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Noah Bookbinder@noahbookbinder.bsky.social |
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President of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (@CREW). Former federal corruption prosecutor. Fighting for an ethical democracy.
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Today’s decision is dangerous and devastating. This threatens our system of democratic checks and balances by placing presidents above the rule of law, as well as throwing the future of Trump’s federal criminal cases into question.
Our statement:
www.citizensforethics.org/news/press-r...
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Donald Trump asking oil and gas industry executives to raise him $1 billion and promising massive favors to the industry on day one may have gone beyond merely distasteful and crossed into soliciting a bribe. CREW yesterday asked DOJ and the FBI to investigate.
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The Supreme Court's delay in the presidential immunity case has gone from unacceptable to unconscionable. It's a straightforward question, they've decided harder ones (like Trump v. Anderson) much faster, and getting that case to trial this year is of immense nation importance.
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Jared Kushner did extensive work in the Middle East for the Trump White House, including working on policies favorable to Saudi Arabia. He then formed a private equity fund with a $2 billion Saudi investment. Senate investigation is appropriate.
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Let's not lose sight of this transparency win in Florida, where an appeals court struck down Governor DeSantis's arguments that he could shield records from the public using executive privilege.
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I was a counsel for Senate Judiciary Committee during Justice Alito's confirmation hearing, and I heard him make serious commitments on ethics that he has not kept, and needs to. Don't want to take my word for it? @crew.bsky.social has the video:
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ICYMI: Contrary to what Donald Trump is saying, the New York trial in which he was convicted was an example of the justice system working as it should. President Biden had nothing to do with it, and the DA, judge, and jury acted based on the facts and law.
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NEW: CREW pulled together key moments from Justice Alito's confirmation hearing, where—among other things—he promised to abide by the highest ethical standards as to when to recuse and said the president is not above the law.
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I spoke with Jessica Denson about the crisis of ethics and bias at the US Supreme Court, the threat posed by Donald Trump and others to our democracy, and what @crew.bsky.social is doing about it. Always great to be on @meidastouch.bsky.social's Lights On podcast.
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Amazingly we are still learning about additional valuable gifts Justice Thomas received, that he should have disclosed, from a billionaire with an interest in the direction of the Supreme Court and in at least one case. Thomas should resign.
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Before heading off to Home Depot to pick up something for Fathers' Day, you might be interested to know that Home Depot scores a 383, that's 6th worst, in @crew.bsky.social's measure of companies giving the most support to those undermining democracy the most.
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A reminder that Justice Clarence Thomas appeared to violate the Ethics in Government Act by secretly accepting free trips with Harlan Crow, and the Department of Justice needs to investigate.
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If you're an employee, customer, investor, etc. looking to see how your company has been doing on safeguarding or undermining democracy, @crew.bsky.social has the resource for you (spoiler alert, if it's AT&T, the answer is not good; if it's Airbnb, it's much better):
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However politically expedient it might be, no one, including congressional Republicans, should forget that Donald Trump tried to keep himself in power after losing an election and incited an insurrection. Congress should strengthen our checks and balances.
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NEW: Each aspect of what we witnessed in Donald Trump's New York trial was our criminal justice system working exactly as it is supposed to. I break it down and debunk bogus claims to the contrary in a new analysis piece:
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A new study finds that Justice Thomas has likely received nearly $6 million in gifts over the past two decades. I don't even know how you do that, but the corruption is astonishing.
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Bookmark this link. As part of @crew.bsky.social's Bankrolling the Big Lie report, we have a place where you can search for a company--if you're interested as a customer, employee, investor, etc.--and see how they are doing on supporting or undermining democracy.
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The Supreme Court has now taken much longer on the Donald Trump immunity case, an easier case, than it did on the Colorado 14th amendment disqualification case. Disgraceful. The Court must decide now and allow this crucial case for accountability and democracy to move forward.
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Check out this conversation I was lucky to have with Jon Stewart and Jane Mayer on the premier episode of The Weekly Show podcast about the unique threat to democracy posed by Donald Trump, but also the insidious money in politics issues that go much deeper.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQp7...
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It was truly wild to be able to speak with the incomparable Jon Stewart and the brilliant Jane Mayer about corruption, money in politics, the unique threat to our democracy right now, and what we can do about it on the first episode of the Weekly Show podcast.
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The corporation doing the most to undermine democracy with its political giving, based on @crew.bsky.social's new report? Koch Industries. Companies that are close that you may run into more? AT&T, UPS, Home Depot, Comcast, Rocket Mortgage, FedEx.
www.citizensforethics.org/reports-inve...
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As @crew.bsky.social's Donald Sherman and Diamond Brown wrote in the Grio: "Ethical governance requires a commitment to transparency, fairness, and equal representation." Disbanding the House Office of Diversity and Inclusion is a step backwards.
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Donald Trump’s Truth Social posts vowing revenge, retaliation and retribution are often reported on or discussed as one-offs. @crew.bsky.social quantified these comments to show this isn’t just a whim or a passing idea—It’s a fixation and a promise. Congress needs to act.
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Let's be abundantly clear: President Biden and congressional Democrats had nothing to do with the Manhattan DA's case or the jury's verdict. Claims to the contrary are completely made up and not at all how this works. It is a lie, and we need to call it out. Every. Single. Time.
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CREW's Virginia Canter and Debra Perlin: We are dismayed that Justice Alito's response thus far has been to blame his wife for his ethical mishaps rather than taking responsibility for his own misdeeds as required by the ethics rules that he—not his wife—swore to uphold.
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It's important to remember that today's verdict did not come from a particular official, or political party, or prosecutor. It came from a jury of twelve regular Americans. That's how justice works in the United States, where no one--not even a former president--is above the law.
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Donald Trump’s criminal efforts to manipulate the 2016 election started him down the path that led to his more extreme efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The jury’s convictions ensure his years-long pattern of anti-democratic conduct won’t go unpunished.
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After reviewing overwhelming evidence, the jury unanimously concluded that Trump engaged in criminal activity that demands accountability, all the more so because it may be only the first piece of what appears to have been a presidential crime spree.
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A jury of 12 regular Americans is now—for the first time ever—considering whether a former president is guilty of crimes. The case the prosecution presented was very strong. No matter what the jury decides, this is what accountability looks like.
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Justice Alito refusing to recuse from January 6-related cases is absolutely unacceptable. It is abundantly clear that his impartiality can reasonably be questioned, and recusing is the only way to begin to restore public trust in this crucial institution.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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This Supreme Court has lost the people’s trust that it will be unbiased on issues of presidential elections, of the election of 2020 and potentially the coming election. Maybe this is not the moment for the restraint from the president that would usually be appropriate.
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NEW: @CREWcrew today wrote to Chief Justice Roberts, asking him to add enforcement mechanisms to the Supreme Court's ethics code and to use his position to urge Justice Alito to recuse from 2020 election cases. Alito's actions are astonishing, and a response is needed.
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Donald Trump’s finances and the ways of potentially influencing him have gotten more complicated than what we were talking about in 2016, and even 2020. It’s a whole new world of ways to potentially funnel money to Donald Trump.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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The judicial ethics aspect of the Justice Alito story is crucial, but let's focus for a moment on the fact that a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court apparently repeatedly, over years, displayed symbols associated with insurrection and overturning an election. How are we not all talking about this?
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Federal judges must recuse themselves if their impartiality can reasonably be questioned. At this point it is difficult to make any reasonable case for Alito’s impartiality. He must not sit on cases about the 2020 election or the insurrection he appears to have supported.
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NEW: @crew.bsky.social breaks down the many times Donald Trump has promised on Truth Social to use the federal government to pursue revenge against perceived political enemies including President Biden, and the steps Congress should take to protect our system.
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As I told @CNBC, Justice Alito flying an upside down flag days after the insurrection appears to be a staggering ethical violation and calls into question his objectivity in Trump v. Anderson and other cases.
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There is no reason based in law for the Supreme Court to be taking Donald Trump’s immunity claims seriously. In Trump v. Anderson, the Court ruled 25 days after oral arguments. The court must act with similar speed in this case--that would be today--and allow it to move forward.
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Important and much-needed changes from the Office of Special Counsel, which administers the Hatch Act, to ensure that White House staffers face the same consequences for improperly using their official positions for politics as other officials do.
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The Republican and unaffiliated Colorado voters we represented in Trump v. Anderson and who brought the case at real personal risk were entitled to be confident that the Supreme Court heard their case free of bias. As to Justice Alito, I can't see how we can assure them of that.
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As @crew.bsky.social's Virginia Canter explains, we’re taking a very serious look at whether Donald Trump’s fundraising pitch to oil executives for $1 billion merits further action. The reported facts raise questions about the transactional nature of the meeting.
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CREW's latest FOIA story: We got FBI briefing documents from January 6th, 2021, showing the agency's real time reaction to the attack on the Capitol, from unconcerned to urgent and distressed. Check it out here:
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The Senate should investigate Donald Trump's meeting with oil executives. If this constituted an attempt to link significant campaign contributions with specific policy promises, that suggests a huge loophole in our law that needs to be closed.
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NEW from @crew.bsky.social: The FEC needs to investigate the Trump campaign's apparent illegal cover-up of legal settlements. We filed a complaint today.
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Donald Trump told top oil executives to raise $1 billion for his reelection and said he would immediately reverse environmental rules issued by President Biden. That's a perfect example of our corrupt system and why campaign finance reform is needed now.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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NEW: Donald Trump has made clear that he intends in a second term to purge federal employees, replacing experts with loyalists. @crew.bsky.social lays out the high-level loyalists he might line up to carry out this plan and the policy steps now that can protect against it.
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I worry that Donald Trump will see going to jail briefly as a political windfall and dare the judge to go there. If it does happen, it's important to remember that this is not about free speech, it is about ensuring the rule of law and protecting people.
www.politico.com/news/2024/05...
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I still hope and expect that the Supreme Court will act quickly and with restraint to rule that Donald Trump does not have immunity for the extreme conduct for which he is charged in the Jan. 6 case. The argument went in weird directions, but the law is clear, and this case should move forward.
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NEW: Comcast, Boeing, Chevron, JP Morgan Chase and Deloitte pledged to pay for employee travel costs to obtain abortions, but have donated more than $90,000 in the past year to Florida lawmakers who voted in support of the state’s six-week abortion ban.
www.citizensforethics.org/reports-inve...
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Donald Trump is very open about his intentions to use the power of government, including the Department of Justice, to help friends and allies and go after perceived enemies. Congress and the administration must act now to strengthen checks and balances.
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