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Brendan Fischer
Brendan Fischer@brendan_fischer·
Rep. Cory Mills, already under investigation by House Ethics for financial disclosure and conflict of interest issues, allegedly received "SACKS OF CASH" from the defense contractor that he founded—while also sitting on the House Foreign Affairs and Armed Services committees.
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Roger Sollenberger@SollenbergerRC

NEW: Florida GOP committeewoman Lindsey Langston has filed for a restraining order against Rep. Cory Mills, her ex, after filing a police report alleging harassment & threats to release sexual videos of her and harm future boyfriends. Me @DropSiteNews dropsitenews.com/p/miss-united-…

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Andy Kroll
Andy Kroll@AndyKroll·
Last fall, @propublica and @ItsDocumented broke the story that @russvought, Trump’s current budget chief, said he wanted to put gov't bureaucrats “in trauma.” Now, we're investigating the full extent of his impact on the federal government. And we need your help… 🧵 1/
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Brendan Fischer
Brendan Fischer@brendan_fischer·
Sugar giant Florida Crystals gave Trump's super PAC another $2 million earlier this year, right around the time that Trump began pushing Coca-Cola to replace high-fructose corn syrup with cane sugar.
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Brendan Fischer@brendan_fischer

Trump’s push for Coca-Cola to use cane sugar could be a windfall for one of his billionaire megadonors. Jose “Pepe” Fanjul and his sugar empire, Florida Crystals, have poured millions into Trump’s campaigns — and have been racking up wins since Trump's return to office. 🧵

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Brendan Fischer
Brendan Fischer@brendan_fischer·
New FEC reports prove that Trump pardoned tax cheat Paul Walczak just weeks after his mother gave $1 million to Trump’s super PAC. Remind me again how donations to “independent” groups like super PACs cannot lead to corruption?
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Brendan Fischer@brendan_fischer

This is an astonishingly corrupt transaction involving a $1 million fundraiser for an “independent” entity that the Supreme Court promised us would not lead to corruption.

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Brendan Fischer
Brendan Fischer@brendan_fischer·
Although the FEC has said former candidates cannot use leftover campaign funds for personal use, the Commissioners have divided when campaign funds have been transferred to a leadership PAC, where they say the personal use rules don't apply. fec.gov/files/legal/mu…
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Brendan Fischer
Brendan Fischer@brendan_fischer·
Herschel Walker's old Senate campaign spent $20K to charter a private jet on January 20, the same day that Trump was inaugurated in DC. It looks like a striking example of "zombie campaign" funds being improperly used for personal benefit.
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Brendan Fischer@brendan_fischer·
“It is hard to see how Sinema can credibly argue that luxury hotels, meal expenses, and extensive air travel are connected to her candidacy or officeholder duties, given that she is no longer a candidate or officeholder,” I told @NOTUSreports. A few thoughts: 🧵
NOTUS@NOTUSreports

Kyrsten Sinema isn’t running for office, but her campaign committee spent more than $391,000 between March 31 and June 30, according to FEC filings. notus.org/money/kyrsten-…

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Brendan Fischer
Brendan Fischer@brendan_fischer·
Each move, in isolation, might be defensible. But taken together, they reveal a pattern: empower MAGA-aligned groups and donors, and disempower everyone else. This is not principled policymaking, but instead part of an effort to tilt the playing field. (end)
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Brendan Fischer
Brendan Fischer@brendan_fischer·
— The Trump administration is refusing to defend a campaign finance law that limits how much parties can spend in coordination with candidates—after GOP committees sued to overturn it, and despite objections from Democratic committees. 6/
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Brendan Fischer
Brendan Fischer@brendan_fischer·
The Trump admin’s move to let churches engage in partisan politics is part of a broader strategy to loosen the rules when it benefits MAGA allies, and tighten them when it hurts the opposition. 🧵 1/
David Fahrenthold@Fahrenthold

NEW: IRS says that churches can now endorse candidates from the pulpit -- granting them an exemption from a 70 year-old ban on politicking by tax-exempt groups. nytimes.com/2025/07/07/us/…

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Brendan Fischer
Brendan Fischer@brendan_fischer·
If the Trumps are serious about building these phones in the US, then Trump now has a personal financial stake in tariff and trade negotiations. It also means that China has a potentially new source of leverage over the president. Both raise major conflict of interests. 1/
Aaron Rupar@atrupar

"Now we're doing Trump Mobile. And Trump mobile is going to revolutionize cell phones" -- Eric Trump announces the new Trump phone

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Brendan Fischer
Brendan Fischer@brendan_fischer·
One implication of Trump’s plan to sell green cards for $5 million is that it would allow foreign billionaires and oligarchs to start legally pouring money into U.S. elections (including into Trump’s political operation).
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Irony is not dead: Pennsylvania Rep. Tom Jones is asking people to fork over between $500-$2,000 for a June 25th fundraiser titled, "Surviving the Swamp." 🤔 Check out the invite in our Swamp Dollars database: documented.net/swamp-dollars/…
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Andy Kroll
Andy Kroll@AndyKroll·
SLOW BURN: Seven months after @propublica + @ItsDocumented revealed Russ Vought's plan to put federal workers "in trauma," he's still getting asked about it. This time on CNN's flagship Sunday show. He doesn't look comfortable responding to it: yahoo.com/news/trump-off…
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Brendan Fischer
Brendan Fischer@brendan_fischer·
The Elon Musk-backed, Trump-aligned dark money group Building America’s Future is behind the multi-million dollar “Make America Affordable Again” ad campaign pushing "lawsuit reform," FCC records show.
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The fundraising never stops: From golf outings to happy hours, politicians are schmoozing all around the Washington, DC area. You can see a whole list of political invites from Reps like Jefferson Shreve, Scott Fitzgerald, Blake Moore, John James and more: documented.net/swamp-dollars/…
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ProPublica
ProPublica@propublica·
In October, we published secret recordings of Russell Vought discussing plans to eviscerate entire agencies and decimate the morale of federal workers if Trump won a second term. It's hard to imagine a more prescient piece of journalism. propublica.org/article/propub…
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