Thread by @CREWcrew

When Trump tries to claim he’s the “law and order” president, you really have to wonder — has he read the news about the people involved with his 2016 campaign?

First, there was Michael Flynn, a top aide to Trump's campaign, who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russia. Trump hired him as national security advisor.
nytimes.com/2020/07/30/us/…

Then there was Trump’s first campaign manager, Paul Manafort, who was sentenced to 47 months in prison for hiding millions of dollars he earned for political consulting in Ukraine.
bbc.com/news/world-us-…

Then Trump’s fixer, Michael Cohen, was sentenced to three years in prison for campaign finances crimes. Remember those hush money payments?
washingtonpost.com/world/national…

The first two Congressmen to endorse Trump, Duncan Hunter and Chris Collins, were sentenced for campaign finance crimes and insider trading, respectively.
politico.com/story/2019/02/…

Trump’s advisor, Roger Stone, was supposed to serve 40 months in prison for charges including lying to Congress, witness tampering and obstruction, that is...until Trump lifted his sentence.
cnn.com/2020/07/10/pol…

Today, Steve Bannon, Trump’s campaign chief executive, was indicted and taken into federal custody for defrauding donors to a private border wall.

You can’t make this stuff up.
nytimes.com/2020/08/20/nyr…

But Trump hasn’t just hired criminals, he likely committed at least five crimes by withholding aid to Ukraine to try to get dirt on Biden.

Ordinary Americans would be facing serious prison time for the same actions.
citizensforethics.org/press-release/…

Trump likely cannot be indicted during his presidency. But even beyond what he was impeached for, he has plenty of criminal liabilities, from campaign finance crimes, to obstruction of justice.

And then there’s that investigation in New York State…
cnn.com/2020/08/03/pol…