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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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. 🧵

President Trump bought up to $5 million in shares of Axon Enterprise two weeks before ICE sought a $220 million contract that appeared tailored to the company’s weapons.

Axon shares rose more than 22% in the month after Trump’s purchase.

Trump bought as much as $5 million in Axon stock before ICE sought $220 million Taser deal

Axon Enterprise has ramped up lobbying in Congress on federal law enforcement technology as ICE pursues a potential $220 million Taser deal.

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: 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.

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.

Trump empowered his allies to gut government programs, and the consequences for everyday Americans are becoming clearer every day.

Last year, they bragged about cutting thousands of FDA and CDC staff. This year, more people are getting sick.

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Cyclosporiasis, the parasite causing the current explosive diarrhea outbreak, is at a level 20x higher than its yearly average. This comes just 1 year after the Trump admin removed a cyclospora tracking mandate from the 'Foodborne Disease Active Surveillance Network.'

NEW: President Trump’s brokers have made 29 trades of private prison stocks since he returned to office.

The trades total between $281,029 and $990,000, split between two companies that have benefited massively from Trump administration policy: GEO Group and CoreCivic.

Trump has made 29 private prison stock trades since taking office - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

Trump’s brokers have made 29 trades of private prison stocks since he returned to office, with the first purchases early in his second term.

NEW: Fifteen companies have contributed to at least three of Trump’s pet projects, including his WH ballroom, inauguration, library and groups organizing America 250 celebrations, according to CREW analysis.

This is pay-to-play corruption on an unprecedented scale.

Fifteen companies have contributed to at least three of Trump’s pet projects - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

Corporations have indulged Trump in his fixation on his pet projects, spending millions of dollars funding them while seeking his favor.

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.

Under President Trump and RFK Jr’s leadership, 1 in 4 CDC staff were let go last year, and the CDC made it optional to monitor the cyclospora parasite that’s now causing “explosive diarrhea” in 30+ states. 🧵

RFK's CDC cut back on parasite monitoring. Then an outbreak spiraled

Amid a cyclospora outbreak in the US, eyes have turned back to recent agency changes at the CDC when parasite was taken off required monitoring.

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.

Trump is bragging about letting crypto execs off the hook just days after we learned that he made $1.4 billion from crypto and memecoins last year, while the people who bought his memecoin lost $3.8 billion

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com

Trump: "Every time I see a crypto guy where they dropped an investigation, I said, 'You're lucky I'm president.'"

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NEW: Trump has filed lawsuits and claims demanding over $70 BILLION since November 2022—more than ten times his net worth.

No modern president has used litigation like this to pressure media companies, individuals and even government entities into caving to his demands.

Trump has filed lawsuits and claims demanding over $70 billion since second term candidacy announcement - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

Trump has filed lawsuits and claims demanding over $70 billion since he declared his candidacy for office in November 2022.

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.

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:

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.