One year ago on Saturday, @propublica published a damning report revealing that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas accepted luxury vacations for 20 years from billionaire megadonor Harlan Crow.

Here’s what we’ve learned since: 🧵 Clarence Thomas did not disclose that he accepted Crow's payments for his grandnephew's private boarding school tuition .propublica.org/article/claren…

We read the SEC filing for Trump’s new public company, Trump Media & Technology Group, so you don’t have to.

Here are some things that stood out. THREAD: The value of the stock is widely understood to be massively inflated, with the true draw being the chance to invest in Trump himself, not Truth Social’s technology or user base.

A week from today, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in our case barring Donald Trump from the ballot.

It’s been a long road to SCOTUS, with an insurrection, a precedent setting win in New Mexico, and a five day trial in Colorado along the way. 🧵 It all started on January 20, 2017, when Donald Trump swore an oath to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution.

(It’s the fact that he swore the oath to support the Constitution before inciting insurrection that disqualifies him under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.)

In the weeks leading up to the Supreme Court hearing oral arguments on Trump’s disqualification from the ballot in Colorado, established legal scholars and advocacy groups have submitted amicus curiae briefs to the Court to shed light on the case and the weight of the decision.🧵 According to several groups who submitted to the Court in support of neither party, Section Three is self-executing and functions precisely to bar insurrectionists like Trump from office. Here are a few key highlights:

"Don't bar Donald Trump from the ballot, just let the voters decide"

That gets it wrong on several levels. We can't pick and choose what parts of the Constitution should be enforced. And we can't depend on Trump to accept the choice of the voters. 🧵 Trump was defeated at the ballot box once before. We saw what happened: he refused to concede and incited a violent insurrection.

He’s only escalated his claims of voter fraud and authoritarian rhetoric since. Why should we believe he’ll accept the results if he loses again?

Before Donald Trump became an insurrectionist, he was a grifter.

He cemented that reputation by using the presidency for profit and corruptly accumulating more than 3,700 conflicts of interest. Let’s break it down 🧵 We sued Trump under the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution on his first day in office and tracked his conflicts of interest from that moment on.

The report released today by House Democrats draws on our work—and we’re glad to see continued accountability.

Did you hear about the Federalist Society members who wrote a paper laying out why Donald Trump is disqualified from office under the 14th Amendment?

We read the paper so you don’t have to…as far as legal papers go, it’s pretty spicy 🌶️🌶️🌶️ The law professors start out by saying if you violate your oath by participating in insurrection, neither congressional action nor a criminal conviction is necessary for disqualification — which CREW also found is borne out in historical precedent. citizensforethics.org/reports-invest…

We need to talk about Jared Kushner, and what he was doing in the White House 🧵 A lot of people have forgotten that Jared couldn't get a security clearance. There were reasons for this.

This sure looks like Donald Trump is threatening prosecutors. You can bet the judge will see this. Not to mention threatening potential witnesses and jurors

For months, we’ve been hearing about Clarence Thomas’s egregious conflicts of interest and misconduct.

But did you know that his wife, Ginni Thomas, holds a position in the federal government?

This is your reminder that she needs to be fired, and he needs to resign 🧵 Ginni Thomas is currently serving a 5 year term on the Library of Congress Board of Governors, overseeing gifts and investments for the Library’s trusts, worth more than $200 million.

Here’s why she’s not fit to oversee government funds:
citizensforethics.org/news/analysis/…

Ivanka Trump says she's staying out of politics this time. But boy did she make out well the last time.

Let's talk. 🧵 To get around nepotism rules, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner didn't take a salary from the Trump White House.

Which is pretty easy to do when you're making up to $640 million on the side. citizensforethics.org/reports-invest…

You might be hearing that a federal indictment is imminent in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into the documents that Donald Trump kept at Mar-a-Lago.

Want to get up to speed before the charges come in? 🧵
citizensforethics.org/reports-invest… What happened?

On January 20, 2021, Trump left the White House for his home at Mar-a-Lago in Florida. In May 2021, NARA found that documents were missing from the materials Trump’s team left behind.

Donald Trump was responsible for January 6th.

Nine different judges—appointed by Republican and Democratic presidents—have said so in court.

Here’s what they had to say 🧵citizensforethics.org/reports-invest… In a civil lawsuit brought by members of Congress and police officers who defended the Capitol, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta wrote that “[T]he President’s January 6 Rally Speech can reasonably be viewed as a call for collective action.”

One year ago, President Biden signed an executive order calling for the attorney general to establish a public database of police misconduct. This database would increase transparency and help reduce police misconduct.

So where is it? 🧵 Biden ordered the database to be established within 240 days. After the due date passed in January, CREW, @innocence, @amnestyusa and 26 other advocacy groups wrote to AG Garland requesting a public update on the status of the database.
citizensforethics.org/legal-action/l…

So here's the thing: we've been working on a different George Santos issue. And it's a doozy.

Coming later today. This is a wild one. citizensforethics.org/legal-action/l…

BREAKING: A jury just found that Donald Trump sexually abused E. Jean Carroll.

He owes her $2 million. Total award is $5 million.

Now is an important time to remember that the Secret Service knew the Proud Boys were coming to DC on January 6th, but dismissed the idea that they could cause violence We got internal Secret Service documents showing they knew exactly who the Proud Boys were, but didn't take them to be a threat. We wonder why? citizensforethics.org/reports-invest…

BREAKING: Emails show Herschel Walker solicited hundreds of thousands of dollars for his own business from a billionaire donor, with the donor believing he was giving to Walker's campaign. thedailybeast.com/emails-reveal-… We're not sure if we've ever seen something so brazen before. Jaw dropping is right.

This week, the Ohio legislature is considering a ballot initiative that would require a supermajority (60%) of voters to approve future initiatives for them to become law. This is a blatant effort to stop a pro-abortion initiative from passing in November. cleveland.com/opinion/2023/0… What’s more, they are hoping to hold a vote on this antidemocratic initiative in August – just months after these same lawmakers voted to end most August elections because they are so expensive and traditionally have very low turnout. cleveland.com/open/2023/04/w…

Biden’s trip to Ireland is a stark difference from when Trump & Pence visited the country–and repeatedly went out of their way to line Trump’s pockets.

Here’s a brief history of Trump profiting from, promoting and denying promoting his Irish golf resort during his presidency 🧵 In June 2019, Trump flew from England to his hotel in Ireland, claiming that it was “convenient.” Rural Doonbeg is on the opposite side of the country from Dublin, and required Trump flying in the opposite direction of his stop in France the next day.
citizensforethics.org/reports-invest…

Donald Trump really wants you to know how much he loves and admires Putin Remember when he wanted to give Putin his dream of the US leaving NATO? Trump hasn't changed.