Apparently Mike Pompeo doesn't like the most ambitious ethics reform in a generation. Any ideas why?
Maybe it’s because he attracted scrutiny for using taxpayer funds to travel frequently home to Kansas, apparently while deciding whether or not to run for office. citizensforethics.org/reports-invest…
Or maybe it’s because he doesn’t like oversight, as we all saw when he asked Donald Trump to fire the inspector general who was investigating him for misuse of office and for fast tracking arms sales to Saudi Arabia. cnn.com/2020/05/18/pol…
We even filed a criminal complaint over his efforts to get the IG fired, because it looked a lot like obstruction of justice. citizensforethics.org/news/press-rel…
Maybe he doesn’t like ethics reform because he spent $50,000 taxpayer dollars meant for State Department emergencies to finance his elaborate “Madison Dinners” and advance his own political career. We’re still investigating the total cost. citizensforethics.org/legal-action/l…
It could also be that his congressional campaigns were backed by so much big spending, especially from the Koch brothers, that he earned the nickname the “Congressman from Koch.” qz.com/1227882/secret…
Pompeo has a history of selectively caring about ethics and corruption.
Under his leadership, State quickly responded to inquiries from Republicans on Burisma and Trump’s opponents, while stonewalling requests about Trump’s corruption from Democrats. citizensforethics.org/reports-invest…
So maybe with all of these scandals, Pompeo is just trying to make sure the For the People Act doesn’t pass so that ethics reforms won’t apply to him if he ever runs for office again.
For the record, that’s exactly why the bill should pass.
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Ten big reasons for the Senate to do whatever it takes to pass the For the People Act:
1. If presidential candidates disclosed their tax returns, the American people wouldn't have to wonder what interests the president could be beholden to or whether they paid their fair share citizensforethics.org/news/analysis/…
2. If presidents and vice presidents were forced to divest from their assets before taking the oath of office, the president couldn’t rake in $1.6 billion and we wouldn’t have to sue them for violating the Constitution citizensforethics.org/reports-invest…
If Don Jr wants to talk about shocking use of taxpayer money, lets talk about it.
There was Don Jr's endangered sheep hunt in Mongolia, which taxpayers more than $75k for his Secret Service protection citizensforethics.org/reports-invest…
The countless business trips that the Trump sons took to Trump properties, also subsidized by taxpayers, to the tune of hundreds of thousands dollars citizensforethics.org/reports-invest…
Last week, we won a victory that might just be the key to understanding what exactly Jared Kushner was up to in the White House for four years…
In a reversal of policy after CREW sued the Trump admin, Jared handed over his WhatsApp messages to the National Archives before leaving the White House.
Jared ran a “shadow” task force during the first months of the pandemic using private email accounts.
We’d love to know who he communicated with about covid response, especially after a report that he spiked national testing for political gain. vanityfair.com/news/2020/07/h…
Congress needs to enact federal legislation securing every American’s right to vote
Start with uniform standards for state voter registration, including online registration systems, longer periods for voter registration, same-day registration and automatic voter registration
We need criminal penalties for interfering with someone's voter registration
We’re assuming it’s been as much of a blur for you as it has for us, so here's a quick review of the year in corruption.
As hard as it may be to believe, 2020 started with Trump’s impeachment trial in January. CREW dug into Library of Congress records and found that Trump’s was the first completed trial in US history in which the Senate called no witnesses. citizensforethics.org/reports-invest…
In March, the pandemic changed everything...but nothing about corruption.
We saw members of Congress dumping stocks after getting classified briefings about the pandemic, so we filed a complaint and called for members to be banned from trading stocks. citizensforethics.org/news/press-rel…