Accountability
Trump’s Economic Task Force Loaded With Conflicts of Interests, CEO Mega-Donors
According to new FEC filings, several CEOs appointed by President Trump to help manage the White House task force to reopen the country previously donated millions to underwrite the president’s reelection campaign, raising questions about the ability of wealthy donors to buy access to influence federal policy during the COVID-19 crisis.
Accountability | Missouri
Parson Trumpets Success as Missouri Hospitals Enter Costly Bidding War for Protective Supplies
In a press conference on April 14, Missouri Governor Mike Parson claimed his administration has met the personal protective equipment (PPE) requirements of hospital and health care workers “day after day,” despite reports of an ongoing shortage of the materials as coronavirus spreads throughout the state.
Accountability | Virginia
Trump Hits the Links While Coronavirus Ravages America
According to reporting by the Washington Post, in late March the Secret Service signed a $45,000 contract to rent fleet golf carts in Northern Virginia near one of the president’s frequently visited golf courses in Sterling. Although the contract does not list the president by name in the rental, it is a near carbon copy of the previous orders used by the Secret Service for Trump’s golf visits in Florida and New Jersey.
Accountability | Michigan
Report: New Revelations Expose Trump’s Deepening Coronavirus Failure in Michigan
According to a new report from the Wall Street Journal, as late as February 2020 Trump’s General Services Administration (GSA) was auctioning off cases of N95 masks that are now in national shortage for health care workers who are treating coronavirus patients. This comes mere days after the president created the coronavirus task force and calls into question Trump’s control over the process and lack of concern he took regarding the fatal virus.
Accountability | West Virginia
Justice’s History of Nominating Anti-Vaxxers Opens Door to Catastrophic Coronavirus Response
In early 2018, billionaire West Virginia Governor Jim Justice appointed two state legislators who pushed dangerous bills that undermined the necessity of vaccinations for school children, raising concerns about the Governor’s own views on vaccinations should a coronavirus vaccine become available in the future.
Accountability | Michigan
Amid COVID-19 Crisis, Trump Continues to Deny Michigan Hospitals Equipment and Aid
In January, President Trump was briefed by his own intelligence officials on the potential widespread threat of coronavirus should it catalyze within U.S. borders, and instead of taking immediate action to prevent the potential pandemic, the president continued to deny its very existence.
Accountability | Pennsylvania
After Ignoring Warnings, Trump’s Negligence Flames Coronavirus Outbreak in Pennsylvania
President Trump was warned by his own intelligence officials in January that COVID-19 was an imminent threat faced should the virus catalyze within U.S. borders, and instead of taking immediate action to prevent further spread of the disease, the president continued to publicly deny it’s very existence.