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Chris Murphy: “Interests before the federal government to be able to…”

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Murphy Six Weeks In, This White House Is On Its Way To Being The Most Corrupt In U.S. History

Published March 6, 2025 | Video Starts at 27:57

Say that this isn't okay. The Trump meme coin is not okay. It's not okay for. People who have. Interests before the federal government to be able to anonymously funnel money to the President of the United States. It's not okay for Elon Musk to have access to Department of Labor enforcement data against him or his competitors that. Nobody else gets access to. (27:57–28:03)

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Asserts that it is problematic for interests to anonymously funnel money to the President.

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“Vladimir Putin, for instance, has never had a job outside of government, but he's reportedly worth $200 billion.”
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“One of his [Putin's] many houses cost $1.4 billion to build.”
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“Supposedly, the landscaping costs on an annual basis for that house are $2 million alone.”
Murphy Six Weeks In, This White House Is On Its Way To Being The Most Corrupt In U.S. History | Uploaded March 6, 2025 | 02:19-02:26
“That $1.4 billion house was paid for by money he [Putin] stole from the Russian treasury.”
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“Putin, for instance, wears a watch that retails for a half a million dollars, even though his official salary is only $140,000.”
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“In the first six months of the Trump presidency, Trump and Elon Musk and their billionaire friends have engaged in a stunning rampage of…”
Murphy Six Weeks In, This White House Is On Its Way To Being The Most Corrupt In U.S. History | Uploaded March 6, 2025 | 03:24-03:39
“The things that have happened over the last six weeks are unprecedented.”
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“This White House is on its way to being the most corrupt in the history of the country.”
Murphy Six Weeks In, This White House Is On Its Way To Being The Most Corrupt In U.S. History | Uploaded March 6, 2025 | 05:23-05:29
“On January 17th, Trump launches the Meme Coin.”
Murphy Six Weeks In, This White House Is On Its Way To Being The Most Corrupt In U.S. History | Uploaded March 6, 2025 | 06:32-06:37
“The Meme Coin is essentially a mechanism by which Russian oligarchs or corporate CEOs can literally send money privately, directly to Donald…”
Murphy Six Weeks In, This White House Is On Its Way To Being The Most Corrupt In U.S. History | Uploaded March 6, 2025 | 06:40-06:52
“He reserves 80% of the coin. He waits to release that coin until the price jumps back up again.”
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“On January 20, Trump unveils his energy strategy. And what does it do? It preferences oil and gas.”
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“It freezes all permits on wind projects, both for the land and the sea.”
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“Five days later, Trump fires 17 inspectors general.”
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“On January 27th, Trump fires Quinn Wilcox from the NLRB.”
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“On January 30, Trump awards more than $800,000 worth of stock to several of the board members of the Trump Media and Technology Group.”
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“On February 23, a civil complaint from DOJ that had been pending against SpaceX, Elon Musk's signature company, is dropped.”
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“On February 1, Trump fires the director of the CFPB and announces plans to shut down to shutter the Consumer Financial Protection Board.”
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“On February 4, there is the first of two extraordinary meetings in the White House in which Donald Trump convenes his business partners, the…”
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“Pam Bondi, the AG, issues a memorandum [to] dull the criminal enforcement of the Foreign Agents Registration Act.”
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“Donald Trump directs the DOJ to pause enforcement of US laws that prohibit companies from paying bribes overseas.”
Murphy Six Weeks In, This White House Is On Its Way To Being The Most Corrupt In U.S. History | Uploaded March 6, 2025 | 15:26-15:34
“Goldman Sachs was engaged in outright bribery. They were paying bribes to Malaysian officials.”
Murphy Six Weeks In, This White House Is On Its Way To Being The Most Corrupt In U.S. History | Uploaded March 6, 2025 | 15:42-15:49
“The State Department is going to buy $400 million of armored Teslas.”
Murphy Six Weeks In, This White House Is On Its Way To Being The Most Corrupt In U.S. History | Uploaded March 6, 2025 | 16:27-16:33
“Trump revises that blueprint of spending so that now the federal government is going to spend $400 million on armored Teslas from Elon Musk.”
Murphy Six Weeks In, This White House Is On Its Way To Being The Most Corrupt In U.S. History | Uploaded March 6, 2025 | 16:54-17:06
“SpaceX has an employee injury rate that is nine times higher than the industry average.”
Murphy Six Weeks In, This White House Is On Its Way To Being The Most Corrupt In U.S. History | Uploaded March 6, 2025 | 17:27-17:32
“On February 15th and 16th, all over a weekend, there are 20 people fired.”
Murphy Six Weeks In, This White House Is On Its Way To Being The Most Corrupt In U.S. History | Uploaded March 6, 2025 | 18:12-18:16
“The federal government that they need to.”
Murphy Six Weeks In, This White House Is On Its Way To Being The Most Corrupt In U.S. History | Uploaded March 6, 2025 | 21:05-21:09
“They ultimately need something from the federal.”
Murphy Six Weeks In, This White House Is On Its Way To Being The Most Corrupt In U.S. History | Uploaded March 6, 2025 | 21:14-21:17
“Democracies die when the very powerful people.”
Murphy Six Weeks In, This White House Is On Its Way To Being The Most Corrupt In U.S. History | Uploaded March 6, 2025 | 26:37-26:42
“May think that all of this stuff.”
Murphy Six Weeks In, This White House Is On Its Way To Being The Most Corrupt In U.S. History | Uploaded March 6, 2025 | 26:57-27:00
“It has been a fact of life.”
Murphy Six Weeks In, This White House Is On Its Way To Being The Most Corrupt In U.S. History | Uploaded March 6, 2025 | 27:20-27:22
“For you this afternoon in the hopes that it is not too late for us to decide to stand up as a body and as a nation to.”
Murphy Six Weeks In, This White House Is On Its Way To Being The Most Corrupt In U.S. History | Uploaded March 6, 2025 | 27:33-27:47
“The Trump meme coin is not okay. It's not okay for.”
Murphy Six Weeks In, This White House Is On Its Way To Being The Most Corrupt In U.S. History | Uploaded March 6, 2025 | 27:48-27:55
“It's not okay to just cancel contracts that were going to Musk's competitors and substitute in his own business.”
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“This level of corruption was not occurring behind the scenes prior.”
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