Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, one of the top tier contenders for the Democratic nomination for president, says she would launch a federal task force to investigate corruption in President Trump’s administration if she’s elected as his successor.
The populist lawmaker from Massachusetts on Tuesday released a plan that she touts will “restore integrity and competence” to the federal government in a post-Trump era.
I will also direct the Justice Department to establish an independent task force to investigate violations of specific anti-corruption and public integrity laws during the Trump administration, with independent authority to pursue any substantiated violations.
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) January 21, 2020
In her proposal, Warren warns that “Donald Trump will leave behind a government that has been infected by corruption and incompetence, and his vindictive actions as president suggest that he is likely to do everything he can to undermine the next president.”
The senator highlights that the task force would be set up inside the Justice Department and would hold administration officials “accountable for illegal activity.” And she adds that she’d ask for all Trump political appointees to step down and would terminate any federal contracts produced “as the result of corruption.” Warren could use executive actions afforded to presidents to create the investigatory task forces.
The new plan is an extension of a centerpiece of Warren’s campaign – to implement broad structural change and combat corruption in Washington. – READ MORE
