Yashar Ali 🐘

@yashar · Twitter · 2026-09-08 01:18 UTC

NEW The Wall Street Journal has just published a new story about Corey Lewandowski’s corruption while he was a special government employee at DHS. Lewandowski pitched a wealthy Gulf state to “hire me on the side,” offering help with issues under DHS jurisdiction, including visas. After Palantir negotiated a $2.7 billion DHS agreement, the contract sat unsigned while Lewandowski repeatedly sought a private one-on-one meeting with CEO Alex Karp. Karp and other Palantir officials were so uncomfortable with the circumstances that the meeting was canceled. The agreement was ultimately reduced to $1 billion. Full Story: https://on.wsj.com/4xMsbWW