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  President Trump is bringing down the weight of the Justice Department on those who dare to question him, disagree with him, or hold him accountable.  This is not normal. This is authoritarianism. We cannot ignore the signs. In a display that abandoned all pretense, President Trump publicly pressured Attorney General Pam Bondi to persecute former FBI Director James Comey, Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA), and New York Attorney General Letitia James in a series of posts on Truth Social on Saturday. He called them all “guilty as hell.”  What are they guilty of?  Comey led an investigation into Trump’s first presidential campaign’s ties to Russia back in 2017.  Schiff led the first impeachment trial against the president during his first term and served on the committee that investigated the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.  James has pursued lawsuits against both the president and the administration over everything from the Trump Organization’s business pra...

  Meet the ICE Contractor Running Deportation Flights (Illustration: Ren Velez / POGO) Business is booming for Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) top deportation flight contractor. It’s a company with deep political ties — including hosting a Trump campaign rally last fall — and links to high-profile controversies, some of which POGO is revealing for the first time. Read the breaking investigation on pogo.org. — POGO Contribute Project On Government Oversight 1100 13th Street NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20005 United States

  March 15, 2025 Tomorrow marks the start of  Sunshine Week , a time for uplifting the incredible importance of public records and transparency. You have the right to know what’s happening in the government. Sunshine Week has special significance this year. The Trump administration’s actions have undermined crucial mechanisms for oversight, including his  attempt to illegaly fire  nearly 20 inspectors general (IGs) across the federal government. The inspectors general system is fundamental to transparency in our government. On Tuesday, POGO Board Member and former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General John Roth  testified to Congress  on what is lost when the independence of these watchdogs is undermined. He  spoke  about the critical shortfalls in security and disaster response exposed by the DHS IG office during his tenure, and the tens of billions of dollars in waste and fraud that IGs identify every year. These problems would...