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There’s a lot of focus on the facilities used to house immigrant children, but there’s not enough focus on the private prison companies that run some of them. Let’s talk. 1/7
geogroup.com/News-Detail/Ne…
A CREW investigation found that the two largest private prison companies have sought to influence politics and policy in 39 states, contributing millions of dollars to campaigns at local, state, and federal levels while hiring dozens of lobbyists 2/7
citizensforethics.org/crew-analysis-…
There’s big money to be made by private prison companies with immigrant jails. ICE spends more than $2 billion a year on them. 3/7
npr.org/2017/11/21/565…
When Trump announced his immigration policy plans, private prison stock jumped. 4/7
muckrock.com/news/archives/…
Few companies have seen as dramatic a boost in fortune after Trump’s election as the private prison contractor GEO Group. GEO, which backed Trump’s campaign, won the contract for the first new immigration detention center to be built in the Trump era. 5/7
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Transparency is severely lacking with the private prison companies running immigrant detention centers. We’re backing legislation that would subject private prisons to FOIA requirements. 6/7 congress.gov/bill/115th-con…
We still don’t know nearly enough about the for-profit prison companies running immigrant detention centers. But we do know how tied their fortunes are to the Trump administration. 7/7
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The Trump Foundation today agreed to shut down in scandal. CREW first brought attention to its illegal activities almost three years ago. Let's take a trip down memory lane 1/ washingtonpost.com/politics/trump…
In March 2016, CREW discovered the Trump Foundation illegally gave a $25,000 political donation to support FL AG Pam Bondi while her office was reportedly investigating Trump University. It never brought a complaint. We did. 2/ citizensforethics.org/press-release/…
The next day, Trump representatives admit to the illegal donation, blaming an increasing series of unlikely clerical errors. 3/ citizensforethics.org/weve-got-quest…
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POLL: Ryan Zinke has racked up over a dozen ethics scandals in less than 2 years. Which was his most egregious?
A) Ryan Zinke may have used his official position to try to secure a microbrewery in his hometown
politico.com/story/2018/08/…
B) Ryan Zinke planned to spend $139,000 on upgrading his office doors
politico.com/story/2018/03/…
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When Rudy's client, @realDonaldTrump, supported Pam Bondi for AG, it was with an illegal $25K donation from his charity while her office was reportedly reviewing complaints against Trump University. She never took action against Trump U. Let's take a stroll down memory lane. 1/
Two and a half years ago, we filed the first complaint against the Trump Foundation with the IRS for the illegal donation to support Pam Bondi and for failing to disclose it on its tax returns. 2/ citizensforethics.org/press-release/…
The next day the Trump Foundation blamed its problems on an increasing series of catastrophic clerical errors, which if true (unlikely), raised serious questions about how the charity operated 3/ citizensforethics.org/weve-got-quest…
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Kavanaugh's best buddy from high school, Mark Judge has written extensively about a life of binge drinking, blackouts & assaults on women

Judge Kozinski was Kavanaugh's mentor. He resigned in 2017 after articles in the Washington Post exposed years of sexual harassment

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NEWS- it appears lisa page is defying tomorrow’s subpoena from house judiciary/ oversight committees
this was a statement from lisa page’s attorney about 90 minutes ago
no lisa page tomorrow before house judiciary / oversight committees - would have been exactly 24 hours before peter strzok is slated to testify publicly before the two panels washingtonexaminer.com/news/lisa-page…
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I'm an #Immigrant. I served in the #Marines. Trump's new policy is to discharge immigrants serving in the military.
If taking a knee to protest racism offends U more than discharging honorable soldiers from our military—you're the racist we're protesting.
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Trump administration deliberately complicating the background check process is leaving 1000+ recruits in limbo. Once their visa runs out, they will be deported - many back to countries in which their lives would be at risk due to their willingness to serve in the US military.
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1/ From amazing Twitter sleuth @ThomasS4217 #GeoGroup
Article from Nov 15, 2016:
"Bracewell & Giuliani represented Cornell Companies, a private prison operator that later merged with GEO Group. Giuliani never personally registered as a lobbyist." (con't)
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(More in next tweet from source article...)
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In Sep 2006 "Giuliani appeared in Singapore🇸🇬 to help a Las Vegas developer make a pitch for a $3.5 billion casino resort." Giuliani Security & Safety had a 10-year agreement to provide security for the resort. (con't)
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