The president is offering political favor from his administration — for a price. This pay-to-play relationship is a defining feature of how President Donald Trump’s second administration is operating by embracing unprecedented levels of unabashed political corruption.
Campaign Legal Center published a new resource analyzing the most egregious examples of pay-to-play corruption where wealthy individuals, companies, special interest groups and foreign governments contribute to President Trump’s political and financial interests and receive generous official favors in return.
Moreover, we’re calling for policy and legal solutions that will restore accountability and prevent any future president from auctioning off power and betraying the public trust. We need solutions now that guarantee our government will always serve the public — not the highest bidder.
Democracy Decoded, Campaign Legal Center’s award-winning podcast, is back for Season 5. In our latest episode, two of our litigation experts, Anna Baldwin and Brent Ferguson, join host Simone Leeper to examine the most pressing examples of the erosion of the rule of law, from the politicization of the Department of Justice to the stifling of free speech — and explore the reforms that could restore accountability, protect the rule of law and strengthen democracy against these threats.
In this video clip from the episode, CLC’s Anna Baldwin unpacks these threats to the rule of law — and what can be done to preserve our system of checks and balances.
The nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center is dedicated to advancing democracy through law at the federal, state and local levels, fighting for every American’s rights to responsive government and a fair opportunity to participate in and affect the democratic process.
