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Richard W. Painter

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Law Professor. Former chief White House ethics lawyer 2005-07. Independent. @RWPMinnesota

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1Jun 11, '23As I pointed out here, Kushner got a $2 billion business deal with the Saudis six months after he left the White House, where he had personally shepherded $110 billion in arms sale20.1×1.4M32k8k298
2Feb 3, '25Then Musk is subject to the criminal financial conflict of interest statute, 18 U.S.C. § 208 which prohibits him from participating in any government matter that could affect his o17.9×1.2M30k7.4k1.3k
3Jun 18, '23When is Congress going to investigate this? Jared Kushner got a $2 billion deal from the Saudi sovereign wealth fund only six months after he left the White House and spearheaded a10.0×680k19k4.8k130
4Aug 13, '17Millions of us in the Republican Party miss you. And that is an understatement.4.2×072k25k0
5Jan 3, '18This Tweet alone is grounds for removal from office under the 25th Amendment. This man should not have nukes.3.7×063k22k2
6Mar 28, '20The Governor of Michigan had better get her phone calls returned and the federal aid had better arrive in Michigan within 24 hours or the House within 48 hours should impeach both 3.0×054k16k92
7Jun 28, '17No US president before has called the press the enemy of the people. Dictators have said that, but no US president.2.7×041k18k0
8Sep 30, '19A president who threatens civil war if the political process does not support him cannot be allowed to command the United States military. He should be removed from office immediat2.7×051k13k84
9Feb 21, '18College admissions officers take note. Any high school student with this three day suspension on the record should get special consideration and some extra college credits for publ2.5×044k14k3
10Jul 17, '17"Made in America" theme week at the White House? Are they kidding? Their own election wasn't even made in America.2.5×040k16k0
11Sep 21, '19The United States will go down in human history as a country that impeached a president for lying about a fully consensual affair with an intern but would not impeach a president w2.5×045k13k93
12Sep 25, '17Just got a "stand or kneel" email from POTUS with a push poll and ask for support. He's using our national anthem to raise cash. Disrespect.2.5×033k18k0
13Nov 5, '18I am a political independent who left the Republican Party. Tomorrow I will not vote for a single Republican. I will vote for their Democratic opponents. Many Americans will join m2.5×046k12k43
14Aug 5, '18Franken asked the right questions. Sessions lied. Franken then called out Sessions on his lies. Sessions then recused. Without Franken, Mueller probably wouldn’t be doing what he i2.5×044k12k60
15Apr 2, '18If you lost money today trading in Amazon stock or any other security, and you know of anyone who knowingly or recklessly made a false public statement about that company or its st2.4×038k15k39
16Feb 5, '18This is disgusting. Never once did I hear President Bush refer to a Member of Congress with such offensive language in private, much less in public. Decent people simply don't beha2.3×040k12k1
17Nov 22, '17This is an official interview. She has violated the Hatch Act by using her position to take sides in a partisan election. That is a firing offense. And for her this is strike two.2.2×029k15k0
18Oct 4, '19The senators are the judges in an impeachment trial. They vote after they hear the evidence. ⁦@senatemajldr⁩ is pledging his vote and votes of other senators for an acquittal in ad2.1×030k13k174
19Dec 19, '19BREAKING NEWS: @senatemajldr Mitch McConnell has scheduled a full impeachment trial, with witnesses, to take place immediately after the confirmation hearing for Judge Merrick Garl2.1×040k8.1k81
20Aug 5, '17Kellyanne wants lie detectors in the White House? Try one on the press secretary podium. The place will light up like a disco!2.0×033k12k0
21Jun 27, '18NO new Supreme Court nominations by Trump to replace Justice Kennedy. NONE. He is in blatant violation of the Constitution and must be impeached. Senate and House Judiciary Committ2.0×032k12k30
22Jul 10, '17When a Russian agent calls to offer dirt on a political opponent, a loyal American will call the FBI.2.0×031k13k0
23Oct 2, '17Enough BS. For thoughts and prayers call a priest or rabbi. For decent gun laws call a congressman, and if he doesn't DO anything, sack him.2.0×031k13k1
24Jun 27, '17I just received an email from POTUS calling CNN the "Fake News Network". I have never seen a president behave this way. Something is wrong.2.0×029k12k0
25Oct 25, '17Don't act stupid. Opposition reasearch paid for by Americans is legal. Opposition research paid for by the Russians is not.1.9×029k12k1
26Nov 11, '19Excellent idea. Subpoena Ivanka for testimony under oath about Trump finances, foreign emoluments, financial conflicts of interest in Turkey and China, and a lot more. Since Republ1.9×033k9.4k62
27Jun 30, '18The circumstances of Justice Kennedy’s resignation must be investigated by the Senate Judiciary Committee before any replacement is considered. The Constitution does not give Trump1.8×023k12k74
28May 3, '22Justice Alito says he doesn't see a woman's right to choose in the Constitution. I do. What I don't see in the Constitution is the number nine....1.8×039k5.8k165
29Oct 2, '17Americans are sick of political hacks talking about condolences and sympathy while stuffing NRA blood money in their pockets. Do sonething.1.8×028k11k4
30May 18, '19A subpoena with no penalty for ignoring it isn’t a subpoena. That’s basic Latin. Sub: under Poena: penalty As Mnuchin and Barr flip their middle fingers at subpoenas they ask “what1.7×028k9.8k45
31May 16, '18Article 2, Section 4 provides for impeachment for “Treason, Bribery or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.” What would the founders have said about a president doing all three and 1.7×026k11k26
32Feb 13, '21Senate Republicans apparently threatened to use the filibuster to stop all other senate business -- including COVID19 relief for desperate American families -- if this trial were t1.7×024k9.9k227
33Dec 2, '17Just got off a MSNBC panel in which Alan Dershowitz argued it is not a crime to lie to the FBI about a meeting with the Russians if the meeting itself was not a crime. Sheer nonsen1.7×028k7.8k0
34Oct 17, '17This is how a gentleman who wins an election talks about his opponent.1.6×031k8.6k0
35Nov 9, '19Mike Pompeo has zero credibility in the world. He has now been exposed as an accessory to extortion. He should resign.1.6×029k8.2k57
36Dec 14, '17The President on Twitter implies that one senator is a whore and calls another "Pocahontas". A-OK with Congress. Two FBI and DOJ employees sent personal texts criticizing Trump as 1.6×024k10k0
37Jan 1, '18Welcome to 2018 — this year Americans will make it very clear that we do not tolerate corruption of our elected officials or their collusion with foreign adversaries, that we do no1.6×026k9.2k0
38Feb 2, '18Intel 101 When the FBI learns that a man is contacting Russian agents, the issue isn’t who told the FBI. It could be a mob boss or it could be Stormy Daniels. What we care about is1.5×025k9.6k1
39Dec 1, '19Bill Barr lied to Congress. He falsely accused the FBI of spying that did not occur. That's a felony. He needs to be impeached, removed from office and prosecuted.1.5×026k8.7k99
40Dec 17, '17Congress wasted millions of dollars going through HRC emails. But Mueller isn't supposed to get Trump transition emails that were sent on a government server? Nope -it doesn't work1.5×026k9.2k0
41Aug 12, '17The Alt Right is a terrorist movement. Steve Bannon and Breitbart gave it a platform which is now in the White House. They must go now!1.5×023k9.8k0
42Nov 10, '19Bloomberg should buy Fox News in time for the impeachment trial. ⁦@realDonaldTrump⁩ will have a massive fit. Fun! George Conway Joins Others in Calling for Michael Bloomberg to Buy1.5×028k6.5k43
43Jul 24, '17The Boy Scouts must distance themselves from that offensive attempt to politicize scouting and turn them into a Trump youth organization.1.5×023k8.8k0
44Jul 16, '17If Obama had been bugging the Trump Tower they all would have been arrested last summer.1.5×027k7.9k0
45Aug 16, '17If Bannon, Miller and Gorka aren't out by Friday, Congress must impeach and remove Trump. If Pence hires any Alt Right staff he goes too.1.5×022k8.9k0
46Dec 27, '17If during the Cold War the Soviets had been able to sell this “deep state” baloney to Americans, to sow distrust of our own FBI and CIA, we would all be speaking Russian by now. Th1.5×023k9.4k0
47Jan 9, '20Hello Mr. Treasury Secretary. It’s our money. He’s blowing it playing golf. We have a right to know how much BEFORE the election. Mnuchin wants to delay Trump's Secret Service trav1.5×022k8.7k55
48Apr 30, '18Bye-bye GOP. You can follow Trump off the cliff but you are not taking our democracy with you. Millions of Americans will vote Democratic this November and both the Senate and Hous1.4×024k7.3k24
49Aug 1, '17Knowingly drafting a false statement for a person who is a witness in a criminal investigation is itself a crime. Obstruction of justice1.4×023k8.5k0
50Oct 19, '17You can treat a fallen soldier's family like dirt so long as you "respect" the flag by standing for the national anthem at a football game.1.4×023k8.3k0
51Apr 4, '20Retaliation against whistle blowers is ILLEGAL. And this is retaliation.1.4×023k7.7k64
52Apr 22, '18What BS. Kellyanne constantly attacked Hillary Clinton over the indiscretions of Bill Clinton. And now she objects when people ask her about her own husband’s Tweets. Laughable.1.4×023k7.2k17
53Mar 30, '18Sarah Sanders @PressSec: please read the Hatch Act and ask Eric Trump to stop sending me email using your official title to raise money for his father’s and your boss's campaign.1.4×023k8.3k7
54Nov 6, '19Over and over again they promise that small donors will enter a lottery for a lunch or dinner with Trump. Apparently there is no lottery. There is no lunch or dinner. That's fraud.1.4×022k8.1k83
55Oct 4, '19I’ve never heard of an elected judge sending out a fundraising email saying how he will vote on a case that hasn’t yet been tried. U.S. senators are judges in an impeachment trial 1.4×024k7.5k43
56May 23, '18Congress spent two years investigating a former Secretary of State for using the wrong email server and tried unsuccessfully to make that into a federal crime, but now ignores open1.4×022k8.5k19
57Jun 14, '17A left wing nut with a gun is as dangerous as a right wing nut with a gun. But mental health coverage is harder for him to get than a gun?1.4×020k9.3k0
58Dec 27, '18Robert Mueller injured his knee so badly playing hockey and lacrosse at St. Paul’s that he was rejected for military service. So he saw a doctor, got it fixed and applied again. Me1.3×022k8.4k69
59May 3, '19This is crazy Congress doesn’t even have the unredacted Mueller Report, but Trump is briefing the Russians? He needs to be impeached. Trump and Putin spoke by phone, discussed Muel1.3×019k8.4k54
60Nov 21, '181998: The House impeaches a President for lying about a consensual affair with a White House intern. 2018: Congress does nothing when the President colludes with foreign adversarie1.3×021k8.1k38
61Sep 4, '17They came as children, attended schools, befriended our children, cheered our teams while their parents worked for us. They are Americans.1.3×022k7.7k0
62Mar 1, '18Compare side by side Starr: Cost: $50 million. Findings: two adulterers who lied about their affair. Mueller: Cost: $10 million plus? Findings: Money laundering, false statements a1.3×021k8.3k13
63Jun 4, '18Only in a banana republic does a former federal prosecutor talk about the President killing a top law enforcement officer and getting away with it. The time has come for Americans 1.3×019k8.2k26
64Nov 19, '19What kind of country do we live in where even a military officer has to worry about the safety of his family because he told the truth?1.3×022k6.8k50
65Feb 25, '18Perhaps if we call an AR-15 an involuntarily postnatal abortion device we might get a bill out this Congress. Or do these “pro-lifers” just want to regulate what goes on in doctors1.3×021k7.4k1
66Dec 2, '19And, finally, I have the privilege of being blocked on Twitter just today by White House faith based advisor Paula White after I re-Tweeted her Black Friday sale offering a 50% dis1.3×024k4.8k47
67Dec 20, '17Thinking of quitting the GOP. Any party that has a “zero tolerance” policy toward sexual misconduct but that tolerates evidence of bribery and uses Super PACs to win elections is c1.3×020k6.2k0
68Jul 30, '17Danger signs in any presidency: lots of generals in civilian posts, authoritarian rhetoric, disdain for judges. Bigger risk in time of war.1.3×018k8.8k0
69Jul 15, '17Enough nonsense about right vs. left. This is about right vs. wrong. A politician who says he would have done the same thing should be gone.1.2×020k8.1k0
70Jul 16, '17Why would we let him spend billions on a border wall when he can't even keep Russian agents out of the Trump Tower?1.2×020k7.7k1
71Jul 28, '17Secretary of the Interior Zinke should be removed from office NOW for threatening to abuse his agency's statutory mandate to hurt Alaska.1.2×019k8.1k0
72Sep 17, '19Corey Lewandowski refuses to answer questions under subpoena? Put him in the slammer.1.2×024k5k15
73Mar 4, '22I just filed as a candidate for U.S. Congress! We are going to flip Minnesota’s First Congressional District from red to blue!1.2×026k3.6k37
74Aug 30, '18This man is either crazy or he wants to be a dictator. Or both. House and Senate Members who don’t even try to impeach and remove him are taking a huge risk for our Country. @realD1.2×020k6.6k18
75Jul 8, '19"Many years ago, Barr's father hired Epstein to teach at the private Dalton school, with no college degree." So, a top New York school hired an unqualified teacher who was also a p1.2×018k7.5k70
76Oct 7, '19A president who stays married for a quarter century and doesn't carry on with porn stars. A president chosen by Americans, not by the Russians. A president who respects the Constit1.2×026k4.3k27
77Nov 8, '17Use of antitrust enforcement power to punish CNN for exercise of First Amendment rights is an impeachable offense. The time is now.1.2×019k7.8k0
78Oct 30, '17Papadopolous is the big one - lesser charges but it is about collusion. And he is cooperating. Bad news for Trump.1.2×021k6.5k0
79Jul 16, '17Every time soneone high up in his organization is caught doing something illegal, POTUS Tweets about Hillary's emails. This is getting old.1.2×019k6.7k0
80Jun 2, '17This White House is creating more jobs for criminal defense lawyers in Washington than it will ever create for steel workers in Pittsburgh1.2×018k7.8k0
81Feb 10, '20Hello ⁦@realDonaldTrump⁩: Retaliation against witnesses is a felony. 18 U.S. Code § 1513 - Retaliating against a witness, victim, or an informant1.2×019k6.8k64
82Dec 20, '19Finally. Evangelical Christians are rejecting the immorality of Donald Trump. This is it. He's finished.1.2×021k4.8k48
83Dec 7, '19It’s happening. GOP senators are talking — privately — about abandoning @realDonaldTrump. All it takes is 20. Dem senator says he knows 'handful' of GOP colleagues considering vote1.1×020k4.7k47
84Sep 19, '20Bottom line: If Trump and @senatemajldr even try to install an ideologically polarizing nominee in RBGs seat, the Republicans will lose the Senate, House and Presidency, and there 1.1×021k5.5k58
85Nov 20, '18I didn’t catch the names of the turkeys he pardoned. The last two were named Arpaio and D’Souza.1.1×022k4.5k17
86Mar 3, '18Minnesota U.S. Senate candidate Karin Housley blocked me on Twitter. She’s upset that I asked her to talk about serious issues rather than blame 20 minute lines at DMV on her oppon1.1×021k5.4k3
87May 3, '18I am a liberal on individual liberty (abortion, marriage, end of life decisions, marijuana laws, etc) and a conservative about conserving the environment and spending money (single1.1×021k4.8k26
88Nov 27, '17The Bush and Obama White Houses both would have fired someone for making a Pocahontas crack about Senator Warren. Bigotry is unAmerican.1.1×020k5.5k0
89May 13, '19So, who in the White House went short on stocks last week before Trump started this latest round in the U.S.-China trade war? The SEC had better find out.1.1×018k6.2k27
90Oct 10, '17IQ test for Tillerson and the rest of the cabinet: how do you use the number 25 to change the number 45 into 46? This is a timed test.1.1×018k6.1k0
91Jan 14, '19Intel. 101: Whose job is it to detect and to remove a Russian mole? The F.B.I. Who is paranoid about the F.B.I.? A Russian mole.1.1×020k5.7k29
92Nov 25, '17You have the right to support a pedophile for Senate on your own time on your own lawn. But the Hatch Act says you can't support him -- or trash his opponent - in your official cap1.1×019k6k1
93Jul 5, '18Good bye Scott Pruitt, the worst Administrator in EPA history and perhaps the word cabinet member ever. Fake science, fake ethics and fake religion (complete with a cultish theolog1.1×021k4.8k13
94Dec 24, '17Using Twitter on Christmas Eve to intimidate a witness (McCabe) in a criminal investigation is not a very Christian way to celebrate the holiday. But it does make Mr. Mueller’s job1.1×019k6k0
95Dec 30, '17This has nothing to do with the USPS and everything to do with Trump’s anger at Jeff Bezos and the Washington Post. Abuse of power yet again.1.0×018k5.8k0
96Nov 11, '25Now available from @CambridgeUP My new book coauthored with E. Thomas Sullivan, The U.S. Presidency: Power, Responsibility and Accountability1.0×68k21025920
97Apr 30, '18Just announced my candidacy for United States Senate. I will be running in the Democratic Farmer Labor Party. Join me in standing up for our democracy!1.0×018k4.5k8
98Jan 7, '18Amendment 25 is the “I am a very stable genius” clause of the Constitution.1.0×018k5.3k1
99Nov 8, '17Ann Coulter is now calling me a "lunatic." Best news I've had all day! She's lost it.0.9×019k3.1k0
100Nov 28, '18Americans are sick and tired of hearing from FOX and other networks about 20 year old Clinton sex scandals and Hillary’s email. What is Congress going to do about the traitorous bu0.9×018k4.3k10
101Feb 2, '20I was a Republican for 30 years but the GOP is now a sea of corruption. As an independent I look forward to voting for @ewarren in Minnesota's open primary. Her focus on corruption0.9×019k3.7k31

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