The Powell House Press Podcast

<p>This piece argues that figures like Donald Trump and Jared Kushner didn’t just operate in politics and business—they exploited a broader cultural belief system often associated with the “prosperity gospel,” where wealth is framed as proof of virtue and legal scrutiny is recast as persecution.</p><p>At the center is the case of Philip Esformes, who ran one of the largest healthcare fraud schemes in U.S. history. Despite defrauding Medicare and Medicaid and abusing vulnerable patients, he received clemency through a network of religious affiliation, charitable giving, and political access—particularly connections tied to Kushner and organi...