follow the money
FOL-oh the MUN-ee
ˈfɒloʊ ðə ˈmʌniListen
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trace the financial transactions and flows of funds in order to uncover the true motivations, beneficiaries, or perpetrators behind a complex situation; a principle of investigative journalism and forensic accounting that holds that financial records reveal interests and intentions more reliably than statements of purpose; the phrase became famous through its association with the Watergate investigation and the advice reportedly given to journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein by their source Deep Throat
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