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Jared Kushner warned to preserve government records - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
CREW sent a letter to Kushner warning that his use of non-secure, non-official messaging apps to discuss official government business could violate the law.
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NEW: CREW just sent a letter to Jared Kushner warning him that his routine use of non-secure, non-official messaging applications to discuss official government business could violate the law.
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CREW requests DOD records on White House pressure for Rivada 5G contract - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
Trump's interference in the contracting process by promoting Republican backed Rivada Networks for a DOD 5G deal is highly concerning.
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Untold billions are on the line for this Pentagon contract that Trump and the White House are pressuring to be given to a Trump and GOP supporting company.
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Donald Trump Tries ― And Fails ― To Get Bibi Netanyahu To Attack Joe Biden
The president asked the Israeli prime minister, “Do you think Sleepy Joe could have made this deal, Bibi, Sleepy Joe?”
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It's generally frowned upon to invite world leaders to the Oval Office and then try to use them as part of your re-election campaign
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Trump campaign spokesperson claims parents of separated children don't want them back
Multiple media outlets reported this week that the federal government remains unable to find the parents of more than 500 children who were separated from their families.
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The Trump campaign’s communications director asserted on Friday that the reason some migrant families separated by the administration at the U.S. border have not been reunited is because the parents do not want their children back.
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Nepotism and Conflicts of Interest – Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
President Trump’s hiring of his son-in-law and daughter undoubtedly violates the intended purpose of the anti-nepotism statute.
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But the ethics concerns go back to the very beginning: Jared Kushner needed the DOJ to reverse at least four nepotism statutes to allow him to work in the White House.
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19 Women Allege Medical Abuses at Georgia Detention Center
A team of experts found an “alarming pattern” of “overly aggressive, inappropriate, and unconsented medical care.”
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A month ago, a whistleblowing nurse made disturbing allegations about women being coerced into unnecessary surgeries at a Detention Center in Georgia. A new report states that at least 19 women have complained about how they were treated at the facility.
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Trump’s IRS chief has made hundreds of thousands from Trump properties while in office - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
Charles Rettig has made hundreds of thousands of dollars renting out Trump properties while refusing to release Trump's tax returns.
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President Trump's handpicked IRS Commissioner who has refused to release Trump’s tax returns has made hundreds of thousands of dollars renting out Trump properties while in office.
That seems like a pretty big deal.
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Trump Administration officials continue violating the Hatch Act - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
John Ratcliffe, Marc Short, Alyssa Farah and Robert O'Brien are all among the White House officials who continue to violate the Hatch Act.
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It would be great if the Trump administration could just stop violating the Hatch Act for a couple days. We're very busy.
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CREW sues Interior on Trump propaganda costs - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
Each time Trump promotes self-aggrandizing propaganda through the Interior Department, taxpayer dollars go to supporting his reelection.
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Taxpayers deserve to know how much money they’re spending to support Trump’s use of Interior Department resources to promote pro-Trump propaganda. We’re suing for the bill.
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Postal Service awards $5 million contract to Postmaster DeJoy's former company XPO
Annual pay rate to move mail across a 700-mile highway route is one of the highest among 1,600 USPS contracts last quarter.
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Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's former company landed a $5 million highway-shipping contract last month with the United States Postal Service.
DeJoy continued to own a multimillion-dollar stake in XPO Logistics as of early October.
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150 foreign government officials have paid visits to Trump properties - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
The staggering number of foreign officials who have paid a visit to Trump properties shows clearly that the Trump presidency is for sale.
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People who are concerned about politicians' foreign conflicts of interest will be very alarmed to learn that 150 different foreign government officials have visited Trump properties during Trump's presidency
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As of last week, President Trump has amassed more than 3,500 conflicts of interest through his businesses, a number that now includes visits from at least 150 individual foreign government officials to properties he still owns and profits from.
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Ivanka Trump's business shut down two years ago. So how is it still bringing in money? - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
Ivanka Trump reported making up to a million dollars in rent or royalties from the Ivanka M. Trump Business Trust in 2019.
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Why aren't more people talking about Ivanka Trump's business dealings while in the White House?
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While McConnell fast tracks SCOTUS, the nomination of the IG who would investigate his wife plods along - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
While Mitch McConnell is rushing a vote on Trump’s SCOTUS nominee, the nomination of the IG who would investigate McConnell’s wife is slowly making its way through the process.
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Mitch McConnell has moved so quickly to put Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court.
He has sure taken his time to confirm the man tasked with investigating his wife.
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Trump Sets Up Pharma Billionaires for Coronavirus Payday
Regeneron’s federally funded Covid-19 treatment, which was used to treat Donald Trump, will likely be unavailable to most patients.
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Reminder that Regeneron's CEO is a member of Trump National golf club in Briarcliff Manor, New York
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Trump Official Brought Hate Connections to the White House
President Trump’s Deputy Communications Director Julia Hahn had connections to the white nationalist movement around the time she joined the White House as an aide, based upon hundreds of private correspondences that were leaked to Hatewatch by a...
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President Trump’s Deputy Communications Director Julia Hahn had connections to the white nationalist movement around the time she joined the White House as an aide, based upon hundreds of private correspondences that were leaked.
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$80 million dark money group tied to Trump Supreme Court advisor, Leonard Leo - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
This new filing vastly increases the money known to be flowing into dark money groups tied to Federalist Society co-chairman Leonard Leo.
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NEW: A close informal advisor to President Trump who has been deeply involved in all three of his Supreme Court nomination battles is the sole trustee of a mysterious group that brought in more than $80 million in 2018
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A dark money group with no website, no employees and no apparent offices brought in $80 million in its first year of operation. The group is tied to Leonard Leo, who has advised Trump on judicial appointments and worked to reshape the judiciary.
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$80 million. That’s how much money in one year that was funnelled into a mysterious group where Leonard Leo, who has heavily influenced Trump and McConnell’s judicial nominations, is the sole trustee.
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Every Senator must oppose Judge Barrett’s nomination - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
We must conclude that Judge Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court can only be viewed as a threat to our democratic system.
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A nominee who will not clearly and strongly refuse to participate in an assault on our democratic system simply cannot be confirmed to one of the most powerful positions in American life.
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Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s refusal to promise to recuse from any cases regarding the 2020 presidential elections indicates her unwillingness to put aside partisan politics for the integrity of the Supreme Court. Senators must oppose her nomination.
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Peter Navarro violated the Hatch Act. Again. - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
It appears that Assistant to the President and Director of Trade and Manufacturing Policy Peter Navarro is yet again violating the Hatch Act.
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White House official Peter Navarro’s streak of Hatch Act violations has not gone unnoticed. His open contempt for a law meant to protect Americans from the use of taxpayer resources for partisan politics must be addressed immediately.
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Tucson Mayor Calls Out Trump Over $80,000 Rally Debt Before New Superspreader Event
Regina Romero also called on the self-proclaimed "law and order" candidate to follow the Arizona city's mandatory mask and social distancing requirements.
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The mayor of Tucson, Arizona, fired off a letter to President Trump pointing out that his campaign still owes her city $80,000 for his last rally four years ago — even as he heads to his next event there on Monday.
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Mark Meadows' FEC filings raise questions of unlawful spending, campaign coordination
The White House chief of staff quit Congress in March — but his campaign kept on racking up dubious expenses
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Mark Meadows spent tens of thousands through his campaign and leadership PAC on what appear to be personal expenses, including gourmet cupcakes, a cell phone bill, groceries, lavish meals and lodging at the Trump Hotel. That raises legal questions.
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After Mark Meadows announced he would not seek re-election, then took a job in the White House, his campaign account continued to spend large sums of money on food and beverage and lodging, including at the Trump Hotel. That raises legal questions.
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