From Donald Sherman <[email protected]>
Subject Ginni Thomas and Louis DeJoy must be removed from office
Date March 3, 2023 5:09 PM
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[link removed] [[link removed]] John,

I wanted to make sure you saw my recent op-ed in HuffPost.

In February, President Biden fired the architect of the Capitol, J. Brett Blanton, after CREW led the call for Blanton’s ousting following his repeated and flagrant abuses of power and misuse of taxpayer resources. This is the accountability and transparency that we deserve from our government.

But just like Trump during his one term in office, many of his appointees like Blanton were often embroiled in ethics scandals – several of whom remain in the very same positions.

*
Joseph
Cuffari
is
still
the
Department
of
Homeland
Security
inspector
general,
despite
delayed
reporting
of
missing
Secret
Service
texts
on
or
around
the
Jan.
6
attack
and
being
under
investigation
for
alleged
retaliation
against
whistleblowers.
*
*
Ginni
Thomas,
Trump’s
appointee
to
the
Library
of
Congress
Trust
Fund
Board,
sought
to
overturn
the
2020
election
and
has
been
implicated
in
numerous
misconduct
allegations
related
to
Justice
Clarence
Thomas’s
refusal
to
recuse
himself
from
cases
where
she
had
professional
or
financial
interests.
*
*
And
Louis
DeJoy,
a
Trump-era
appointee,
remains
the
Postmaster
General
of
the
United
States,
despite
defying
a
court
order
to
ensure
mail-in
ballots
were
found
prior
to
the
2020
election.

CREW is hard at work to make sure that we hold politicians and leaders accountable.

We are glad that Blanton was fired for his misconduct, but Cuffari, Thomas, DeJoy, and others have continued to evade accountability.

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Donald Sherman
Senior VP and Chief Counsel
CREW

HuffPost [[link removed]]
Opinion: Biden Fired The Architect Of The Capitol. But What About Other Trump Appointees?

Ginni Thomas, Trump’s appointee to the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board, repeatedly lobbied Trump aides to overturn the 2020 election — and yet she still remains in her appointed position.

By Donald Sherman, Guest Writer
Feb 24, 2023

Last week, President Joe Biden fired the architect of the Capitol (AOC), J. Brett Blanton, following bipartisan condemnation for his absence from the Capitol grounds during the Jan. 6 insurrection, and a report exposing his mismanagement of taxpayer funds and security lapses during the pandemic.

Appointed to a 10-year term by former President Donald Trump in 2019, Blanton’s unceremonious ouster cements his status as the shortest-tenured architect of the Capitol in the 230-year history of the position. The AOC is an important but little-known position that is responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of buildings throughout the 450-acre land that makes up Capitol Hill. The AOC also serves on the Capitol Police Board.

It’s normally a large position with little fanfare, unless, of course, a corrupt president appoints someone equally unscrupulous to hold office. While every president is limited in ability and reach, having only four years in office until reelection, some of Donald Trump’s people have remained in positions of power long after his tenure has ended. Sadly, the AOC is not the only one.

In December 2019, Trump nominated Blanton to serve as Architect of the Capitol. He was quickly confirmed by the Republican-led Senate despite lacking a background in architecture like many of his predecessors.

Blanton’s noticeable corruption in office quickly drew public scrutiny after. In October 2021, an inspector general report revealed that Blanton misused thousands in government funds, impersonated law enforcement, and allowed his family personal use of government vehicles. In the fall of 2020, his wife gave Capitol tours to “patriots” while building access was restricted due to pandemic protocols. Following a disastrous hearing where Blanton blamed his daughter for his misconduct, he was accused of being untruthful, and admitted his absence on the Capitol grounds during the Jan. 6 attack.

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