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The Trojan horse was a gift too.

Air Force One never should have been gifted from another country. That raises serious corruption and national security concerns.

Donald Trump made more money last year than ever before in his life.

That's thanks to his failure to separate himself from his business (which is expanding abroad), cryptocurrency schemes and literally selling access to the presidency.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com

Q: Critics say you're profiting off the presidency TRUMP: I'm profiting because the stock market is going up. Everybody is profiting. Thank you President Trump.

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NEW: As acting attorney general and deputy attorney general, Todd Blanche has repeatedly elevated the president’s interests over the DOJ’s and the American people’s.

Every senator should reject his nomination. We just sent them a letter saying so.

Senate should reject Blanche’s nomination for attorney general - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

Confirming Todd Blanche as AG would solidify the DOJ's transformation into an agency working in the interest of Trump, rather than that of American citizens.

Whenever you see Trump use the $400 million jet gifted from Qatar, just remember that the Trojan horse was a gift, too.

Until Trump, no president in US history:

-Tried to unilaterally rewrite federal election rules
-Tried use the USPS to limit who gets to vote
-Spread false claims that elections are rigged
-Replaced officials who didn't back their conspiracy theories

This is a systematic effort.

Trump election task force to begin releasing classified intel documents

From spy agencies to FEMA, the president appears to be mounting a “whole of government” effort to sway races that will decide control of Congress.

Good News: A judge voided Trump's settlement with the IRS granting him immunity from audits.

Anyone who cares about taxpayer resources not being used to enrich the president should celebrate this victory!

Judge voids Donald Trump's 'improper' $1.8b IRS settlement that gave him immunity from tax audits

The judge said the suit was brought for 'improper purposes' and referred a Trump attorney for possible disciplinary action.

NEW: We, along with five other orgs, just sent a letter urging the House Committee to reject a bill that would abolish the CIGIE, transfer certain CIGIE functions to the OMB and eliminate the Integrity Committee.

Oversight committee should reject legislation abolishing CIGIE - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

The House Oversight Committee should not allow CIGIE to be abolished or transfer its role to the Office of Management and Budget.

NEW: Freedom 250 seemingly “presented” an event at Mar-a-Lago that President Trump profited from through his property. Proceeds appear to have benefited a nonprofit led by Donald Trump Jr.'s friend—making it potentially a big payday for both Trump and the nonprofit.

Freedom 250 apparently was linked to a Mar-a-Lago fundraiser - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

CREW has identified that Freedom 250 seemingly “presented” an event that President Trump profited from through his properties.

Reply to @citizensforethics.org

U.S. judge voids Trump's settlement with IRS

The settlement gave Trump sweeping tax protections and initially set up a nearly $1.8 billion government ​fund to pay victims of so-called ​government weaponization that was later abandoned.

NEW: We requested records from the State Department revealing the Board of Peace's operation plans, structure and details of its funding.

The public deserves to know whether tax dollars are being paid to an unaccountable private entity controlled by the president.

CREW requests records on Board of Peace funding and operations - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

CREW requested records from the State Department related to the various programs conducted by the Board of Peace.

Eviction notices have been sent to farmers in northern Vietnam to make way for a $1.5 billion Trump Organization-branded luxury golf resort project.

Trump never divested from the Trump Org, so this project is one of his countless conflicts of interest.

Trump-backed golf resort advances as Vietnam seizes farmland

The area contains ancestral graves and orchards that have provided for generations of the same families. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Donald Trump just released his 2026 financial disclosure.

Maybe he’s hoping people won’t be paying attention going into the long weekend, or that his July 4th spectacle will overshadow the fact that he’s making BILLIONS during his presidency. 🧵

Despite Trump’s $10 billion tax dollar commitment to the so-called Board of Peace, the Board’s operation plan, legal status and details of its funding remain unclear.

So we're investigating.

CREW requests records on Board of Peace funding and operations - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

CREW requested records from the State Department related to the various programs conducted by the Board of Peace.

Karoline Leavitt: “Neither the president nor his family has ever engaged—or will ever engage—in conflicts of interest.”

Trump: Makes $2 BILLION last year, including at least $117 million from international developments, which *all* pose conflicts of interest.

NEW: FCC commissioners may have accepted gifts worth tens of thousands of dollars from Paramount last year. Now, the company is seeking FCC approval to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery.

We just filed a complaint calling for the FCC inspector general to investigate.

IG must investigate Paramount gifts to FCC officials - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

FCC commissioners may have violated their ethical duties when accepting gifts worth tens of thousands of dollars from Paramount.

We filed a complaint with the Interior Department inspector general last week about some eyebrow-raising government contracts, including for the Reflecting Pool "renovation."

Let's just say there's *a lot* that should be investigated:

NEW: The Jan. 6 insurrection left American taxpayers with $2.7 billion in costs that were never recovered. Now, convicted Jan. 6 defendants are trying to use the Federal Tort Claims Act to extract substantial and secretive payouts from the government.

January 6ers cost taxpayers $2.7 billion. Now they're seeking secret payouts. - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

January 6ers could seek negotiations for secretive payouts through the Federal Tort Claims Act should Congress fail to take action.

NEW: We just filed a complaint urging the DOT inspector general to investigate whether Sean Duffy violated ethics rules and federal law by promoting his wife’s new book.

DOT watchdog should investigate Secretary Sean Duffy’s promotion of his wife’s book - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

The DOT's Office of Inspector General must investigate whether Secretary Sean Duffy violated ethics rules and federal law by using his official DOT social media account to promote his wife Rachel Camp...

The Constitution gives states, not the federal government, the power to administer elections. That's for a good reason, but the Trump admin keeps trying and failing to grab power anyway.

We're fighting back in court.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com

Mullin says that election officials in states that don’t cooperate with the Trump administration may face jail time

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Here are the top corporate contributors to Trump's pet projects:

Meta, Amazon, Coinbase, Google/Youtube, RTX, Lockheed Martin, Mastercard, Exiger, Scotts Miracle-Gro, Altria Group, BlackRock, Nvidia, Palantir, Comcast, and Chevron.

Yes, they all want something from Trump.

It’s easy to get bogged down in bad news, so it’s worth remembering that many of the president’s attempts to consolidate power are failing.

For example: A judge granted an order requiring Trump admin officials to follow the Presidential Records Act.

Judge rules Trump White House must comply with Presidential Records Act - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

In his congressional testimony, OMB Director Russell Vought indicated that there were no plans to publish reports on what happened while DOGE was active.

This is an affront to the transparency that is expected from a publicly accountable government.

DOGE won’t get a closing report detailing savings or workforce cuts, OMB says - WTOP News

The DOGE website went dark last month. And the president’s proposed budget has no funding for the agency.

NEW: Trump's firing of the bipartisan Election Assistance Commission last night is the latest disturbing step in his crusade to make it harder to vote and consolidate control of elections.

Don't look away from this creeping authoritarianism.

CREW statement on Trump’s firing of Election Assistance Commission - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

The firing of Election Assistance Commissioners is part of Trump’s crusade to make it harder to vote and consolidate control of elections.

Trump's teleprompter operator reportedly made more than $100,000 trading on inside information from Trump's speeches. Trump put him on leave—as he should.

But why should a staffer face more accountability than Trump himself, who's blatantly profiting off his position every day?

White House teleprompter operator made more than $100K betting on Trump's speeches: Sources

President Trump's longtime teleprompter operator is believed to have made tens of thousands of dollars by placing bets on the contents of Trump's speeches, sources say.