NEW: Top Trump officials are accused of using taxpayer resources to campaign for Trump — Pompeo, O’Brien, Barr, Wolf, Ratcliffe. Office of Special Counsel is investigating @SecPompeo for 2 potential illegal acts. w/ @shearm @michaelcrowley @KannoYoungs. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/02/us/politics/trump-reelection-government-power.html
2. "Other presidents have embraced the perks of incumbency to their advantage. But no other modern president of either party has so brazenly directed government action toward his own benefit by so many agencies and departments." https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/02/us/politics/trump-reelection-government-power.html
3. "And members of the president’s cabinet have fanned out across the country....In late September, Mr. Pompeo gave an official speech in — of all places — the Capitol building in Madison, Wis., a critical swing state that Mr. Trump narrowly won in 2016." https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/02/us/politics/trump-reelection-government-power.html
4. "Attorney General William P. Barr has assailed Democratic-led cities and intervened in ballot cases....The president has virtually transformed the Department of Homeland Security into an engine of his campaign, confronting protesters in cities." https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/02/us/politics/trump-reelection-government-power.html
5. In the White House during RNC, Trump & Chad Wolf "held an official naturalization ceremony for a half-dozen new Americans — a solemn occasion turned into a campaign stunt and broadcast to millions of people as part of Mr. Trump’s political convention." https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/02/us/politics/trump-reelection-government-power.html
6. OSC's two investigations into whether Pompeo has illegally campaigned for Trump: 1) A speech Mr. Pompeo delivered to the RNC while on a diplomatic trip to Jerusalem. 2) His declaration that the State Dept. might release new emails from @HillaryClinton. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/02/us/politics/trump-reelection-government-power.html
7. "Mr. Ratcliffe continued Mr. Grenell’s efforts to declassify documents...about the origins of the inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Republicans had claimed that the documents substantiated the allegations Mr. Trump makes." https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/02/us/politics/trump-reelection-government-power.html
8. “Robert O’Brien’s presence on the campaign trail, or pseudo campaign trail, is more evidence of how irregular the Trump administration is and how badly things are going for the president in Washington and in the campaign." — @johngansjr, ex-DoD. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/02/us/politics/trump-reelection-government-power.html