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President Trump's $1.776 billion settlement with the IRS is one of the single most corrupt acts in American history.
They moved fast to avoid the scrutiny of the judicial process, and very likely violated the Constitution. This is an outrage.
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Raise your hand if you think members of Congress shouldn't be allowed to trade stocks
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BREAKING: We won! For the first time since 1869, a public official has been ordered removed from office under the 14th Amendment for participating in the January 6th insurrection. Much more to come very soon.
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BREAKING: We won! We're going to get the secret memo Barr used to undercut the Mueller Report and claim it was insufficient to find Trump obstructed justice. And we're going to make it public.
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BREAKING: A judge just ordered NM County Commissioner Couy Griffin removed from office under the 14th Amendment. This is the first time in 100+ years a court has disqualified a public official for participating in an insurrection. citizensforethics.org/news/p…
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Presidents are not kings.
Presidents are not kings.
Presidents are not kings.
Presidents are not kings.
Presidents are not kings.
Presidents are not kings.
Presidents are not kings.
Presidents are not kings.
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Just a reminder that we would not be in this position if the Supreme Court had followed the Constitution and enforced Donald Trump's disqualification from office for incitement of insurrection.
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BREAKING: We just filed an amicus brief saying Judge Cannon should be reassigned from the Trump classified documents case.
Her apparent bias in favor of Trump and disregard of existing precedent make clear that she should not remain on the case. citizensforethics.org/legal-…
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Elon Musk owns Twitter
A lot of you are worried about censorship
So here's a test: we'll drop some truth and see what happens
1) Donald Trump was the most corrupt president in history
2) The elections wasn't stolen, but there was a coup attempt
3) The DOJ should indict Trump
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We just got a treasure trove of Secret Service documents about Trump. We're going to break some news. First story coming shortly.
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We can't emphasize this enough: the president just fired a public servant for *not* being corrupt
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Presidents are not kings
Presidents are not kings
Presidents are not kings
Presidents are not kings
Presidents are not kings
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We really need to know why the DOJ decided not to criminally charge Matt Gaetz despite reports suggesting an abundance of evidence that he likely violated sex-trafficking laws.
We're suing for records. citizensforethics.org/legal-…
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Ginni Thomas sent messages to the White House about a plan to get the Supreme Court to overturn the election.
Clarence Thomas voted to keep White House messages about the insurrection secret.
And you think a leaked draft opinion is the ethics crisis facing the Supreme Court?
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Let’s talk about Donald Trump and his new Attorney General pick Pam Bondi, because boy do we have a story to tell
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Remember when the 18-minute-gap in Watergate tapes was shocking?
Now we have a 7-hour-gap in WH call logs, missing Secret Service texts, missing DHS texts, and missing DOD texts.
All from the same day.
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Never thought we would have to analyze the ethics of promoting canned beans but here we are
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BREAKING: We won our lawsuit against USPS! A judge just ruled they have to turn over documents about Louis DeJoy's potential conflicts of interest. citizensforethics.org/news/p…
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BREAKING: Today, for the sake of our democracy, we are calling on Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to resign.
Alito is undermining Americans’ trust in the Court and is in clear violation of the Supreme Court’s Code of Conduct. citizensforethics.org/legal-…
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BREAKING: We just got Jared and Ivanka's financial disclosures. Ivanka made $4 million off the Trump Hotel DC last year. Much more to come.
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Remove Judge Cannon.
Remove Judge Cannon.
Remove Judge Cannon.
Remove Judge Cannon.
Remove Judge Cannon.
Remove Judge Cannon.
Remove Judge Cannon.
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Ginni Thomas communicated with the White House about overturning the election.
Clarence Thomas was the only justice to vote to keep White House messages about January 6th secret, because he alone decides if he recuses from cases.
That's the ethics crisis at the Supreme Court.
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We worked on this story for seven years....and he just...said it on live TV
Trump is asked about the report that his businesses profited over $8 million from foreign governments including China while he was president. He said that is such a small amount of money and “I was doing services for them … I don’t get $8 million for doing nothing!”
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President Trump is accused of paying $130,000 in hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels to hide an affair a month before the election. In what is probably just a coincidence, the Trump campaign transferred $130K to the Trump businesses a month after the election.
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We just got a gold mine of Secret Service documents on Donald Trump, exposing how he used his protection to funnel taxpayer dollars into his pockets. Here's what we learned:
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So the IRS commissioner who didn't audit Trump and didn't release his tax returns was also making hundreds of thousands of dollars off Trump branded properties… citizensforethics.org/report…
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Big news: a judge just ruled that ICE cannot destroy records of sexual abuse and assault of detainees. We won!
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BREAKING: We just sued to enforce the 14th Amendment and keep Donald Trump off the ballot in Colorado. citizensforethics.org/news/p…
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BREAKING: The House Ethics Committee finds Madison Cawthorn violated the House Code of Official Conduct and directs him to repay $15,000
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When AG Bill Barr declined to prosecute Trump for obstruction of justice, he said it was because of a secret memo that gave the reasoning.
We sued to get it. Today, we won.
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Why doesn't anyone want to investigate the $2,000,000,000 Saudi Arabia handed Jared Kushner when he left the White House?
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BREAKING NEWS: WE JUST WON OUR APPEAL IN THE EMOLUMENTS CASE IN NEW YORK!
SO MUCH MORE TO COME.
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Elaine Chao's resignation is not a protest of Trump's actions, it's an approval of them. By resigning, she makes it harder to use the 25th Amendment to remove him from power. This isn't a moral stand, it's moral cowardice.
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This week we got a set of incredibly damning documents from the Secret Service about the Trump family. This is what we learned:
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Clarence Thomas won't recuse from cases tied to his wife, Ginni Thomas.
That alone is enough reason to put ethics rules on the Supreme Court.
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BREAKING: Jared Kushner’s shadow coronavirus task force appears to be violating multiple laws by using private email accounts with no assurance their communications are being preserved and by meeting in secret citizensforethics.org/press-…
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Mitch McConnell says DC statehood is a "power grab."
That's not what we would call granting representation to 705,749+ residents. We'd call that democracy.
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There was a massive story that broke this week about the Trump family and the Secret Service. It's flown mostly under the radar. Let's talk about it.
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Why on earth is there a 7 hour and 37 minute gap in White House call records from January 6th? And why on earth don't we have more answers about it yet?
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Justice Clarence Thomas is allowed to sit on cases about an insurrection effort his wife was involved in. That doesn't sit right with us.
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Ginni Thomas pushed Sidney Powell's Kraken plan to have the 2020 election overturned by the Supreme Court—where her husband Clarence Thomas is a sitting justice.
This is jaw dropping.
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BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered the Department of Justice to turn over a memo cited by then-Attorney General Bill Barr as his reasoning not to charge President Trump with obstruction of justice citizensforethics.org/news/p…
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Remember that Trump didn’t get arrested for saying the election was stolen.
He got arrested for trying to steal the election.
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Cowboys fro Trump founder Couy Griffin has been ordered removed from office citizensforethics.org/news/p…
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There's no wiggle room in the Constitution.
The 22nd Amendment states that “No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice.”
It's that simple.
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MAJOR CREW VICTORY: as part of our lawsuit, the gov't has to turn over Mar-a-Lago visitor records by Sept. 8th. We'll be making them public.
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Judge Cannon slow-walked the Trump classified documents case.
Judge Cannon neglected to disclose her participation at right-wing paid seminars.
Judge Cannon must be removed and replaced. newsweek.com/aileen-cannon-d…
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WHY AREN'T PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THE $2,000,000,000 JARED KUSHNER GOT FROM SAUDI ARABIA!?!?!?
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Along with a retired federal judge and two judicial ethics scholars, we filed an amicus brief this week calling for Judge Cannon's removal from Trump's classified documents case.
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BREAKING: Donald Trump's executive order that would allow him to replace public servants with unqualified loyalists is illegal.
We’re suing on behalf of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, alongside Democracy Forward, to stop his plans from taking effect.
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On average, Obama’s family took 133 protected trips per year, while the Trump family has taken an average of 1,625. That's 1,500 more per year. citizensforethics.org/report…
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Just a reminder that under the 14th Amendment, Donald Trump is disqualified from office
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Elon Musk Free Speech Test:
Donald Trump is the most corrupt president in American history and the DOJ should indict him
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NEW: Jared Kushner appears to be violating federal law by working extensively on President Trump’s re-election campaign from the White House. We just filed a complaint against him. citizensforethics.org/press-…
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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. citizensforethics.org/legal-…
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Elaine Chao and Betsy DeVos aren't taking some brave moral stand by resigning now. They knew how terrible he was. By getting out now, they avoid the 25th Amendment debate. They're enabling Trump, not standing up to him.
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BREAKING NEW: WE WON! The Colorado Supreme Court just ruled Donald Trump is disqualified from the ballot and from holding office under the 14th Amendment!
Much more coming soon.
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If Chief Justice Roberts really wanted to address Supreme Court ethics, he would have immediately worked to implement a Code of Conduct after Clarence Thomas failed to recuse from cases involving January 6th despite having a clear conflict of interest.
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On the left, a Nazi rally in New York City in 1939.
On the right, a Trump rally in Ohio in 2022.
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Okay, so we all agree that Ginni Thomas was heavily involved in efforts to overturn the 2020 election, right? So can we all agree she does not deserve to be in any role of public trust? It's time for Pres. Biden to remove her from the Library Congress board ASAP.
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Charlie Kirk and Turning Point no longer want you to know that they were responsible for bringing in the people who attacked the Capitol dailydot.com/debug/charlie-k…
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The Secret Service repeatedly failed to prepare for January 6th and apparently illegally attempted to delete other communications around the insurrection. We're suing for answers and accountability: citizensforethics.org/legal-…
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BREAKING: 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. politico.com/news/2024/06/12…
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If you don't want to turn Trump's tax returns over to Congress because you don't think they're smart enough to understand them, why don't you give them to us? We're experts. thedailybeast.com/white-hous…
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Remember that Ginni Thomas was pushing Mark Meadows on Sidney Powell's plan to have the Supreme Court throw out the election
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Louis DeJoy broke the USPS to try to fix the election for Trump. It didn't work. Now he wants to do further damage to the Postal Service.
Fire DeJoy.
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By keeping Louis DeJoy on as the Postmaster General, the USPS Board of Governors is making a decision that impacts us all, given the seriousness of DeJoy's previous attempts to interfere with voting by mail. The Board owes the public an explanation as to why he still has a job.
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We can’t stress this enough:
If HR 1 passes, presidents will have to disclose tax returns.
If HR 1 passes, members of Congress won’t serve on corporate boards
If HR 1 passes, we’ll have more insight into who exactly is funding dark money groups
Senators: pass HR 1.
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Remove Judge Cannon
Remove Judge Cannon
Remove Judge Cannon
Remove Judge Cannon
Remove Judge Cannon npr.org/2024/09/04/nx-s1-510…
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Trump raised $76 million to elect Republicans in the Georgia runoff
Trump spent $0 to elect Republicans in the Georgia runoff
Trump now has $76 million he can spend at his properties
It was a grift all along
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Why is Clarence Thomas sitting on cases about the insurrection when his wife was involved with it?
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NEW: We just filed a Hatch Act complaint against several Trump administration officials, including Karoline Leavitt, Scott Bessent, Kristi Noem and Peter Navarro, for making partisan statements about New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s campaign.
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So to recap: Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, conspired with the White House to overturn the election, then her husband voted to block investigators from seeing the evidence.
If this isn't a judicial conflict of interest, then what is?
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Good morning! Today, Biden’s nominees to the USPS Board of Governors will testify before a Senate committee. The Senate must swiftly confirm these nominees -- and the Board must then fire and replace DeJoy. We’ll be watching.
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We just got another set of Secret Service emails from January 6th. You're going to be talking about this one. Story posting soon.
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Trump fans are demanding to see tax returns from the Obamas, the Clintons and the Bidens.
Well good news, they all publicly released them.
You can read them all here: taxnotes.com/presidential-ta…
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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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Ginni Thomas tried to overturn the 2020 presidential election and has no business serving on a federal board managing Library of Congress funds.
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Jared Kushner is being investigated by the House Oversight Committee for possibly trading on his official position in order to get $2 billion from Saudi Arabia for his investment fund, and we think that's some great news to start off your week.
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BREAKING: Biden is nominating 2 new people to the USPS Board of Governors, which means Ron Bloom is OUT after December 8th. This puts us one step closer to DeJoy getting fired. Stay tuned for more.
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1. Ginni Thomas texted Mark Meadows not to concede: “it takes time for the army who is gathering for [Trump’s] back.”
2. She pushed for Sidney Powell to be “the lead & the face” of Trump's legal team.
3. She shouldn't be on the Library of Congress board. citizensforethics.org/news/a…
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Brett Kavanaugh attended a private holiday party on Friday night at the home of CPAC chairman Matt Schlapp, and that attendees included Stephen Miller, whose group America First Legal Foundation has interests in cases now pending before the Supreme Court news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
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BREAKING: President Trump and White House officials appear to have violated the law by intentionally failing to create and preserve records related to meetings with Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong-Un and other foreign government officials citizensforethics.org/press-…
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BREAKING: Chris Collins, the first Member of Congress to endorse Trump, was just sentenced to more than two years in jail. Duncan Hunter, the second endorser, just pleaded guilty and awaits sentencing. huffpost.com/entry/chris-col…
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We are not moving on from this. Clarence Thomas must resign. citizensforethics.org/legal-…
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Remember when Trump bought a Palm Beach mansion for $41 million then flipped it to a Russian oligarch for $95 million?
Because we still have some questions about that.
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NEW: We just sent Donald Trump a letter demanding that he divest from his businesses before taking office in January.
If he doesn't divest, he will violate the Emoluments Clauses of the Constitution.
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We just got a ton of Secret Service emails about January 6th. We've got multiple pieces coming out. First one posts soon.
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Why on earth is Ginni Thomas still on a federal board? And why is Louis DeJoy still Postmaster General? Fire them both, now.
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BREAKING: The NM Supreme Court affirmed its dismissal of Couy Griffin's appeal, so Judge Mathew's ruling removing Griffin from office for engaging in insurrection stands. We look forward to holding more insurrectionists accountable—including Donald Trump.
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It's amazing how many of the problems in our democracy stretch back to the Supreme Court's disastrous decision in Citizens United
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Donald Trump just said that he would pardon people who tried to overthrow the government if he's president again. This isn't politics as usual, this is a coup happening in front of us in real time.
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BREAKING: We just submitted more than 100,000 signatures to the Justice Department calling on AG Bill Barr to resign citizensforethics.org/press-…
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We got huge news on Friday: we won our case against the DOJ and we're going to get the secret memo Barr used to undermine the Mueller Report and not charge Trump.
And we're going to make it public.
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Senate Maj. Leader Mitch McConnell has reportedly told his colleagues that he will not allow the Senate to vote on election security legislation this session. Lobbyists for the two biggest voting machine makers have started writing him four figure checks. readsludge.com/2019/06/10/as…
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Trump said the Secret Service made him use an extra million taxpayer dollars to stay at his own hotel. So we asked for receipts. Turns out, he lied.
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