New York Times: Biden Removes the Top Capitol Facilities Official Amid Allegations of Wrongdoing

John,

Three years ago, Donald Trump appointed J. Brett Blanton to a ten year term as Architect of the Capitol – meaning he would sit on the Capitol Police Board charged with overseeing the U.S. Capitol Police and the Chief Security Officer.

But a scathing Inspector General report found Blanton to have abused his authority by wasting taxpayer funds, misusing government vehicles, misrepresenting himself as a law enforcement officer, and instances of his wife offering Capitol tours in 2020 despite the restricted public access from COVID.

Last fall, CREW led the call, demanding Blanton be removed from office following his repeated and flagrant abuse of power and misuse of taxpayer resources. And this week, our hard work paid off. President Biden fired J. Brett Blanton.

This response is exactly the kind of oversight and enforcement we so desperately need from our elected leaders – and that is what we’ll continue to demand and fight for here at CREW.

We won this fight, but we have many ongoing battles to make sure that we hold our government leaders accountable, and we need your help to continue to win.

Without activists across the country like you taking action, demanding better from our leaders and supporting our legal work, we won’t succeed.

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Thank you,

Donald Sherman
Senior Vice President and Chief Counsel, CREW

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