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Mike Pence's Legal Expenses Were Paid By Donors Connected to Government Contractors - CREW
At least three of the donors to Pence's legal defense fund are executives at companies that have contracts with the federal government
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Mike Pence's legal defense fund required donors to certify they were not:
-Lobbyists
-Government contractors
Guess what we found out about those donors...
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After Trump’s raid on the SDNY: How to protect the administration of justice after Bill Barr and the president’s attack
President Trump’s Friday Night Massacres, late evening steps to get rid of those who are investigating his abuses and his cronies, have become almost routine, but the most recent installment escalates his assault on oversight to a new, even more...
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Three previous Friday nights during the pandemic, Trump has pushed out watchdogs who have conducted investigations that could be harmful to him or his close allies.
How many Friday night massacres will it take to get people to pay attention?
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CREW Offers New Evidence of Misconduct Against Pence Chief of Staff - CREW
Vice President Pence’s Chief of Staff Marc Short appears to have participated in three additional meetings with companies whose stock he held.
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NEW: CREW uncovered evidence that Vice President Pence’s Chief of Staff Marc Short appears to have participated in three additional meetings with companies whose stock he held. We sent a letter alerting the FBI.
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Congress Must Stop White House Officials from Illegally Trying to Influence the Election - CREW
As the president’s popularity slipping even among his base, several White House officials have committed obvious violations of the Hatch Act in plain sight.
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A few weeks ago Kayleigh McEnany attacked Biden during a White House press briefing when asked about confederate monuments.
That's just one of several recent apparent Hatch Act violations by Trump White House officials.
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In order to have a truly democratic election, officials in the White House must be stopped from violating the Hatch Act and interfering with the upcoming election.
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Why do these Trump campaign ads link to Brad Parscale's Facebook page?
Is Trump's campaign manager using campaign money to promote himself?
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The Trump campaign is running Facebook ads from a page for campaign manager Brad Parscale, spending thousands of dollars to promote Parscale’s name and potentially his private business.
That's highly questionable.
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WSJ News Exclusive | Eric Trump Steers Family Empire Under Father’s Close Watch
When President Trump took office, Eric Trump became the de facto CEO of the sprawling real-estate business his father built. The younger Trump says 2019 was one of the company’s most profitable years. But the coronavirus pandemic poses challenges...
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Eric Trump says that after his father leaves office, the Trump Organization will launch a major expansion that will in part focus on luxury hotels abroad.
Yeah you could say we have some questions about that.
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Eric Trump says 2019 was one of the company’s most profitable years. “We have never been stronger,” he said.
If the company really is profiting, how much of those profits can be traced back to political spending?
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Eric Trump is de facto running the Trump Organization during his father’s presidency. He’s previewing an expansion after the presidency that includes luxury hotels abroad.
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The DOJ Decided Not to Prosecute Trump. It’s Hiding the Reason Why. - CREW
The DOJ confirmed the existence of a memo laying out its rationale for not bringing charges against Trump, but it refuses to make its reasoning public.
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There appears to be an actual memo from the DOJ that lays out why they did not prosecute Trump. But they continue to keep the public in the dark by refusing to release an unredacted version.
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If Barr and Trump are so confident in the rationale used for clearing the president, why is DOJ continuing to hide the legal basis for the president’s supposed exoneration?
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This is a big deal. The Department of Justice has confirmed the existence of a memo laying out its rationale for not bringing charges against President Trump, but it refuses to make its reasoning public.
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Trump Hire Michael Pack Sued for Mass Firings at U.S. Government-Funded Global Media Agency
Pack’s round of firings stoked fears he intends to turn government-funded broadcasters into White House mouthpieces.
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The new Trump-appointed CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, Michael Pack, is being sued for the mass firing of top executives and advisory boards of federally funded international broadcasters in what was described as a “Wednesday night massacre.”
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14 Trump White House and Cabinet Officials Have Attended ALEC Events - CREW
With Trump’s recent attacks on protestors pushing for racial justice, ALEC’s connections to policies that have disproportionately harmed people of color deserve renewed scrutiny.
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ALEC is a notorious vehicle for special interests to craft legislation and has pushed many sweeping policies that are widely recognized as being racially discriminatory. 14 Trump White House and Cabinet officials have attended ALEC events.
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We can’t have an ethical government if it’s racist. And we can’t have ethical laws if secretive groups like ALEC, which has directed racially discriminatory legislation funded by corporate dollars to state legislators, are shaping our system of governing.
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The Supreme Court may finally unlock Trump's financial records
It's the court decision that probably strikes more fear in President Donald Trump's heart than any other.
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A reminder that President Trump was so intent on keeping his finances secret he took the case involving his tax returns all the way to the Supreme Court. What is he trying to hide?
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Bloomberg - Are you a robot?
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Awarding the most political access to people who can donate the most to campaigns isn’t how a democracy should function.
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States Must Lift the Veil of Secrecy Over Police Misconduct - CREW
States should enact comprehensive reforms creating the right of public access to police disciplinary records and a duty to preserve those records.
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Police union contracts in many cities require that officer disciplinary records be erased after a set time period, sometimes as short as six months.
That's absurd, and it needs to change.
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CREW Requests USPS Records on Mail-in-Voting Plans - CREW
Trump donor Louis DeJoy's appointment as Postmaster General and Trump's antagonism towards mail-in-voting could impede the public's ability to vote.
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The public deserves to know and understand why Louis DeJoy, a Republican fundraiser and top donor to the Trump campaign, was hired to lead the US Postal Service and if this appointment will interfere with their right to vote and have their vote counted.
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Trump and Steve Bannon want to turn a US-funded global media network into Breitbart 2.0
Michael Pack’s purge of the US Agency for Global Media, and his effort to produce tough-on-China journalism, explained.
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Earlier this month, a Bannon ally took over running the global network of news agencies operated by the US government.
He started by purging four top officials—a blatant effort to turn America’s state-run news orgs into Trump-friendly propaganda outlets.
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New directors at federal media agency have ties to anti-LGBT groups, fought pro-transgender policies
Michael Pack's new board of directors have ties to anti-LGBT group and one denounced President Obama's transgender policy.
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Michael Pack, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. Agency for Global Media, has appointed to the organization’s board a person with ties to an anti-LGBT group and another who publicly bashed President Barack Obama’s transgender policy.
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E.P.A. Won’t Regulate Toxic Compound Linked to Fetal Brain Damage
The move was widely expected after The New York Times reported last month that the agency’s administrator had decided to effectively defy a court order.
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The Trump administration finalized a decision not to impose any limits on perchlorate, a toxic chemical compound found in rocket fuel that contaminates water and has been linked to fetal and infant brain damage. Why?
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Trump has a half billion in loans coming due. They may be his biggest conflict of interest yet.
“It’s highly disconcerting.”
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Trump has nearly half a billion in loans coming due in the next four years. That poses an unprecedented ethical minefield and plenty of opportunities for corruption.
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How a Trump-connected lobbyist is cashing in on the coronavirus
Brian Ballard has represented private prisons and foreign governments. Now he's setting his sights on the pandemic response.
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Coronavirus lobbyists looking to get an audience with the president reached out to Ballard Partners for the in. Also clients of Ballard? The GEO Group, the infamous private prison lobbyists who also hosted their conference at Trump’s golf club.
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Jacksonville Apparently Has No Health Guidelines for Republican National Convention - CREW
If precautions are not put in place, the lasting impact of this year's Republican National Convention could be its death toll.
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@maddow And now the city of Jacksonville tells us it has no records of precautions or guidelines for dealing with the pandemic during the RNC and Trump's big speech there
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Considering dozens of Secret Service officers and agents have been told to self-quarantine after two positive coronavirus tests following Trump's Tulsa rally, it's pretty amazing that Jacksonville has no health guidelines or precautions for his RNC speech.
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Point of View: Tulsa should be concerned about the seen, unseen costs of Trump rally
JUN 19, 2020 - Ahead of President Trump’s first campaign rally since the coronavirus outbreak, it’s safe to assume that he will echo recent statements supporting law enforcement, the police and even racial unity. But close examination of Trump’s...
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President Trump’s campaign has consistently stuck cities and states with unpaid bills for public safety support at his rallies.
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