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“It is a gross abuse of public trust, and with each conflict, he becomes more complicit in the destruction of the ethical norms that form the cornerstone of a working democracy.”

By Lisa Newcomb, staff writer for Common Dreams. Published 9-24-2020

In its continuing research into President Donald Trump’s conflicts of interest, a government watchdog group released a new report Thursday that shows the commander-in-chief has engaged in 3,403 conflicts of interest since taking office—an average of more than two conflicts per day since being sworn in in January of 2017.

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) released the findings Thursday and wrote that Trump “continues to be the most corrupt president in history.” Continue reading →

“We are one step closer to stopping President Trump from violating the Constitution’s original anti-corruption provisions.”

By Julia Conley, staff writer for Common Dreams. Published 7-25-2018

Last year, an artist projected “Pay Trump bribes here” and “Emoluments Welcome” onto the Trump Hotel in Washington, D.C. to protest President Donald Trump’s refusal to divest from his businesses. (Photo: @igorvolsky/Twitter)

A government watchdog claimed its latest victory on Wednesday as a federal judge rejected President Donald Trump’s bid to block a lawsuit challenging his continued involvement with his businesses—which ethics groups say amounts to a blatant violation of the U.S. Constitution.

BREAKING: the court has just denied Trump ‘s motion to dismiss the MD-DC federal Emoluments case in which we @CREWcrew are cocounsel with @BrianFrosh @AGKarlRacine @deepakguptalaw & @CohenMilstein. In other words, we won! More to follow

— Norm Eisen (@NormEisen) July 25, 2018

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