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@CREWcrew
Aug 20, 2020 • 9 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
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…

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Sep 26
Amid two recent assassination attempts against Donald Trump, Congress has called for greater oversight of and accountability for the US Secret Service.

But the agency’s failures go back years. Here’s why:
After the January 6th insurrection, we sued to get documents from the Secret Service detailing its preparation for and response to the attack.

Even though there were countless warning signs, the agency failed to take appropriate action and has not sufficiently explained why.
In an especially appalling failure to act, the Secret Service failed to notify Capitol Police of a threat against Nancy Pelosi that it discovered on January 4th until 5:55 pm on January 6th—hours after the Capitol had been breached. citizensforethics.org/reports-invest…
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Aug 15
BREAKING: CREW has obtained Donald Trump's new financial disclosures.

Read them here: citizensforethics.org/reports-invest…
Let's talk about what we're finding. Like Trump took in $56 million from Mar-a-Lago
Remember those Trump NFTs?

He made more than $7 million selling them
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Jun 24
BREAKING: The Office of Congressional Ethics just found there is "substantial reason to believe" that Rep. Ronny Jackson converted campaign funds to personal use or his campaign spent funds that were not attributable to bona fide campaign or political purposes.
Read the report here: ethics.house.gov/sites/ethics.h…
And read the evidence here: ethics.house.gov/sites/ethics.h…
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Jun 17
January 6th was an incredibly dangerous day in U.S. history—not just because of the physical attack on the Capitol, but also because in December 2020, COVID levels were higher than ever before.

FBI documents obtained by CREW reveal the agency was aware of the health threat. 🧵
Leading up to January 6th, the FBI internally circulated COVID statistics from counties in the Capitol region. One “sunrise brief” sent to agents on January 4, 2021 at 6:56 am included the most up-to-date numbers of cases and fatalities. Image
The FBI brief also included the number of COVID vaccine doses administered in the region, and the case and fatality counts nationally and globally. Image
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May 30
Something big happened in the Trump trial and it comes directly from our work.

While we wait for a verdict from the jury, let us explain 🧵
The verdict may hinge on whether the jury believes the prosecution, who says that Michael Cohen was reimbursed by Trump for the hush money payments, or whether they believe Trump’s defense, who says Cohen was paid for legal services rendered to Trump.
So basically reimbursement vs. no reimbursement.
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Apr 25
We just heard some very alarming arguments from Donald Trump’s lawyer at the Supreme Court.

Trump is asking for total immunity for former presidents unless they’ve been impeached and convicted by Congress.

Here’s what that could look like. THREAD:
- Trump could lie on his financial disclosures about his foreign sources of income.

- Trump could order the release of sensitive tax information of business rivals like Meta or Twitter to cripple their operations and benefit Truth Social.
- Trump could block military aid for an ally like Ukraine in order to get business or political favors from Russia.

- Trump could sell pardons, ambassadorships, and other official benefits to his wealthy donors, members of his clubs, or cronies who helped him commit other crimes.
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