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https://www.citizensforethics.org/press-release/kushners-shadow-task-force-violate-multiple-laws/?fbclid=IwAR2GELAX8jNxXXjQOZeVsWyFPYmtaq3-GNMikHmJPs7gdawWeWNqV6vzJ1oFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 27, 2020
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Kushners Shadow Task Force Appears to Violate Multiple Laws
Kushners task force, composed of a team of allies from within the government and representatives from private industries, has operated adjacent to the official government task force spearheaded by Vice President Pence. With confusion over the shadow task forces role and who its members are, and reports that the members of the shadow task force communicate using private email accounts, CREW has reason to believe the White House is not creating and maintaining accurate and complete records of the shadow task forces activities as required by the PRA.
If there was ever a time we need records and transparency, this is it. As the seriousness of this pandemic continues to grow, the public needs to understand who in the White House is making policy decisions, who from private industry is influencing those decisions, and how decisions to address this pandemic are being made, said CREW Executive Director Noah Bookbinder. After this crisis has passed, we will need to be able to look back at how this administration responded to the situation and have the full picture of what was going on behind closed doors in order to understand what we could do better in the future.
The PRA requires the president and his staff to document, preserve and maintain records of the activities, deliberations, decisions, and policies that reflect the performance of the Presidents constitutional, statutory, or other official or ceremonial duties. With Kushner at the head, the shadow task forces development and implementation of federal strategies to address the coronavirus pandemic fall within these requirements.
The shadow task force also appears to fall under FACA provisions, which are triggered whenever a committee within the Executive Office of the President is advising the president and is not composed wholly of full-time, or permanent part-time, officers or employees of the Federal Government. The FACA prohibits such committees from being inappropriately influenced by the appointing authority or by any special interest. Contrary to the FACAs requirements, the shadow task force is operating in secret, with neither the members of Kushners committee nor their interests fully disclosed to the public. Understanding and preserving the committees actions and conversations will be key in understanding how the administration ultimately decided to approach its COVID-19 response efforts.
As the American people turn to their elected officials for guidance on how to respond to the crisis at hand, they need to know that their leaders are acting transparently and in accordance with the law, said Bookbinder. There is no excuse for hiding information from the public that affects their lives in an extraordinary time.
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dalton99a
(81,404 posts)spanone
(135,795 posts)Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)iluvtennis
(19,835 posts)Tanuki
(14,914 posts)MadLinguist
(788 posts)MerryBlooms
(11,757 posts)Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)to dig up dirt on Hunter Biden. They could leave their shovels at home and investigate Kushner. He breaks laws out in the open. He has NO qualifications for any of the tasks he has been given. Obnoxious little creep. Flush with his own importance, just like daddy-in-law.
lark
(23,065 posts)There is never a transparent moment with this death cabal because everything they do is illegal, self-profiting, & American working class/poor destroying and killing. They totally hate us and our way of life and are in the process of destroying us for fun and profit and to please the master - PUtin.
crickets
(25,952 posts)There will be no chorus of, "But his eeeeeeemails!" this time around.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)IronLionZion
(45,380 posts)If Obama, Hillary, Biden, or even Pelosi were in charge of this they would have it under control by now with much better outcomes.
rickyhall
(4,889 posts)LudwigPastorius
(9,110 posts)Trump's modus operandi has been that any transgression is fixable with enough money and lawyers. Breach a contract or run afoul of the law another way? Litigate, or have your lawyer negotiate a settlement.
Time after time, Trump, and his ilk, have never had to pay the consequences of breaking the law. Indeed, he is usually rewarded for it.
He has openly violated campaign finance law, Congressional subpoenas, the LloydLa Follette Act, the Freedom of Information Act, the Civil Service Reform Act, the Whistleblower Protection Act, the the No FEAR Act, and the Constitution itself. This will continue and get worse.
Martin Eden
(12,847 posts)It is imperative he be made to believe otherwise, preferably from inside a prison cell.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Holding PPE, tests, and ventilators hostage.
Pushing an unproven drug.
Refusing to shut down the country.
There is a $$$ back story for each of these crimes.
BadGimp
(4,012 posts)The GOP controlled Senate will make sure...
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Dios Mio
(429 posts)Not familiar with that word?