversies · 12 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “RU486: governor's initial opposition to medication abortion in Veneto” and “Veneto challenges national mandatory vaccination requirements”.
6 controversies · 12 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 13 controversies, including “Quarto: criticism of M5S handling of reported pressure on mayor's office” and “Paola Muraro affair: controversy over email reporting judicial investigation”.
13 controversies · 18 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Espinho House: Investigation into Tax Benefits Closed Without Evidence of Unlawful Intervention” and “Spinumviva: Alleged Conflict of Interest Involving Family Company, Subsequent Reviews Closed”.
5 controversies · 12 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “Authoritarian 'Seven Thinking Steps' management video” and “Threat of dismissal during the women's strike”.
10 controversies · 11 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 15 controversies, including “Austrian investigation reopened in 2005 into possible involvement in Abdul Rahman Qassemlou assassination” and “2005 call for Israel to disappear from the political map”.
15 controversies · 24 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 7 controversies, including “Diplomatic incident surrounding meeting with Richard Armitage” and “Open conflict with the Foreign Ministry bureaucracy”.
7 controversies · 16 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “1999 republic referendum: defeat of model championed by Australian Republican Movement” and “HIH/FAI: civil lawsuit relating to advisory role, but Royal Commission cleared him of wrongdoing in collapse”.
9 controversies · 18 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “Singur/Tata Nano: Protest Against Land Acquisition, Tata Motors' Departure and Subsequent Supreme Court Annulment” and “Durga Puja/Muharram: Immersion Restrictions Overturned by Calcutta High Court”.
9 controversies · 13 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 6 controversies, including “Delhi Excise Policy: Arrest, Lengthy Detention and Subsequent Discharge in CBI Case, Challenged on Appeal” and “ED/PMLA Branch of Excise Case: Alleged Money Laundering and Legal Basis Weakened by CBI Discharge”.
6 controversies · 10 sources2 formal charges
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 11 controversies, including “Manchester City: allegations of extensive breaches of Premier League financial rules” and “Manchester City and allegations of "sportswashing" linked to UAE image”.
11 controversies · 20 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 5 controversies, including “Investigation authorised into alleged use of municipal vehicles at Karabük election rally” and “Ankara municipality concert expenditure: investigation authorised for abuse of office and failure to supervise”.
5 controversies · 10 sources1 formal charge
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Search of LFI headquarters: €7 000 fine following the 2018 incidents” and “2017 campaign accounts: home searched, then judicial investigation closed without Bompard being formally placed under investigation”.
8 controversies · 12 sources1 conviction
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 20 controversies, including “2009: comments about needing 'a few white people' at Évry flea market” and “2012–2013: tough stance on Roma settlements and remarks about returning to Romania or Bulgaria”.
20 controversies · 32 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 16 controversies, including “External participation in a mafia association: final seven-year conviction” and “Before sentence enforcement: wanted, arrested in Beirut then extradited to Italy”.
16 controversies · 27 sources2 convictions8 formal charges
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 18 controversies, including “Expenditure and reimbursements through Florida political committees” and “Use of Florida Republican Party American Express card for personal expenses”.
18 controversies · 22 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 31 controversies, including “Muslim street prayers compared to an "occupation": prosecution followed by acquittal” and “2012 presidential election: claim that all meat distributed in Île-de-France was halal”.
31 controversies · 49 sources1 conviction3 formal charges
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 23 controversies, including “Nouvelles du Front: prosecuted for defamation concerning her book, then acquitted” and “Complaint against Christophe Béchu: CJR closes case, followed by ECHR application ruled inadmissible”.
23 controversies · 36 sources2 formal charges
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 18 controversies, including “2012: opposition to full reimbursement of abortion by social security” and “2015: proposal to end regional grants to family planning and LGBT organisations”.
18 controversies · 25 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 19 controversies, including “Past promotion of QAnon and other conspiracy theories” and “'False flag' theories about Parkland and confrontation with David Hogg”.
19 controversies · 26 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 12 controversies, including “Camera broken in altercation: guilty plea to malicious damage and good behaviour bond” and “Anonymous Twitter account attacking women: resignation from Australian Financial Review”.
12 controversies · 23 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Election promise of €1,000 for workers subsequently abandoned” and “Teevendeal: government's defence of an agreement subsequently found to be defective”.
8 controversies · 13 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 12 controversies, including “2007 remarks concerning possible pardon of RAF terrorist Christian Klar” and “'Kreuzerlass': mandatory crosses at entrances to Bavarian government buildings”.
12 controversies · 19 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Promotion of personal book using communications resources of the Secretary of State's office” and “Erotic books published under pseudonym and initial denial by her entourage”.
8 controversies · 15 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 9 controversies, including “35-hour working week laws: major conflict with employers and union criticism of implementation” and “Reims Congress: 102-vote victory over Ségolène Royal and allegations of internal fraud”.
9 controversies · 17 sources1 formal charge
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Sinn Féin Governance Crisis over References Provided to Michael McMonagle” and “Handling of Niall Ó Donnghaile's Inappropriate Messages to a Minor”.
8 controversies · 13 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 8 controversies, including “Algeria: detained during a visit in support of Hirak” and “Health pass checks on trains: allegation of racial profiling targeting Arab and Black passengers, disputed by SNCF”.
8 controversies · 12 sources
Politics and government
Documented profile covering 17 controversies, including “2008 arrest for driving under the influence, case subsequently dismissed” and “Tweet targeting Michael Cohen before congressional testimony and House Ethics Committee admonishment”.
17 controversies · 18 sources1 formal charge
Politics and government
Former British Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and former Conservative MP.
11 controversies · 17 sources
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