Positioning himself as a moderate non-Trumpish Republican, endorsed by the Washington Post and the Baltimore Sun, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan actually has more in common with Donald Trump than his image boosters would have the public believe.

That’s the takeaway from a Washington Monthly investigation that documents how Hogan has approved millions of dollars in state spending for highway interchanges and other improvements located near property his real estate company owns.

Lax regulation by Maryland ethics officials has allowed Hogan to make more money while in office than any governor in Maryland history – $2.4 million from 2015 to 2018 – with barely any pubic disclosure, writes author Eric Cortellessa in a lengthy article the magazine published today.

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