Just putting more money in his own pockets
Trump is undermining the legitimacy of the 2020 election
This is very alarming. Will he accept the results if he loses? He’s already setting the stage for claiming it was rigged.
Nothing could be more dangerous to democracy than a demagogue who claims there’s no way he can be legitimately voted out of office — that any defeat would be fraudulent. That’s where Trump seems to be heading, partly to fend off indictment. https://t.co/PD3yXbl0C1
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) March 6, 2019
He already threatened to not accept the outcome of the 2016 election https://t.co/Aaqq7HngwE. Not a hypothetical concern. https://t.co/D7QJyFzOYl
— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) February 9, 2019
The first two sentences are laughable. The third is frightening—especially the use of the adverb “legitimately.”
— Ned Price (@nedprice) February 9, 2019
He’s setting the stage, months in advance, to be able to say the 2020 election was stolen. It’s fair to start asking whether Trump would cede power peacefully. https://t.co/mqQtRnd7of
Trump lies about job creation
His administration is just continuing the job creation trend under Obama. Liar!
We have a great economy DESPITE the Obama Administration and all of its job killing Regulations and Roadblocks. If that thinking prevailed in the 2016 Election, the U.S. would be in a Depression right now! We were heading down, and don’t let the Democrats sound bites fool you!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 9, 2019
Today is Saturday. That means @realDonaldTrump is lying, again.
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) February 9, 2019
FACTS:
-More jobs created under Obama in 2016 than Trump in 2017
-More jobs created under Obama in 2015 than Trump in 2018
This Forbes article shows job gains are a continuation of Obama's.https://t.co/6toWEwm17t https://t.co/fbUz4BBBMy
Trump lies about El Paso
It hasn’t reduced crime because of a fence – it was already low. See Beto O’Rourke’s column below.
This is welcome. ☺️
— Dennis Herring (@dcherring) February 9, 2019
cc @TrueFactsStated https://t.co/rEdtU56jr6
No, a border barrier did not drive down crime in El Paso, Texas, contrary to @realDonaldTrump's claim https://t.co/zPylwuET24 pic.twitter.com/MH6jIFc9nA
— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) February 9, 2019
Trump was misleading the country about wall and crime in El Paso before the State of the Union. He made a similar misstatement on Jan 14. Fact checks were written. He still used that false statement on Tuesday. https://t.co/h8sPkb99EP
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) February 7, 2019
“The trouble for Trump is that his claim about El Paso is simply false.” Via @wpjenna @PhilipRucker @BobMooreNews https://t.co/fR7mIRpgN8
— Cathleen Decker (@cathleendecker) February 8, 2019
El Paso Sheriff Richard Wiles to NBC: "It is sad to hear Pres. Trump state falsehoods about El Paso, Texas in an attempt to justify the building of a 2,000 mile wall … El Paso was a safe city long before a wall was built. Pres. Trump continues to give a false narrative." @MSNBC
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 6, 2019
Trump’s hotel is a conflict of interest
Here are some examples of how Trump is making money on his hotel in Washington. He should be forced to get rid of it. Other people could spend money there and buy influence with him (or appear to). Even if he isn’t doing anything wrong, it sure looks bad.
.@RepHankJohnson to @johnlegere on Trump Hotel stays: "Do you understand the optics of that, what it looks like? It looks like what’s happening is that T-Mobile is trying to curry favor with the White House."
— CSPAN (@cspan) March 12, 2019
Also, "It's looks like you're trying to purchase influence." pic.twitter.com/uoT1QEGivp
Looks like T-Mobile is being grilled on Capitol Hill about its execs' repeated stays at @realDonaldTrump's hotel, during the time when they've been asking Trump admin to approve their merger.https://t.co/zNB3GOpDJ8 https://t.co/FGzPiEtwGf
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) March 12, 2019
Follow @b_fung for updates on the @TMobile hearing… https://t.co/Ywbp4yraLh
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) March 12, 2019
One of these guys is Jason Johns, who organized the Saudi-funded trips that brought U.S. vets to the Trump Hotel in 2016/17 (where many vets said they didn't know they were staying on the Saudi dime). https://t.co/R6g1vUVgOe https://t.co/ePFECX8T4t
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) March 6, 2019
"The president has created this private channel where while you're lobbying him publicly, you can also pay him privately." – David Fahrenthold, Washington Post reporter pic.twitter.com/wqlETXEmJZ
— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) March 6, 2019
Interesting look at the energy industry’s spending spree at @realDonaldTrump’s DC hotel — how it’s tapered off https://t.co/eLa5Ln7wxe
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) February 20, 2019
The former governor of Maine spent $22,000 at Trump's DC hotel in 2 yearshttps://t.co/XlbGUN2ceA
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) February 19, 2019
Before the merger, T-mobile execs had spent 2 nights at @realdonaldtrump’s DC hotel.
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) March 5, 2019
Since: at least 52 nights, and $195,000. https://t.co/WZbMFXMuEM
Earlier this yr, we reported that — the day after @TMobile announced a huge merger that requires Trump admin approval — 9 top T-Mobile execs had reservations at @realDonaldTrump's D.C. Hotel.
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) March 5, 2019
Today, we learned a little more about that…https://t.co/SOvG0tLBL8
Since @TMobile announced a huge merger that needs Trump admin approval, T-Mobile execs have spent at least 52 nights at @realDonaldTrump's DC hotel — even more than was previously known.
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) February 7, 2019
In one case, the room cost $2,246 per night. https://t.co/JJldJMOsv1
Pretty galling move on the day he refused to answer q’s from Congress about the emoluments clause by citing litigation over this exact hotel. https://t.co/G0mnH2JaKt
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) February 9, 2019
Damn! Trump's inaugural was paying @realDonaldTrump's Hotel $175,000 PER DAY for event space. https://t.co/eFCCgTm0gE
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) February 8, 2019
On half the days of the 2018 cycle, a political committee spent money at a Trump property. https://t.co/PZWv7amusr
— Philip Bump (@pbump) February 8, 2019
We have, as the kids say, the receipts.@thisdog and @KevinMillerPPH with the story they've been on for a long, long time.https://t.co/bZNsylFDXt
— Portland Press Herald (@PressHerald) February 17, 2019
"There’s a private channel of influence that Trump has built up where he makes money selling access to himself. You can’t understand Trump’s presidency unless you understand that." –@Fahrenthold is Diane's guest on the Friday podcast. https://t.co/EJE8JLWfj0
— Diane Rehm: On My Mind (@drshow) March 8, 2019
Romanian Prime Minister Is Staying at Trump’s D.C. Hotel — ProPublica https://t.co/qAr3lHl0Nm
— Morgan Fairchild (@morgfair) March 25, 2019
I still can't get over how normalized it is that everyone, including reporters, spends money in Trump's hotel, benefiting Trump personally. Can you imagine how outraged Fox and the Hill GOP would be if reporters were spending money eating in restaurants owned by Obama or Hillary? https://t.co/mnLmyf0RT7
— Garrett M. Graff (@vermontgmg) May 23, 2019
President Trump's financial disclosure with the OGE shows that he had income of $41 million last year from the Washington hotel he and his children own. That's the hotel near the White House favored by certain foreign diplomats, lobbyists, etc. https://t.co/6CQtw4XqT0 pic.twitter.com/TnOgqumn9O
— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) May 16, 2019
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel warned foreign officials that they are “facilitating” Trump’s alleged emoluments violations by spending money at properties owned by Trump’s sprawling business empire https://t.co/0coZ1pkCPe
— POLITICO (@politico) August 13, 2019
Adelson’s contributions to Republicans pay off for him
Ethics Crisis Reminder: Sheldon Adelson gave $5M to Trump’s inauguration. He and his wife gifted half a million to a legal defense fund for Trump associates. Adelson appears to have influenced Trump administration policies, and his wife received a presidential medal.
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) March 12, 2019
Quid pro quo for one of Trump’s largest donors? https://t.co/jU1294izSq
— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) February 8, 2019
Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson poured more than $83 million into GOP candidates in 2016, including at least $20 million to elect Trump. He just got a gift in the middle of shutdown to protect his gambling business from competitorshttps://t.co/AWzcnX93gM
— Alfons López Tena #FBPE (@alfonslopeztena) February 8, 2019
NEW via @thamburger:
— Rosalind Helderman (@PostRoz) February 8, 2019
Justice Department decision to issue legal opinion long sought by casino magnate Sheldon Adelson draws criticismhttps://t.co/BD0hqC0dfe
A fund set up to help pay legal expenses incurred by aides to President Trump drawn into the Russia investigation raised $500,000 in the final quarter of 2018 — all of it coming on Oct. 1 from Sheldon and Miriam Adelson. pic.twitter.com/AMpv2CSlOk
— Michelle Ye Hee Lee (@myhlee) February 1, 2019
Since he brought up the economy, remember this:
— Nancy Pelosi (@TeamPelosi) February 6, 2019
🚫 He and Republicans forced a $1.3 trillion #GOPTaxScam that rewarded Sheldon Adelson with $670,000.000.00.
🚫 He shut down the government costing our economy $11,000,000,000.00. #SOTU
So we’re just gonna pretend Sheldon Adelson doesn’t exist, and that Kevin McCarthy is trying to punish @IlhanMN out of sincere commitment to the wellbeing of us Jews? Cool, cool. https://t.co/oFa3R3Prw0
— Adam Jentleson 🎈 (@AJentleson) February 11, 2019
Great tweet on the Mueller report
A 93-year-old WWII vet, rushed to an emergency room recently and informed he had hours to live offered the following before drifting into his terminal unconsciousness: "Shit. I'm not gonna see the Mueller report, am I?" True story.
— Benjamin Wittes (@benjaminwittes) February 7, 2019
Kavanaugh attacks Roe v. Wade
Those of us who are not Senator Collins knew this would happen.
Justice Kavanaugh’s explanation of his vote — using factual uncertainty about the law’s effects to justify subjecting women to the Louisiana regime while we learn more by using them as guinea pigs in a cruel human experiment — shamefully devalues women https://t.co/yxxZ8JcSfA
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) February 8, 2019
Kavanaugh lied; the Senators who said they believed Kavanaugh lied.
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) February 8, 2019
The fix was in from the beginning https://t.co/7PXulFATWy
Hogue told me, “Susan Collins gaslighted millions of Americans claiming we were hysterical in believing that Justice Kavanaugh would vote to overturn precedent … His decision in the Louisiana case proves us correct.” https://t.co/iu1saBgs1t
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) February 8, 2019
Literally no one believed that Kavanaugh isn’t a vote against Roe during his confirmation hearings, and it’s bonkers that journalism norms required so many reporters to pretend that there was real uncertainty there.
— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) February 8, 2019
As I wrote last August, all you had to do was to see what Kavanaugh was saying in public to know where'd he be on abortion. Susan Collins was either delusional or disingenuous in thinking otherwise. https://t.co/fCxRAYTd2K
— Jeff Greenfield (@greenfield64) February 8, 2019
Here's my piece. It is unclear how long Roberts will defend the right to abortion access, but he stuck his neck out tonight.
— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) February 8, 2019
Meanwhile, Brett Kavanaugh is ready and willing to let states regulate abortion out of existence. https://t.co/hLPDAkNeC4 @Slate
From @NARAL "It only took Kavanaugh four months into his lifetime appointment on the bench to prove that Susan Collins’ insistence that he would respect precedent was a complete lie." https://t.co/odpB4njTW3
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) February 8, 2019
Kavanaugh voted to ignore a Supreme Court precedent from *just two years ago* and let Louisiana make abortion effectively unavailable for many women. Susan Collins, still feeling vindicated?https://t.co/Zeqd1p8gV1
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) February 8, 2019
Read Justice Brett Kavanaugh's dissent in the Louisiana abortion clinic case https://t.co/wEESZN5sIW pic.twitter.com/MRNtbZMEmg
— CNN (@CNN) February 8, 2019
Trump campaign paying Jared/Ivanka legal fees
Trump’s campaign is asking his working class base to pay the legal fees of his millionaire dilettante son in law https://t.co/7hAS3FDQtD
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) February 8, 2019
Trump inauguration update 2/8/19 -updated 2/27/19
The more we know, the worse it gets. Rampant corruption and greed.
Oh 👋 Michael Cohen was just asked about our reporting showing Trump’s hotel charged Trump inauguration an “egregious” amount of $.
— ProPublica (@ProPublica) February 27, 2019
Ivanka was in the middle.
And it may all be illegal.
Check out our work @WNYC https://t.co/huU8wxFgQs
NEW: The AG for the District of Columbia has subpoenaed documents from President Trump’s inaugural committee, the third governmental body to delve into how the fund raised $107 million and spent it.
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) February 27, 2019
Another @maggieNYT @SharonLNYT scoophttps://t.co/zLyVVFGiJ2
Huh. I didn’t know that Trump’s inaugural cost twice as much as any previous one. https://t.co/cKemtPB6Uj
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) February 9, 2019
Damn! Trump's inaugural was paying @realDonaldTrump's Hotel $175,000 PER DAY for event space. https://t.co/eFCCgTm0gE
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) February 8, 2019
This has to be an obvious pattern to everyone by now. Fred Trump built his empire by basically paying himself marked-up "expenses" for his apartment buildings and evading taxes. Trump Foundation used charitable donations as a personal slush fund. THIS FAMILY IS A SLEAZEFEST. https://t.co/3eLn2KyQNU
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) February 8, 2019
Pro Publica: "The Trump inaugural appears to have overpaid for space at Trump’s Washington hotel, a possible violation of the law. Federal prosecutors are probing the festivities." https://t.co/CgHoQOHd8H
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) February 8, 2019
“I Am Disgusted”: Behind the Scenes of Trump’s $107 Million Inauguration https://t.co/puFWCvezct
— Thomas Edsall (@Edsall) February 7, 2019
NEW: Confidential memo shows company of Trump Inaugural chair Tom Barrack sought to profit from connections to Trump administration and foreignershttps://t.co/wn3ch98Yvv w/ @ilyamarritz
— Justin Elliott (@JustinElliott) February 5, 2019
Apparently Trump's Inauguration had nothing to do with Trump.
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) February 5, 2019
Nor did his campaign chairman.
Nor his lawyer.
Nor his national security adviser.
Nor his foreign policy adviser.
And given the amount of Executive Time, the presidency doesn't have much to do with him either. https://t.co/jTUaHP2s7c
The subpoena to the inaugural fund asks for docs related to payments made by donors directly to vendors. In the final weeks pre-inauguration, Rick Gates asked several vendors if they’d take $ directly from donors—a way for donors to avoid disclosure. https://t.co/iKhNsfOh2H
— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) February 5, 2019
Prosecutors in New York pretty much want to know everything about Trump's inaugural committee. Everything. @postroz @postkranish https://t.co/qYmG3IiT1x
— Greg Miller (@gregpmiller) February 5, 2019
The Southern District may be closing in on Trump faster than anybody imagined https://t.co/dI8i4vp4eT
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) February 5, 2019
This subpoena is huge in scope and what the SDNY is looking at. Another reminder that as Mueller prepares to wind down, legal issues related to Trump are going to hang around in lower Manhattan for a long time https://t.co/OZMI800VcB
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) February 5, 2019
NEWS: Building on ABC report about inaugural subpoena, federal prosecutors have now asked for a wide range of documents from the presidential inaugural committee. Protess and me https://t.co/OZMI800VcB
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) February 5, 2019
THREAD: What should we make of today's news that Trump's inaugural committee was subpoenaed by federal prosecutors in New York?
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) February 5, 2019
It never gets LESS skeezy and corrupt.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) February 5, 2019
Ever. https://t.co/TNsGBLx8Ao
The violations alleged in the subpoena cover:
— Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) February 5, 2019
Conspiracy against the US, false statements, mail fraud, wire fraud, money laundering, inaugural committee disclosure violations, and laws prohibiting contributions by foreign nations and contributions in the name of another person https://t.co/ZDjequ6OuL
