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@CREWcrew
Aug 20, 2020 • 9 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
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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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Feb 2
GOOD NEWS: California and Oregon federal district courts dismissed the DOJ’s lawsuit against those states for their refusal to turn over state voter data—calling the Trump administration’s efforts “unprecedented and illegal.” 🧵
Since May 2025, the DOJ has sent demands to all 50 states for statewide voter registration data. If fulfilled, these demands could upend our constitutional framework, as we wrote in amicus briefs: .citizensforethics.org/legal-action/a…
Why? Because the states—not the federal government—are responsible for administering elections.

The National Voter Registration Act and Help America Vote Act both confirm states’ authority over managing voter rolls and elections generally.
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Jan 7
President Trump's invasion of Venezuela opens up unprecedented opportunities for corruption, is a startling escalation of his lawlessness and illustrates his administration’s deference to corporate interests over the American people and their representatives in Congress. 🧵
According to Rep. Jim Himes, the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, President Trump did not even notify top congressional leadership, much less seek their approval for the operation in Venezuela.
npr.org/2026/01/05/nx-…
In contrast, Trump claims to have tipped off oil executives, saying he was in contact with them “before and after” the operation.

Even a hint at the operation would have been more than he or his administration granted Congress. thehill.com/homenews/admin…
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Oct 13, 2025
President Trump was just caught on a hot mic talking with the president of Indonesia.

He may have been talking about his business interests in the country–which would be exactly the kind of conflict of interest we’ve been warning about for years.
Just a reminder that Trump made $14 million from his business interests in Indonesia from 2015 to 2019, making it one of his most egregious conflicts of interest during his first term. citizensforethics.org/reports-invest…
With properties in two locations still under development in Indonesia during his second term, the conflicts have only intensified. citizensforethics.org/reports-invest…
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Oct 9, 2025
Former FBI Director James Comey's indictment is more than a case—it's a warning.

It’s the most obvious instance yet of targeting political opponents, while letting allies off the hook. 🧵
Trump has openly cheered Comey's indictment—and it only came after a Trump appointee resigned rather than cave to pressure to bring charges, and was replaced by a loyalist.
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
Critics warn this is politically motivated and highly dangerous. The prosecution hinges on proving Comey intentionally lied to GOP senators during a 2020 hearing about events from 3+ years earlier—and his answers may not have even been factually wrong.
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Sep 2, 2025
🚨Congress is back from recess today. If they’re serious about protecting democracy in this crisis and beyond, here’s what they *must* do—immediately. 🧵
1. End the militarization of DC.

Pass Rep. Raskin's resolution to end Trump’s federal takeover of the city and reform presidential emergency powers so he can't run the same playbook nationwide.
2. Rein in executive overreach and protect the separation of powers.

Congress must safeguard its constitutional power of the purse. They can’t just sit back while Trump hijacks budgets for his own agenda.
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Aug 12, 2025
Big win in our case: the DC Circuit Court of Appeals ordered Trump’s OMB to bring back its spending database by FRIDAY.

Transparency matters. Take it from the Bush-appointed judge who wrote the decision 🧵
“Benjamin Franklin’s view, shared by many Framers, that it is of central ‘importance that the people should know who had disposed of their money, & how it had been disposed of’ as ‘those who feel, can best judge’” citizensforethics.org/wp-content/upl…Image
Presidents are not kings—America’s founders made sure of that.

One way they did so is by giving Congress the power of the purse.
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