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CREW @crew.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 15:26 UTC

With today’s Fischer decision, the Supreme Court majority helped many insurrectionists dodge accountability once again. If attempting to block the certification of the 2020 election isn't obstructing an official proceeding in the Court’s eyes, then what is?

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CREW @crew.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 18:04 UTC

NEW: We reviewed 456 days worth of Donald Trump's Truth Social posts, and found that he's called the 2020 election “rigged" 526 times. That's staggering. We lay out the dangerous election claims he's spreading and how we can protect our democracy:

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CREW @crew.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 15:17 UTC

"No person in this country is above the law, and that includes the president and it includes the Supreme Court.” - Justice Samuel Alito, 2006

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CREW @crew.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 19:31 UTC

On one of Clarence Thomas's trips that Mark Paoletta is defending in this op-ed, Paoletta and his wife reportedly "serenaded the justice with a song they wrote about him.”

Just saying. www.propublica.org/article/clar...

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CREW @crew.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 18:51 UTC

BREAKING: We just filed ANOTHER complaint against Clarence Thomas with the DOJ and Chief Justice Roberts. They must investigate Thomas's additional undisclosed gifts of free travel.

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CREW @crew.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 18:32 UTC

Ron DeSantis recently signed a law that will change the ethics regime in Florida. Here's what it does: - Add time limits to ethics investigations -Require sworn affidavits to launch complaints -Ban second-hand knowledge from being used in investigations

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CREW @crew.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 15:10 UTC

The Heritage Foundation is funding an effort to post 100 names of government employees suspected of being hostile to the policies of Donald Trump. Some are comparing this with the red scare of McCarthyism.

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CREW @crew.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 18:32 UTC

In the months since Donald Trump asked oil and gas industry executives for $1 billion in campaign donations in exchange for political favors, Trump’s fundraising from them has picked up substantially. What a coincidence.

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CREW @crew.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 16:25 UTC

Remember when the Secret Service spent more than $16,000 on Jared Kushner’s UAE and Qatar trip, and then both countries invested in his firm? It's a good thing the firm is finally being examined seriously.

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CREW @crew.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 18:26 UTC

BREAKING: The Office of Congressional Ethics just found there is "substantial reason to believe" that Rep. Ronny Jackson converted campaign funds to personal use or his campaign spent funds that were not attributable to bona fide campaign or political purposes.

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CREW @crew.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 24, 2024 at 16:59 UTC

BREAKING: We just filed a complaint with the FBI and DOJ asking them to investigate whether Donald Trump violated the law by promising political favors, if re-elected, to the oil and gas industry in exchange for $1 billion in campaign donations.

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CREW @crew.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 16:16 UTC

Two federal judges in South Florida privately urged Judge Aileen Cannon to decline the Trump documents case when it was assigned to her. She chose to keep it anyways.

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CREW @crew.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 21, 2024 at 15:03 UTC

At the very least, it's strange that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene didn't mention anything about her book and its royalties on her financial disclosure form.

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CREW @crew.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 20, 2024 at 20:33 UTC

Did Justice Alito forget that everything he said during his SCOTUS confirmation hearings about judicial ethics are public record? Because we didn't, and we're here to call him out on how he's failed to live up to his lofty words.

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CREW @crew.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 20, 2024 at 15:13 UTC

If there's one thing the Supreme Court needs, its a BINDING code of conduct. If there's another, it's term limits.

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CREW @crew.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 20, 2024 at 13:22 UTC

Fifth Circuit Judge Edith Brown Clement takes annual trips funded by a think tank that advocates for overturning gay marriage. She also ruled on a panel last year that a Christian business was allowed to discriminate against gay people.

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CREW @crew.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 18, 2024 at 17:34 UTC

The House Ethics Committee is continuing to investigate whether Matt Gaetz engaged in sexual misconduct, engaged in illicit drug use or accepted improper gifts. It's also investigating whether he obstructed the investigation.

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CREW @crew.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 18, 2024 at 14:26 UTC

House Ethics Committee statement on Matt Gaetz investigation: "Based on its review to date, the Committee has determined that certain of the allegations merit continued review. During the course of its investigation, the Committee has also identified additional allegations that merit review."

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CREW @crew.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 17, 2024 at 19:23 UTC

Watch our new video pulling together some of the moments from Justice Alito's confirmation hearing that we bet he'd rather forget:

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CREW @crew.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 17, 2024 at 18:33 UTC

NEW: During Justice Alito’s confirmation hearing, he said he'd abide by higher ethics standards than the law required, presented himself as an impartial judge with no ideological agenda and said the president is NOT above the law. We have the receipts:

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CREW @crew.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 17, 2024 at 13:19 UTC

With every revelation about Clarence Thomas' gifts from billionaire donor Harlan Crow, it becomes more clear: Thomas needs to resign.

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CREW @crew.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 14, 2024 at 16:42 UTC

"One common thread connects nearly every major scandal involving Donald Trump: his absolute disdain for the democratic process."

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CREW @crew.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 14, 2024 at 13:55 UTC

Clarence Thomas failed to report at least three private jet trips paid for by billionaire political donor Harlan Crow, according to a new report from the Senate judiciary committee. A DOJ investigation is overdue.

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CREW @crew.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 13, 2024 at 20:57 UTC

The investigation into Jared Kushner's business deals, including billions in private equity investments from Saudi Arabia, is both long overdue and vital for our national security.

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CREW @crew.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 13, 2024 at 18:11 UTC

NEW: We're suing the Department of Justice for records of all opinions, memoranda, or analyses issued by the Office of Legal Counsel concerning Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment.

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CREW @crew.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 13, 2024 at 13:48 UTC

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce received an $800,000 wire transfer from billionaire donor Hank Meijer days after it endorsed his son, Peter Meijer, in a contentious primary. What a coincidence!

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CREW @crew.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 12, 2024 at 21:27 UTC

A Florida appeals court just refused to go along with Gov. Ron DeSantis’ argument that he can shield public records due to executive privilege.

That's a win for transparency. www.politico.com/news/2024/06...

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CREW @crew.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 12, 2024 at 18:51 UTC

If protecting our democracy isn't motivation in and of itself, the big donors who are reversing course and cutting checks to Donald Trump should take into account that a functioning democracy is actually good for business.

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CREW @crew.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 12, 2024 at 13:56 UTC

Far-right fossil fuel allies have launched a stunning and unprecedented campaign pressuring the Supreme Court to shield fossil fuel companies from litigation. Of course, the campaign has ties to Leonard Leo.

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CREW @crew.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 11, 2024 at 17:28 UTC

"This is not going to end well for the court if it doesn't get its house in order or if Congress doesn't step up." -CREW's Virginia Canter on the urgency of ethics reform for the Supreme Court

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CREW @crew.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 11, 2024 at 14:54 UTC

NEW: Some are trying to undermine Donald Trump's conviction in New York by calling it politically motivated. In reality, it is an example of the criminal justice system working exactly as it's supposed to. We debunk those arguments here:

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CREW @crew.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 10, 2024 at 19:19 UTC

Another day with no Supreme Court decision on presidential immunity means another day that Trump's January 6th trial is delayed. At this point, a decision is long overdue. SCOTUS: Stop dragging your feet.

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CREW @crew.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 10, 2024 at 16:18 UTC

Chief Justice Roberts can't ignore the ethics crisis at the Supreme Court any longer. Justice Alito flying flags associated with the insurrection and then refusing to recuse from cases involving the 2020 election and insurrection is outrageous.

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CREW @crew.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 10, 2024 at 14:08 UTC

A group of George W. Bush appointees just sent a letter to Congress saying that politicizing the civil service and ending Schedule F is a mistake. Government service should continue to be about expertise, not loyalty to the president.

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CREW @crew.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 07, 2024 at 14:38 UTC

Clarence Thomas needs to resign. And the DOJ needs to investigate whether he's violated the Ethics in Government Act.

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