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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky isn’t the only one demanding more military assistance from President Biden to protect Kiev from Russian forces. So too is a close Delaware friend and financial backer of Biden, who owns several luxury car dealerships around the Ukrainian capital. By sending billions of dollars in weapons and other military aid to help defend Ukraine, Biden also is securing the investments of millionaire car magnate John Hynansky, a Ukrainian American and longtime supporter of the president. Over the course of Biden’s political career, Hynansky and his family have contributed more than $100,000 to his campaigns, including $8,000...

The Obama administration, already under fire for unprecedented allegations of racial bias, faces a new bias claim from a most unlikely source: one of the administration's own inspectors general. Decisions on which car dealerships to close as part of the auto industry bailout -- closures the Obama administration forced on General Motors and Chrysler -- were based in part on race and gender, according to a report by Troubled Asset Relief Program Special Inspector General Neal M. Barofsky.

Inland auto dealer and Republican activist Mark Leggio and three employees were named today in a 37 count grand-jury indictment alleging political money laundering. The indictment was unsealed during a brief hearing this morning in Superior Court in downtown San Bernardino. Leggio is the owner of Mark Christopher Auto Center in Ontario. Leggio and the three other defendants are scheduled to be arraigned July 11. They were each released on their own recognizance. Leggio is charged with money laundering by reimbursing the employees for contributions they made to Republican candidates, said Senior Assistant Attorney General Gary Schons. The indictment alleges...