Part 1
I am sure that Trump has fears that he may cease to be before he has destroyed our nation and brought us all down with him.
Alone and desperate, he sits at his desk in the Oval Office and dreams up actions he can take to hasten our demise as a nation, as a world power, as a democracy and as a world in which we might choose to live with intelligence, industry and compassion.
The following weeks will be dedicated to listing Trump’s incredible moves against the United States of America.
| Action | Policy Area | Specific Policy Area | Date |
| 1. Has taken a weirdly Nixonian line on executive privilege, using loopholes in the law to circumvent laws on conflicts of interest and nepotism | Abuse of Power | Conflict of Interest | 24-Jan-2017 |
| 2. Possibly violated the constitution by allowing his hotels to accepting payment from foreign governments, then merging his personal and government finances by passing the money on to the treasury department. | Abuse of Power | Conflict of Interest | 22-Jan-2017 |
| 3. The Justice Department will be defending the Trump Administration on conflict of interest cases at tax payer’s expense. It, along with the significant federal expenditures required to track Trump’s business interest, represent a dubious public expense that could have been avoided had Trump more clearly divested himself of his private holdings. | Abuse of Power | Conflict of Interest | 23-Jan-2017 |
| 4. Used congressional staffers to create the Muslim Ban Executive Order. Had staffers sign non-disclosure agreements so that their employers (congress) would not know about it, thus circumventing the division between the executive branch and the congressional branch. | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 30-Jan-2017 |
| 5. Weakened the Obama Administration’s lobbying ban | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 28-Jan-2017 |
| 6. Maintained much of his private security after assuming office, which has previously been accused of using excessive, racial profiling, and trampling free speech | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 1-Feb-2017 |
| 7. Threatened to cut federal funding to UC Berkley after student protests | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 2-Feb-2017 |
| 8. Questioned legitimacy of judges who blocked his travel ban, an attack on judicial independence which even Trump’s own supreme court nominee found demoralizing | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 4-Feb-2017 |
| 9. Possibly broke ethics rules by going out of their way to criticize Nordstrom for dropping Ivanka Trump’s product line, then publicly endorsing them | Abuse of Power | Conflict of Interest | 8-Feb-2017 |
| 10. As President-Elect undermined Obama’s foreign policy and possibly broke the Logan Law when Michael Flynn called Russian Ambassador and suggesting that the Trump Administration would roll back sanctions. Flynn was eventually forced to resign as questions emerged as to whether or not he had misled the White House and received money from the Russian government | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 10-Feb-2017 |
| 11. After learning of Michael Flynn’s potentially illegal activities in #10, did nothing for 18 days. | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 14-Feb-2017 |
| 12. He and the Republican Congress have also rejected investigating potentially serious misconduct by administration officials related to #69, and instead have indicated their desire to go in the opposite direction by cracking down on whistle blowers | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 14-Feb-2017 |
| 13. Caught lying about communicating with Russian intelligence officials during the 2016 campaign. In fact, the Trump campaign maintained regular contact with Russian intelligence officials | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 14-Feb-2017 |
| 14. Ordered government economists to cook up rosy economic forecasts. Also appears poised to tamper with the way economic statistics are calculated to advance his policy goals | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 17-Feb-2017 |
| 15. Spent several times what the Obama Administration cost in vacations | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 22-Feb-2017 |
| 16. Jeff Sessions failed to disclose ties with Russian officials, possibly lying under under oath | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 1-Mar-2017 |
| 17. Meddled in the FBI by trying to direct the agency to dispute reports of Trump’s ties with Russia | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 24-Feb-2017 |
| 18. Refused to participate in ethics training prior to assuming office | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 2-Mar-2017 |
| 19. Trump’s advisor and son-in-law, Jarod Kushner, also attended A meeting with Russian envoys in December with Michael Flynn, potentially breaking the Logan Law. Kushner was also likely paid $50,000 by a Kremlin linked Foreign Policy Group | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 3-Mar-2017 |
| 20. Deregulation czar, Carl Icahn, apparently used his position to strong-armthe ethanol lobby to save his own company millions | Abuse of Power | Conflict of Interest | 2-Mar-2017 |
| 21. Skirted its own ethics rules by hiring lobbyists to serve in areas where they had lobbied while in the private sector | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 3-Mar-2017 |
| 22. During his campaign had approved an adviser’s trips to Moscow, despite continuing to deny any links with Russia | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 7-Mar-2017 |
| 23. Dramatically fired justice department attorneys from the Obama era in a move that many law enforcement officials considered to be confused and disruptive | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 10-Mar-2017 |
| 24. EPA Director, Scott Pruit, started using the EPA as essentially his own PR firm | Abuse of Power | Conflict of Interest | 14-Mar-2017 |
| 25. After ostentatiously pledging to donate both his Presidential salary and profits from the patronage of foreign governments at his businesses, refusedto provide any actual proof that he is doing either of those things | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 12-Mar-2017 |
| 25. Possibly divulged classified information | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 16-Mar-2017 |
| 26. Continued to attract potential conflicts of interest with lobbying groups holding events at Trump properties | Abuse of Power | Conflict of Interest | 21-Mar-2017 |
| 27. Made a severe ethics violation and caused significant potential conflicts of interest by having Ivanka Trump move into the West Wing | Abuse of Power | Conflict of Interest | 21-Mar-2017 |
| 28. Appears to have colluded with Representative Devin Nunes to subvert the probe into the Trump Administration’s connections to Russian intelligence agencies and shutting the public out of the proceedings and later cancellinghearings | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 23-Mar-2017 |
| 29. Broke promise to ensure XL Pipeline delivered “significant profits” to Americans | Abuse of Power | Conflict of Interest | 24-Mar-2017 |
| 30. Tried to block Sally Yates from testifying in the Russia probe | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 28-Mar-2017 |
| 31. Broke ethics pledge for appointments as appointments return immediately as lobbyists | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 29-Mar-2017 |
| 32. Stopped disclosing troop deployments in Iraq and Syria | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 30-Mar-2017 |
| 33. Betsy DeVos’s brother, Blackwater founder Erik Prince, held talks to establish secret back channel with the Russian government | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 3-Apr-2017 |
| 34. Undermined transparency and drew law suits by not release visitor logs to the white house | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 10-Apr-2017 |
| 35. Earned a GAO investigation into whether or not the Trump Administration followed federal guidelines and ethics rules in its transition | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 12-Apr-2017 |
| 36. In addition to keeping the White House visitor logs secret, also shut downthe Open.gov portal, which also makes information on public financial disclosures and white house staff | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 14-Apr-2017 |
| 37. Ivanka Trump won China trademarks the day she dined with Chinese President Xi Jinping, suggesting a breach of conflict of interests | Abuse of Power | Conflict of Interest | 19-Apr-2017 |
| 38. Overall, was determined to be the least transparent administration in decades | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 17-Apr-2017 |
| 39. Threatened to break up the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals after another court overturned his immigration ban | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 26-Apr-2017 |
| 40. It was revealed that Michael Flynn’s numerous questionable activities had been flagged years ago, mean that at the very least, Trump failed to do proper due diligence with Michael Flynn | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 27-Apr-2017 |
| 41. Harassed Sally Yates before she was set to testify on the Russian probe | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 8-May-2017 |
| 42. Fired James Comey under suspicious circumstances, possibly in retaliationfor his role in escalating the Russian probe, and then attempted to pass blameonto Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein, then admitted he fired Comey over the Russian probe and threatened him with implied tapings of their meetings | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 10-May-2017 |
| 43. Asked Comey to stop the FBI investigation of Michael Flynn. Also in that session asked whether they should start jailing a couple of journalists to intimidate the press. | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 17-May-2017 |
| 44. Jeff Session’s background check form omitted meetings with Russians | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 24-May-2017 |
| 45. Jared Kushner attempted to set up a secret back channel with Russia, outside monitoring by US security agencies. | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 25-May-2017 |
| 46. Moved to return Russian compounds which had been seized over concerns of Russian meddling in the 2016 election | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 31-May-2017 |
| 47. Once again issued dozens of ethics wavers to dozens of former lobbyists working in his administration | Abuse of Power | Conflict of Interest | 7-Jun-2017 |
| 48. Former FBI Director James Comey revealed in a prepared testimony that Trump attempted to impede a Federal Investigation and undermine the independence of the FBI | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 7-Jun-2017 |
| 49. Came under investigation for obstruction of justice | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 14-Jun-2017 |
| 50. In response to #49, began making threats towards Robert Mueller | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 16-Jun-2017 |
| 51. Has generally packed his administration with people with extensive ties to corporate America at a rate of 70% | Abuse of Power | Conflict of Interest | 21-Jun-2017 |
| 52. Republicans held a huge fundraiser at one of Trump’s hotel | Abuse of Power | Conflict of Interest | 28-Jun-2017 |
| 53. Was so riddled with so many ethical problems that even one of its own ethics advisers resigned in disgust | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 3-Jul-2017 |
| 54. Similar to item #320, The Trump Administration’s own ethics chiefresigned in disgust at the apparent corruption of the administration | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 6-Jul-2017 |
| 55. Possibly meddled in anti-trust cases for political reasons | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 7-Jul-2017 |
| 56. Attempted to use “presidential immunity” in order to get a sexual harassment suit against Trump thrown out | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 8-Jul-2017 |
| 57. It was revealed that during the Election, Donald Trump Jr. met with a Russian lawyer who had promised “damaging information” against Hillary Clinton which he knew was connected to Russian intelligence gathered to help elect his father, very likely breaking the law and making plain Trump’s willingness to participate in foreign meddling in US elections and very likely broke the law to do so | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 9-Jul-2017 |
| 58. Pulled the plug on a new FBI headquarters, which is at worst a conflict of interest for Trump (Trump hotel is across the street from the FBI building, so he has a vested interest in how that land is redeveloped), and at the very least is a short sighted move that will negatively impact the functioning of the agency | Abuse of Power | Conflict of Interest | 11-Jul-2017 |
| 59. Posted sensitive private information of people who had criticized the administration online | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 14-Jul-2017 |
| 60. Had a pretty obvious conflict of interest when Kushner invited a small tech which his family has a stake in to the White House | Abuse of Power | Conflict of Interest | 14-Jul-2017 |
| 61. Began investigating Robert Mueller’s team of investigators in an attempt to discredit and/or intimidate them | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 20-Jul-2017 |
| 62. As an indicator of just how corrupt the Trump administration is, it was revealed that Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort is now being investigated for money laundering, and was in debt to pro-Russian interests for $17 million dollars | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 20-Jul-2017 |
| 63. Trump declared that he has “complete power to pardon” in reaction to the unfolding Russian scandal, implying that he would pardon Trump Jr, his associates, and possibly himself were they implicated in criminal activity by the ongoing investigation into their dealings with Russia. This would not only impede the investigation, but would seriously undermine the Constitution if acted upon. | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 22-Jul-2017 |
| 64. To highlight the generally corrupt and somewhat alarming nature of the first family’s business dealings, it was revealed that Kushner bought real estate from an oligarch cited in a money laundering case, while firms linked to his family business have used his white house connections to lure in Chinese investors | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 25-Jul-2017 |
| 65. Helped his son write his misleading statement on his 2016 meeting with Russians | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 1-Aug-2017 |
| 66. Refused to turn over documents in an investigation into Scott Pruitt’s conflicts of interest | Abuse of Power | Conflict of Interest | 11-Aug-2017 |
| 67. It was revealed Trump’s hotel in Washington has generally been profiting off his status as President | Abuse of Power | Conflict of Interest | 10-Aug-2017 |
| 68. Tried to kill a bill that would have prevented him from firing Robert Mueller | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 24-Aug-2017 |
| 69. It was revealed Trump’s business continued to carry out shady business deals in Russia during the Presidential campaign, including emailing Putin about a project in Moscow | Abuse of Power | Conflict of Interest | 30-Aug-2017 |
| 70. Blocked the Senate from interviewing FBI agents over the firing of James Comey | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 13-Sep-2017 |
| 71. Spent his travel budget recklessly, with administration staff spending money on charter flights which were obviously not necessary | Abuse of Power | Conflict of Interest | 20-Sep-2017 |
| 72. Used campaign funds to pay his legal fees | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 19-Sep-2017 |
| 73. It was revealed Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump used her personal email for government work | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 24-Sep-2017 |
| 74. Tom Price used a military jet for his travels, at a staggering cost of $500k to tax payers | Abuse of Power | Conflict of Interest | 28-Sep-2017 |
| 75. Reversed decades worth of policy on nepotism to appoint family members to cabinet, as indicated by memos released from the Department of Justice | Abuse of Power | Conflict of Interest | 3-Oct-2017 |
| 76. Similar to #74, Steve Mnuchin wasted 800k of tax payer money flying on military planes | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 6-Oct-2017 |
| 77. The Office of Government Ethics chastised the administration and its officials for their misbehavior and general corrosive influence on government ethics. | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 11-Oct-2017 |
| 78. Jeff Sessions stonewalled the Senate investigation into the firing of James Comey using a dubious pretext of executive privilege | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 18-Oct-2017 |
| 79. It was revealed that Trump’s Interior Secretary had personal connections to the contractor Whitefish, which had recently been the subject of a scandal when it was awarded a contract to rebuild Puerto Rico’s electrical grid despite having no experience in the work, strongly implying some involvement of the Administration in facilitating the corrupt deal | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 30-Oct-2017 |
| 80. In the clearest indication yet of collusion with Russia in the 2016 election, Trump’s campaign manager, Paul Manafort, along with foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos and business associate Rick Gates were arrestedand charged with conspiracy against the United States and money laundering, among other things. Papadopoulos immediately plead guilty to charges that he had lied to the FBI | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 30-Oct-2017 |
| 81. Former Trump campaign adviser, Carter Page, refused to hand over his documents in the probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 2-Nov-2017 |
| 83. It was revealed that, during the meeting raised in #57, Trump Jr. had pushed a quid pro quo deal with Kremlin linked lawyers | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 6-Nov-2017 |
| 84. Following up from #55, pushed AT&T/Time Warner to drop CNN in exchange for approving their merger | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 8-Nov-2017 |
| 85. Former Trump adviser, Carl Icahn, came under investigation for abusing his position to benefit his own company, as noted in #20 | Abuse of Power | Conflict of Interest | 8-Nov-2017 |
| 86. After it was revealed that Commerce Secretary had numerous shady dealings in Russia in the Paradise Papers, it was later revealed that he not only continues to hold a considerable stake in shipping Russian oil, he has been actively expanded that stake since taking office | Abuse of Power | Conflict of Interest | 6-Nov-2017 |
| 87. It was revealed Trump Jr. had maintained contact with Wikileaks during the 2016 election, likely a criminal violation of campaign finance laws | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 13-Nov-2017 |
| 88. Illegally installed Mick Mulvaney as the director of the CFPB | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 21-Nov-2017 |
| 89. It was revealed that Trump has been pressuring Senate Republicans to end the investigation into Russian interference into the election for months | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 1-Dec-2017 |
| 90. Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, plead guilty to charges that he had lied to the FBI about his communications with Russia. It was reported that, as part of this plea, Flynn will testify that Trump had directed him to contact Russia. Later | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 4-Dec-2017 |
| 91. Trump’s lawyer argued that Trump could not be prosecuted for obstruction of justice because he is above the law | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 4-Dec-2017 |
| 92. Emails released by the New York Times seemed to heavily imply that the Trump campaign had indeed known of his Russian contacts at the time, and then shortly after Trump made a tweet that he had known about his contacts at the time he fired him. This would have constituted obstruction of justice. | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 2-Dec-2017 |
| 93. It was revealed by former Trump aide Steve Bannon that Donald Trump knew about Donald Trump Jr.’s meetings with Russians and almost certainly met with them himself at one point. Bannon also said that Trump’s campaign staff knew that the activities were treasonous at the time and wanted to go ahead with the meeting anyways. | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 3-Jan-2017 |
| 94. It was revealed that Trump’s lawyers had strongly urged Jeff Sessions not to recuse himself in the Russian investigation despite the obvious conflict of interest in play | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 5-Jan-2017 |
| 95. Opened several probes into Robert Mueller’s investigation in an attempt to derail it | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 23-Jan-2018 |
| 96. Reportedly asked FBI Director Andrew McCabe who he voted for, allegedly after fuming about McCabe’s previous political connections with the Democratic Party | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 24-Jan-2018 |
| 97. Reportedly threatened to fire Robert Mueller in June 2017, and only backed off because the White House counsel Don McGahn refused to go along with it | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 27-Jan-2018 |
| 98. Deputy Director of the FBI Andrew McCabe stepped down after a months long smear campaign by the Trump Administration, Congressional Republicans, and right wing media outlets | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 29-Jan-2018 |
| 99. Refused to implement Congressionally mandated sanctions on Russia for their meddling in the 2016 election | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 29-Jan-2018 |
| 100. Similar to #96, asked if Deputy Attorney General Rosenthal was “on his team” on the Russia investigation | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 31-Jan-2018 |
| 101. Attempted to undermine the investigation into possible collaboration within the Trump campaign with Russian attempts to influence the 2016 election by releasing the Nunes memo alleging bias in the FBI as the primary driver for the investigation | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 2-Feb-2018 |
| 102. Despite knowing of staff secretary Rob Porter’s history of domestic violence did nothing to address the issue, and instead praised Porter and urged him not to resign | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 7-Feb-2018 |
| 103. Similar to #101, it was revealed that Trump’s speechwriter had a history of domestic abuse | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 9-Feb-2018 |
| 104. After releasing the memo alleging bias in the Russia probe in #101, refused to release a memo rebutting the claim | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 9-Feb-2018 |
| 105. Similar to #71 and #74, it was revealed that VA Secretary David Shulkin squandered tax payer money on extravagant travel expenses to Europe | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 14-Feb-2018 |
| 106. Donald Trump Jr. engaged in staggering corruption on his trip to India | Abuse of Power | Conflict of Interest | 21-Feb-2018 |
| 107. It was revealed that Ben Carson had spent $31,000 on a dining room set in an extravagant effort to decorate his office | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 28-Feb-2018 |
| 108. Partly as a result of #107, demoted an official who refused to break the law by exceeding the legal limit to decorate Ben Carson’s office | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 27-Feb-2018 |
| 109. A report revealed that the administration has hired a staggering number of lawyers hailing from industries they are expected to regulate | Abuse of Power | Conflict of Interest | 1-Mar-2018 |
| 110. Kellyanne Conway violated the Hatch Act by participating in a series of interviews with Fox News | Abuse of Power | Conflict of Interest | 6-Mar-2018 |
| 111. Profiteered off his reelection campaign by using donor money to pay exorbitant rental fees for office space he owns | Abuse of Power | Conflict of Interest | 7-Mar-2018 |
| 112. Trump’s personal assistant, John McEntee, lost his security clearance, most likely because he is under investigation for financial crimes related to Trump | Abuse of Power | Conflict of Interest | 13-Mar-2018 |
| 113. After dismissing Tillerson, had his daughter Ivanka handle foreign policy in what’s been called “blatant nepotism” | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 16-Mar-2018 |
| 114. Fired Andrew McCabe, likely in retaliation for his role in the Russian probe | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 17-Mar-2018 |
| 115. It was revealed that a Trump linked analytics firm, Cambridge Analytica, stole the information of more than 50 million facebook users in their efforts to get Trump elected | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 19-Mar-2018 |
| 116. Sued for violating the emoluments clause of the constitution | Abuse of Power | Conflict of Interest | 28-Mar-2018 |
| 117.It was revealed that Scott Pruitt rented a condo for 6 months in 2017 owned by a Healthcare lobbyist for under market rates, raising serious ethics concerns | Abuse of Power | Conflict of Interest | 30-Mar-2018 |
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| 118. Scott Pruitt used an obscure provision in the Safe Drinking Water Act to give substantial pay raises to two of his closest aides after the White House’s Presidential Personnel Office’s rejected his request for those raises. | Abuse of Power | Conflict of Interest | 3-Apr-2018 |
| 119. Trump attorney, Michael Cohen, was arrested for bank fraud as Robert Mueller’s investigation continues to bring down officials close to Trump for potential collusion with Russia and illicit business dealings | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 9-Apr-2018 |
| 120. Used flimsy pretexts to justify Scott Pruitt’s extravagant security details, such as people being critical of him on social media | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 11-Apr-2018 |
| 121. Excused former Cheney aide Scooter Libby | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 13-Apr-2018 |
| 122. Demanded James Comey prove the “pee tape” wasn’t real | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 12-Apr-2018 |
| 123. Scott Pruitt broke the law when he built a $43,000 phone booth in his office | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 16-Apr-2018 |
| 124. Medical staffers reported feeling pressured to give out prescription drugs to Trump’s staffers | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 27-Apr-2018 |
| 125. Raided his doctor’s private practice to seize his medical records and dictated his own medical evaluations as a candidate | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 1-May-2018 |
| 126. Threatened to block the release of Department of Justice records in the Russian probe | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 2-May-2018 |
| 127. It was revealed that Michael Cohen sold access to Trump | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 9-May-2018 |
| 128. Suggested there may have been more women who received hush money from Trump | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 6-May-2018 |
| 129. Was caught lying about whether he had reimbursed Michael Cohen for his payoff to Stormy Daniels | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 3-May-2018 |
| 130. Watchdog, CREW, noted that Jared Kushner has revised his financial disclosures so many times that he should have been fired by this point, and hasn’t because of his family ties to Trump | Abuse of Power | Conflict of Interest | 5-May-2018 |
| 131. After China poured $500 mn into a Trump Organization project Trump lifted sanctions on the Chinese Telecom ZTE, a deal which was promptly shut down by a House Panel over concerns that they the firm would steal and misuse consumer data | Abuse of Power | Conflict of Interest | 15-May-2018 |
| 132. During the 2016 elections met with Saudi and UAE emissaries promising to help in the election | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 19-May-2018 |
| 133. Personally pushed the postmaster general to raise rates on Amazon and other firms as part of his general practice of trying to punish businesses he personally doesn’t like | Abuse of Power | Conflict of Interest | 18-May-2018 |
| 134. Donald Trump Jr. lied to the Senate Judiciary committee by saying he was “unaware” of any other foreign governments attempting to collude with the campaign to influence the election, which appears increasingly unlikely due to #132 | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 25-May-2018 |
| 135. Scott Pruitt spent $3.5mn on security in his first year, more than 110% more than his predecessor | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 25-May-2018 |
| 136. Pardoned Dinesh D’Souza, who had previously plead guilty to campaign finance fraud | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 31-May-2018 |
| 137. Threatened the Russian probe not to subpoena Trump | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 3-Jun-2018 |
| 138. Claimed unfettered power to interfere in investigations and even pardon himself | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 3-Jun-2018 |
| 139. It was revealed Paul Manafort had attempted to get witnesses to lie for him court | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 4-Jun-2018 |
| 140. Scott Pruitt used an EPA aide and donors to find a job for his wife | Abuse of Power | Conflict of Interest | 13-Jun-2018 |
| 141. Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump made $82mn while working in the White House last year | Abuse of Power | Conflict of Interest | 12-Jun-2018 |
| 142. It was revealed Trump operative Roger Stone met with a Russian man trying to sell dirt on Hillary Clinton for $2mn | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 17-Jun-2018 |
| 143. The Congressional GOP escalated it’s antagonism of Rob Rosenstein and the Russian probe | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 28-Jun-2018 |
| 144. Scott Pruitt resigned, completing his tenure as one of the most scandal ridden cabinet members in modern American history | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 5-Jul-2018 |
| 145. Just days into his tenure, new EPA chief Andrew Wheeler already faced ethical problems regarding illicit hiring practices and tampering with the release of public documents | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 13-Jul-2018 |
| 146. Following #131, allowed Chinese Telecom ZTE to reenter business in the United States | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 13-Jul-2018 |
| 147. Jared Kushner came under investigation for allegedly trying to force tenants out of their apartments, using tactics up to and including exposing children to toxic substances | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 16-Jul-2018 |
| 148. Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke racked up numerous ethics scandals, including retaliating against staff for political reasons and failing to disclose his business connections | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 23-Jul-2018 |
| 149. At a time when former Trump campaign staffers and administration officials are under investigations which the administration is actively attempting to undermine, nominated Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, who expressed the opinion that the unanimous Supreme Court decision to make Nixon turn over the white house tapes in Watergate investigation was wrongly decided | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 21-Jul-2018 |
| 150. Encouraged by the Trump administration, Republicans in the House of Representatives introduced legislation to impeach Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein as part of their campaign to discredit the Russian probe | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 25-Jul-2018 |
| 151. The released Cohen tapes seemed to confirm that Trump had insisted on payments that violated campaign finance laws | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 25-Jul-2018 |
| 152. Trump’s lawyer, Rudy Guilliani, tried to claim that “collusion is not a crime” | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 30-Jul-2018 |
| 153. Pushed Jeff Sessions to end the Russia Probe | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 1-Aug-2018 |
| 154. Admitted that his son, Donald Trump Jr., met with Kremlin linked lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya to obtain incriminating information on Hillary Clinton | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 6-Aug-2018 |
| 155. Began revoking security clearances of former officials in retaliation for criticism | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 15-Aug-2018 |
| 156. Bizarrely tried to avoid being interviewed by Robert Mueller on the logic that he would perjure himself | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 19-Aug-2018 |
| 157. Granted a high level of influence over VA policy to an oligarchic “Mar-a-Lago crowd” | Abuse of Power | Conflict of Interest | 8-Aug-2018 |
| 158. Trump’s lawyer, Michael Cohen, revealed under oath that Trump ordered him to illegally interfere in the election | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 21-Aug-2018 |
| 159. Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was found guilty of 8 counts of tax fraud, bank fraud and other illegal activities | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 21-Aug-2018 |
| 160. Suggested cooperating with prosecutors should be a crime | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 23-Aug-2018 |
| 161. The Republican Congress systematically failed to investigate 52 separate instances of misconduct by the Trump administration | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 24-Aug-2018 |
| 162. Pushed a bizarre conspiracy that Google is rigged against him | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 28-Aug-2018 |
| 163. Fired Paul McGahn after it was reported that he had cooperated Robert Mueller’s probe | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 29-Aug-2018 |
| 164. Criticized his own attorney general for investigating corrupt Republicans | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 3-Sep-2018 |
| 165. Gave Mar-a-lago $17 million for non- existent hurricane damage | Abuse of Power | Conflict of Interest | 7-Sep-2018 |
| 166. Trump’s FEMA chief was put under investigation for misusing official vehicles | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 13-Sep-2018 |
| 167. Spent absurd amounts of public money on furnishings, such as $52,000 drapes | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 14-Sep-2018 |
| 168. Ordered the release of unredacted texts from the Russia probe, potentially undermining the ongoing investigation | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 17-Sep-2018 |
| 169. It was reported that Trump had spent decades engaging in dubious tax schemes and outright fraud on behalf of his father as part of an elaborate tax evasion strategy | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 2-Oct-2018 |
| 170. It was revealed Devin Nunes had buried evidence to protect the Trump administration | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 5-Oct-2018 |
| 171. It was revealed Jared Kushner has paid almost no Federal Income Tax for years | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 13-Oct-2018 |
| 172. It was revealed that Trump was directly involved in the decision in #58 to nix a new FBI headquarters, which he then lied to Congress about | Abuse of Power | Conflict of Interest | 18-Oct-2018 |
| 173. It was revealed that Melania Trump’s one night stay in Egypt cost taxpayers $95,050 | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 1-Nov-2018 |
| 174. Fired Attorney General Jeff Sessions and replaced him with a party loyalist apparently to open the path to substantial interference in the Russian probe | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 7-Nov-2018 |
| 175. Violated campaign finance laws by being directly involved in hush money payments | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 9-Nov-2018 |
| 176. Directly profited off the 2018 midterms, with Trump owned properties earning $3.2 million from campaigns and PACs | Abuse of Power | Conflict of Interest | 10-Nov-2018 |
| 177. Admitted that he had installed Matthew Whitaker as Attorney General over the Russian probe | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 15-Nov-2018 |
| 178. It was revealed Ivanka Trump used her personal email account to conduct government business | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 19-Nov-2018 |
| 179. Raised prosecuting Clinton with top officials in the White House and Justice Department on frivolous grounds | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 20-Nov-2018 |
| 180. It was revealed that Paul Manafort had met with Julian Assange while working on Trump’s campaign. It was also revealed that Manafort has lied to the Mueller probe about business and Ukrainian dealings | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 27-Nov-2018 |
| 181. Suggested he may pardon Paul Manafort | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 28-Nov-2018 |
| 182. Violated the Hatch Act when 6 administration officials promoted Trump’s political message from their positions | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 30-Nov-2018 |
| 183. It was revealed that Saudi lobbyists had bought 500 nights at Trump’s hotel after the 2016 election | Abuse of Power | Conflict of Interest | 5-Dec-2018 |
| 184. Federal prosecutors concluded that Trump committed a felony by instructing Michael Cohen to make payments to Stormy Daniels and lie to investigators | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 7-Dec-2018 |
| 185. It was found that Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner personally profited from a tax policy they championed | Abuse of Power | Conflict of Interest | 11-Dec-2018 |
| 186. It was revealed that Trump was in the room when discussing hush money for tabloid scandals, violating campaign finance laws | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 13-Dec-2018 |
| 187. Trump’s inaugural committee came under investigation for various financial abuses | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 13-Dec-2018 |
| 188. The Trump Foundation was dissolved after it was found that Trump had used the organization to commit numerous abuses, essentially using it as a slush fund | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 18-Dec-2018 |
| 189. Michael Flynn was denounced as having “sold out” his country by a Federal judge | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 18-Dec-2018 |
| 190. It was revealed that Paul Manafort had shared campaign finance information to people with extensive ties to Russian intelligence agencies | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 8-Jan-2018 |
| 191. Came under investigation by the FBI to determine if he was a Russian asset | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 11-Jan-2018 |
| 192. Attempted to hide details of his meeting with Putin from administration officials | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 12-Jan-2018 |
| 193. Attorney General nominee Bill Barr suggested he would bury the Mueller probe | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 15-Jan-2018 |
| 194. It was revealed that the General Services Administration had ignored the Constitution when approving the lease of Trump Hotel | Abuse of Power | Conflict of Interest | 16-Jan-2018 |
| 195. It was revealed Trump had directed Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about the construction of a Trump Hotel in Moscow | Abuse of Power | Legal and Ethical Issues | 17-Jan-2018 |
See a full list of Trump’s actions against the United States of America here
List last updated 6:40am EST, 3/19/2019
What a work of listing meticulously these actions! We are so used to say that it is a nonsense, a lie, stupid that we finish by forgetting the real amount of destroying facts that this administration did and still does. It is awful.
While long, the list is probably incomplete. What is frightening is that Republican Congressmen and women refuse to confront him on anything. Did he send out his goons to dig up dirt on all of them?
Oddly enough, he may end up like Al Capone, guilty of tax fraud and likely of money laundering for Russian oligarchs.
Of concern, though, is his relentless cajoling of law enforcement and the military, a ploy used by the likes of Erdogan, Duterte, Maduro, Putin… all the petty, and not so petty dictators who want to silence dissent. The tirade by Steve King of Iowa about Republicans having trillions of bullets to fight people ‘who don’t know which toilet to use” sends chills down my spine.
Let us pray.
Dear Rita,
You put a lot of work into your blog, bravo. Unfortunately I am not qualified to make any sensible comments from Switzerland. Bring your blog to the attention of the headquarters of the national democratic party.Your list of arguments could be very helpful to qualified politicians.
Best regards,
Nicky
Wow – great resource Rita. This might be a preview of some parts of Mueller’s report. So many dots it is hard to connect them all. But that’s the idea, no? To keep the target moving? This guy is a master scammer and so long as he can scam 38% of America the Repubs figure that’s a solid base they can’t afford to lose. You only need a few extra points on top of that and you win. Sad situation for our country to be sure – but then “our country” has 38% who side with this guy no matter what – that’s the sad part. I’m afraid he’ll declare some kind of war – or “overlook” a major terror threat/attack that will make him a “war president.” He’s a desperate man. Unless he gets a second term he goes down for some of Trump Org transgressions. A second term runs out statute of limitations. Never underestimate a cornered rat.
Dear Rita…You’ve outdone yourself! This is an amazing list and a disturbing one. In the wake of the Mueller Report summary that has clearly been highjacked by Trump and his cronies, it’s clear we’ve got a lot of work to do if we’re going to save our country from a full-on dictatorship. Trump is not leaving anytime soon…term limits be damned.