Sen Chuck Schumer unveils anti-corruption agency aimed at Trump and future presidents
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., announced Thursday morning that he is introducing legislation to create a new federal agency tasked with investigating alleged corruption involving President Donald Trump and future presidential administrations.During Public Citizen's "Combating Corruption" event, Schumer unveiled the new bill, calling it the "biggest, boldest and broadest proposal ever put forward to revitalize our anti-corruption institutions."It would establish the Anti-Corruption Bureau, a new agency that would have subpoena power and could investigate the Trump administration even once Trump leaves office.The bill would also allow citizens and state attorneys general to file lawsuits "to recover money stolen from the public through government corruption."WATCH: SCHUMER'S ANTI-CORRUPTION SPEECH DERAILED AFTER HECKLER BRANDS HIM 'GENOCIDAL MANIAC'"The idea is simple. If Donald Trump or one of his lackeys, sons or cronies uses government influence to steal from you, you deserve your day in court.
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., announced Thursday morning that he is introducing legislation to create a new federal agency tasked with investigating alleged corruption involving President Donald Trump and future presidential administrations.During Public Citizen's "Combating Corruption" event, Schumer unveiled the new bill, calling it the "biggest, boldest and broadest proposal ever put forward to revitalize our anti-corruption institutions."It would establish the Anti-Corruption Bureau, a new agency that would have subpoena power and could investigate the Trump administration even once Trump leaves office.The bill would also allow citizens and state attorneys general to file lawsuits "to recover money stolen from the public through government corruption."WATCH: SCHUMER'S ANTI-CORRUPTION SPEECH DERAILED AFTER HECKLER BRANDS HIM 'GENOCIDAL MANIAC'"The idea is simple. If Donald Trump or one of his lackeys, sons or cronies uses government influence to steal from you, you deserve your day in court. Our bill has provisions that give priority to state attorneys general and to larger, more severe cases of corruption to ensure that frivolous suits don't get in the way of justice," Schumer said.The Anti-Corruption Bureau would be led by seven board members who would be appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate. To address possible bias, the board would be capped at three members from each party, with the seventh being nonpartisan.The bill, if passed, would also represent a huge shake-up to the federal bureaucracy, since the Anti-Corruption Bureau would replace the Office of Government Ethics, the Federal Election Commission and the Office of Special Counsel, The Washington Post reported ahead of Schumer's speech.More broadly, the bill would ban presidents and vice presidents — as well as their spouses and adult children — and many other senior administration officials from seeking or accepting gifts worth more than $50,000, the Post also reported.REPUBLICANS TARGET TRUMP'S CRYPTO EMPIRE WITH NEW PLAN, DEMS SAY IT FALLS SHORTThe bill would empower the Anti-Corruption Bureau to investigate violations dating back to Jan.
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- Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., announced Thursday morning that he is introducing legislation to create a new federal agency tasked with investigating alleged corruption involving President Donald Trump and future presidential administrations.During Public Citizen's "Combating Corruption" event, Schumer unveiled the new bill, calling it the "biggest, boldest and broadest proposal ever put forward to revitalize our anti-corruption institutions."It would establish the Anti-Corruption Bureau, a new agency that would have subpoena power and could investigate the Trump administration even once Trump leaves office.The bill would also allow citizens and state attorneys general to file lawsuits "to recover money stolen from the public through government corruption."WATCH: SCHUMER'S ANTI-CORRUPTION SPEECH DERAILED AFTER HECKLER BRANDS HIM 'GENOCIDAL MANIAC'"The idea is simple. If Donald Trump or one of his lackeys, sons or cronies uses government influence to steal from you, you deserve your day in court.
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