Faith, ahead of every Easter holiday, I often think about one of my favorite lessons I learned in Sunday school: By doing good and acting in service to one another, we can live a righteous life. Donald Trump, on the other hand, is thinking about opportunities to make money. That's right, for as low as $200,000, corporate CEOs can slap their corporate logo on Donald Trump dressed as the Easter Bunny at the White House's annual Easter Egg Roll event. On the campaign trail, Trump promised the American people cheaper eggs at the grocery store. In reality, he's promising billionaire benefactors "valuable brand visibility" deals at the White House while grocery prices still remain high. We're just two months into Trump's second term, and his new administration is already beating his earlier record of corruption. Ceding power to the world's richest man. Turning the White House lawn into a Tesla dealership. The list goes on. Despite President Trump's promises to fight for working families, he and his circle of billionaires are pulling the strings of government to enrich themselves. We need to call it out like it is: This is what absurd, illegal corruption looks like. Plain and simple. And we need to fight back. My colleagues in Congress and I just sent White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles a 10-page letter sounding the alarm on the overwhelming corruption and vast conflicts of interest throughout the Trump administration, urging the President to: - Reinstate the government watchdogs who President Trump purportedly fired, including all Inspectors General, the OGE Director, and the OSC Director, and commit to protecting those offices from further political interference.
- Thoroughly vet potential nominees for all conflicts of interest and refuse to appoint anyone who would enter with clear conflicts that existing recusal and divestment rules alone cannot resolve.
- Promptly issue an ethics pledge and ensure robust enforcement.
- Divest from his business holdings, in this case by either liquidating the Trump Organization assets or placing them in a truly blind trust operated by an independent trustee.
- Disclose his tax returns from the past three years.
- Revoke Mr. Musk's power to profit from his efforts to manipulate the executive branch for his own benefit. Mr. Musk should also be required to promptly release his financial disclosure form so that the public can understand his potential conflicts of interest.
Look, if you're going to talk about draining the swamp, be about it. The American people should have complete confidence that government officials are making decisions with only one factor in mind: the public interest. Not their own pocketbooks. Not what Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos want. Not corporate stock or shareholder value. The public interest. Democrats can't just roll over and play dead while Trump puts his personal dealings ahead of our national interests. So I'm going to stay on this. I'm going to keep exposing this level of corruption to the American people and demanding accountability. And no matter what, I'm going to keep up the fight for broad anti-corruption reform in our government, like banning members of Congress and federal judges from owning and trading individual stocks, imposing an enforceable code of conduct on the Supreme Court, and getting Big Money out of politics. Thanks for being a part of this, Elizabeth Elizabeth Warren has been leading the charge for years to root out corruption from our government. Our campaign relies on small-dollar, grassroots support to do this work and take on the influence of Big Money in our democracy.
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