The Most Corrupt President in American History: A Corruption Model
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The Leah Files published a corruption scoring model on 2026-09-16 that rates fourteen administrations from Eisenhower to the present out of one hundred points across eight weighted criteria, scoring a proven pass from convictions, guilty pleas, court rulings and inspector-general or GAO findings and a second pass that adds documentary reporting at sixty per cent weight. It places Trump's second term highest at 76 by month twenty, 69 on the proven pass alone, against 53 for his first term and 41 for Nixon.
Methodology section and the chart 'Fourteen administrations on the standard scale'The Leah Files scores fourteen administrations on a published corruption model · One outlet's scoring model, published with its criteria and weights