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Citizens for Ethics

@CREWcrew

9 Dec

President Trump has claimed that he’s the most transparent president in history. His administration’s secrecy about who visits the White House, abuse of security classifications and recordkeeping failures prove that’s a lie.

Here’s how to fix what he’s broken:

1. Create clear enforcement measures for the Presidential and Federal Records Acts so there can be real consequences for law breaking (like failing to create records that could link families separated at the border).

2. Ban the use of apps that automatically delete messages for government work. Remember Jared Kushner’s WhatsApp messages with Mark Zuckerberg and MBS?

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Citizens for Ethics

@CREWcrew

8 Dec

You don’t need us to tell you that the Trump administration has been a disaster for government ethics.

Reforms like these should be a no-brainer:

1. End misuse of government offices for private gain by expanding recusal rules and requiring all high level executive branch officials to divest their financial interests.

(we’re looking at you, Wilbur Ross, Louis DeJoy, Ryan Zinke and Marc Short)

2. Give the Office of Government Ethics more power to actually enforce ethics laws, or create a different centralized office that can do so.

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Citizens for Ethics

@CREWcrew

7 Dec

Our elections have become a competition for money almost as much as they are a competition for votes. It’s time to change that. Here’s how: citizensforethics.org/reports-invest…

1. Limit undisclosed political spending by passing the DISCLOSE Act and the Stand By Every Ad Act. Pass the Honest Ads Act to address ads on the internet.

2. Empower ordinary Americans to be heard over big money by funding small-dollar matching programs for federal elections.

3. Crack down on “straw donor” donation schemes.

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Citizens for Ethics

@CREWcrew

4 Dec

We need checks and balances that actually work. Trump has shown us why every single day of his presidency.

Here's how to make that happen:

1. Congress should create real consequences for ignoring subpoenas. Even in Trump’s impeachment inquiry, people like Mick Mulvaney, Rudy Giuliani and Mike Pompeo simply defied subpoenas.

2. Create a fast-track procedure for Congress to carry out investigations. Stonewalling Don McGahn’s testimony and in the Mazars case about Trump’s tax returns show why this can’t go on.

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Citizens for Ethics

@CREWcrew

3 Dec

Here’s a radical idea: Let’s hold presidents accountable to the people.

Here’s how:

1. Require presidential (and VP) candidates to release their tax returns

2. Require those candidates to make a plan to divest from all conflicting assets

3. Empower OGE to enforce divestiture -- and quickly -- within 30 days

4. Make the Emoluments Clauses of the Constitution more easily enforceable, so any future president couldn’t run out the clock on facing justice for his corruption

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Citizens for Ethics

@CREWcrew

2 Dec

CREW has been planning for months (and years) for the possibility of bold reforms after the darkness of the Trump era.
citizensforethics.org/news/press-rel…

Today, we released our report what our democracy needs to come back stronger after the corruption, cronyism and abuses perpetrated by Trump and his administration.

Let’s be honest: The list is long.
citizensforethics.org/reports-invest…

The list has to be long, because the past four years have exposed that we are not just facing one problem, or one corrupt president; we are facing many interconnected, urgent crises.

It’s not going to be easy to fix our democracy, and it’s not going to take just one fight.

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