Over the past year, the Trump administration hasn’t just embarked on a mass hiring spree to deploy ICE and CBP agents to American cities, they have also been building heavily armed and unaccountable immigration agencies.

They have contracted for millions of dollars’ worth of weapons. How far will the arms spree go?

We’ve uncovered just how much firepower they plan to put on our streets.🧵


In just one year, ICE and CBP committed to spend more than $144 million in taxpayer dollars on lethal firearms, ammunition, chemical weapons, and more.

One such contract is for $9.1 million in assault-style rifles, which could allow ICE to buy thousands of semi-automatic weapons for agents with less than two months of training.

Trump’s DOJ released a list of “politically exposed” people in the Epstein Files.

It’s their latest brazen attempt to protect Trump, instead of victims.

It includes absurd references to Beyoncé, Margaret Thatcher, Princess Diana, AOC, and me. Many are articles or Epstein talking about public figures.

Some absurd examples… 🧵

https://x.com/SenAdamSchiff/status/2022825451840766273

Trump’s DOJ highlighted Beyoncé for being in the files. In fact, Epstein was discussing buying tickets to her concert.

By now, you’ve probably seen these propaganda banners sprouting up on federal buildings.

We’ve uncovered how much these banners cost through never-before-seen documents.

And why they’re illegal:

(Thread 🧵) In just four months, three federal agencies have paid for massive political banners with your tax dollars:

- USDA: ~$16,400
- Dept. of Labor: ~$6,000
- HHS: ~$34,000

That’s at least $50,000 in taxpayer money for Trump propaganda.

BREAKING: New documents and testimony make it clear that Emil Bove urged DOJ officials to defy court orders – then misled the Judiciary Committee about it.

The facts are disqualifying. And the timeline is damning.

Let's break it down. 🧵 Bove, Trump’s former personal defense attorney, has been nominated for a position on the court of appeals.

While at DOJ, he worked to reshape the department to carry out the president’s dirty work. To dismiss cases against his allies and take aim at his enemies
list.

A purely political – and decidedly partisan – pick.
politico.com/news/2025/05/2…

I just left the Senate floor where I laid out the top ten ways Donald Trump is wrecking the country.

Every American should know the facts about this administration – so here they are:

(Thread 🧵) At number 10 – Attacking our research universities, and dismantling a partnership with the federal government that has powered innovation and our economy.

Deterring the best and brightest students from around the world from coming to America, and sending them elsewhere.

I just left the Senate floor, where I laid out Trump's real "Art of the Deal."

For himself.

Here are Donald Trump's 10 most outrageous displays of corruption yet.

🧵 At number 10 – Donald Trump and Elon Musk turning the White House Lawn into a Tesla showroom.

As repayment?

A $100,000,000 gift from Elon to Donald Trump's personal political apparatus.

Donald Trump's first 100 days have been characterized by the most flagrant corruption imaginable.

Today, I want to talk about 10 of the absolute worst examples.

(Thread 🧵) #10 - The Tesla Ad

During a Tesla stock crash and days after Elon Musk infused $100m into Trump's political operation, the two stood on the South Lawn of the White House, posing for the cameras while the President purchased a Tesla.

Pay to play and product placement on the White House lawn.

When President Biden leaves the Oval Office tomorrow, he will leave behind an extraordinary legacy.

Of accomplishing more in one term, than most presidents do no matter how long they serve. I think back to when President Biden took the oath of office and the challenges facing the country at that time.

We were in a moment of extraordinary hardship. A global pandemic. Massive job losses. Violence in our communities.

I’m encouraged by today’s ceasefire deal and the preliminary framework for a release of hostages, and the provision of additional humanitarian aid.

We must hope and pray that this is the beginning of the end of the war and the release of all hostages.

(Thread 🧵) Since Hamas’ unprovoked and brutal attack on Israel on October 7th, we have witnessed an unimaginable human tragedy. The news of a cessation of hostilities is deeply welcome.

Today, there will be no organized objection to the results of a free and fair election by the sitting President, no mob that marches on the Capitol at the incitement of the President. Today, there will be no officers maced by rioters or crushed in the doors of this hallowed institution, no offices desecrated or windows smashed by insurrectionists.

I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to serve all Californians as their next United States Senator.

(Thread 🧵) My family came to the Golden State when I was a child in the hope of finding a strong economy, safe neighborhoods, and good schools.

And we found all that we could hope for in each of these respects.

As the former chair of the House Intelligence Committee, I wanted to share some quick thoughts on reports that the Trump campaign was hacked, potentially by foreign malign actors:

(Thread🧵) First, the Intelligence Community should move with great alacrity to declassify and disclose any appropriate information it has concerning the potential foreign nature of this interference.

Transparency is still our best deterrent against foreign influence operations.

This week, Trump became an unindicted co-conspirator over his efforts to overturn the election in Arizona.

Yesterday he continued to claim complete immunity for January 6th and other acts.

His threats to democracy are more brazen than ever.

Let’s break them down.

(Thread 🧵) In 2020, Trump and his team pursued a scheme to designate "fake electors" in seven states - Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, New Mexico, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

The goal was to overturn @JoeBiden's lawful election as President.

I have warned for months that Azerbaijan was openly implementing a genocidal campaign against the innocent civilians of Artsakh.

🧵1/7 Today, Azerbaijan proved itself once again to be a ruthless aggressor, launching unprovoked attacks in Artsakh that have destroyed a school, killed at least one child and 24 adults, and injured more than 100 others.

2/7

With this new Georgia indictment, our democracy and the rule of law will again be put to a test.

And just like the DOJ’s last indictment, what stands out to me is how closely the facts set out in the indictment track the evidence we uncovered on the Jan 6th Committee.

🧵: 1/8 The many Trump phone calls to Republican leaders in AZ, PA, MI, and GA as part of his pressure campaign.

Trump’s badgering of Secretary of State Raffensperger and others.

The resulting danger and death threats to election workers.

2/8

We’re all watching what’s happening with Russia — and the potentially violent disarray among Russian military forces.

It stems from Putin’s tragic war of choice against Ukraine, his empowering of the worst actors within Russia, and hubris.

This is all developing, and could… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… The Wagner Group is a private military force and mercenary group, empowered and financed by Putin and run by Yevgeny Prigozhin.

Prigozhin is also known as “Putin’s chef” and ran the infamous troll farm — part of Russia’s 2016 election interference.

Robert Mueller indicted him… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

What’s happening in the Senate as they repeal outdated war powers — or AUMFs — is a watershed moment.

I’ve been working on this for a long time, along with some great people like @TimKaine and @RepBarbaraLee.

A short wonky 🧵on AUMFs and Congress: Only Congress has the Constitutional authority to declare war. For too long, we’ve abdicated that power and responsibility.

Allowing presidents of both parties to use laws to justify military action in countries or against adversaries not even named in an authorization must end.

The government’s brief is devastating.

The legal arguments are compelling, but what is most striking are the facts outlining how the former president and his team knowingly put our national security at risk.

Here’s what stands out to me:

(1/7) This is Trump’s counsel swearing there were no more classified documents at Mar-a-Lago.

That was obviously false. Someone isn’t telling the truth.

(2/7)

Tomorrow, @January6thCmte will hold its first public hearing as we begin to share the findings of our investigation with the country.

I want to let you know a little about what to expect, what to look out for, and our objective. The public hearings will present both new and publicly known information in a compelling way.

Many have heard the story in drips and drabs.

But that only gives part of the picture.

Buffalo. Houston. Laguna Woods. Amarillo. Winston-Salem.

Five mass shootings in one weekend. Two hundred and three mass shootings so far this year.

It's easy to grow numb to the bloodshed.

But it doesn’t have to be this way – we can stop this.

Here's how we start: The gun industry has no incentive to support safety measures to keep guns out of the wrong hands.

So we need to hit them where it hurts: Their wallets.

That means passing laws that would ensure negligent gun makers and dealers are held to account.

I have the bill to do it.

We're headed back to the U.S. after meeting with @ZelenskyyUa in Kyiv and President @AndrzejDuda in Warsaw.

One thing is clear: We must continue to give military aid to Ukraine, and humanitarian assistance to those seeking refuge at home and in neighboring countries like Poland. As chair of @HouseIntel, I was particularly interested in ensuring Ukraine is getting the intel they need from our agencies.

U.S. intelligence helped expose Putin's plans to the world. That helped unite our allies around sanctions.

We must do even more.

https://twitter.com/RepAdamSchiff/status/1506270227595677708