25 September 2020

Historic

Yesterday, the non-partisan public interest group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) issued a scathing and detailed report (link here) documenting about how Donald Trump has had more than 3,400 conflicts of interest since he became President.

Many of the most flagrant involve his self enrichment with taxpayer funds at his commercial properties, profiting him handsomely. Trump's visits to his own properties have cost taxpayers more than $100 million.

"Trump continues to be the most corrupt president in history," the CREW report says in the introduction. "Trump has made it abundantly clear that any claim of separation from his business was a lie. The extraordinary numbers in this report paint a picture of a President who is fixated on the personal financial benefits he might derive from his public service — and a whole ecosystem of officials, special interests and governments that exploit that fixation in order to curry favor and advance their own interests."

"As the president continues to harness the office of the presidency for his own personal gain, Americans can no longer trust that he makes decisions in our interest, rather than his own," it continues. "From foreign governments and industries throwing lavish events at his properties to donors and customers buying their way to ambassadorships and top political offices, corruption surrounds this President literally every day."

When you click through to the link, be sure to click through the second link to the full report which thoroughly documents the extensive corruption.

This massive corruption must end. Our chance to see that happens is Election Day on November third.

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