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John –
There are a lot of ways to hold the administration accountable — through litigation, legislation, mobilization, and more. And this email is about just one of them:
Investigation.
Oversight isn’t just impeachments or clashes at big hearings, although those things are really important.
For example, I have already shared some of my efforts to expose Kash Patel’s shady dealings, extreme views, and attacks on the rule of law. But just as a reminder…
And I took him on during his confirmation hearing — repeatedly:
But there is a lot more to the process of investigating Trump administration corruption and exposing it:
First up, Elon Musk – the world’s richest man who is attacking Social Security and calling it a Ponzi scheme, who is illegally firing federal employees, and who appears to be stealing the private data of the American people to feed his ego or his AI algorithms. All while he is using his position to enrich himself and expand the billions in contracts his businesses already enjoy. And, attacking me and anyone else who will stand up to him. Constantly.
Despite the fact that no one elected him to do anything, Elon Musk has been empowered by Trump to make massive cuts to the federal government in violation of law and court order.
Whether it’s the FAA suddenly installing Starlink satellite terminals…
Hundreds of jobs cut at the Transportation Department which was investigating Tesla…
DOGE targeting the SEC (also investigating Elon)...
The State Department having a $400 million order for armored Teslas…
Or gutting jobs at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (also investigating an Elon company)…
Each of these flagrant conflicts of interest need to be called out and investigated. And evidence gathered for the courts so they can enforce their own orders and make the illegality stop.
My work has also clearly been noticed by Donald Trump:
We need to dig into issues both big and small — and explain to the American people how Donald Trump is cutting billions from Medicaid and food programs to provide tax breaks to his fellow billionaires.
He’s also putting lives in danger.
Donald Trump decided to detain immigrants in federal prisons as part of his push to cruelly target immigrant communities and undocumented immigrants.
As part of my oversight efforts, I recently released testimony from a Bureau of Prison’s whistleblower in California raising significant concerns, and asking hard questions about how to safely manage interactions between incarcerated criminals and civil immigration detainees, and how staff will be trained to manage this.
We need to use all the tools at our disposal to hold Republicans accountable and expose their malfeasance to the American public.
Just a couple of days ago, Ruben Gallego and I took to the Senate Floor to force a vote on a resolution pushing back against Trump’s coddling of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and his attacks on Ukraine — from calling Zelensky a dictator to falsely saying that Ukraine started the war.
I’ve held the Senate Floor overnight. I’ve pushed back on GOP efforts to stop dangerous nominees like RFK, Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard. And I’m not going to stop:
Oversight is critically important. And it’s one of the best tools at our disposal right now.
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I’m going to share some of my oversight work on a regular basis. And thanks for all you’re doing to stand up to Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and their cruelty.
Thanks,
Adam
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