Ranking Member Huffman Releases Report on How Trump Hijacked America's 250th Birthday to Enrich Himself, Sell Access

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July 02, 2026
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) released a new 55-page report following months of investigative work by Committee Democrats exposing how Donald Trump hijacked what was supposed to be a unifying, non-political celebration of our country's 250th birthday and made it all about him – his vanity projects, his political and religious agenda, his business ventures, and his cronies who gorged on public funds under cover of a shadow corporation shielded from public scrutiny.

MORE AT LINK.

https://huffman.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/ranking-member-huffman-releases-report-on-how-trump-hijacked-americas-250th-birthday-to-enrich-himself-sell-access-and-harvest-americans-data

[mopinko]

1. he shd b impeached for this alone.

yes, i’m dreaming, but damn. it breaks my heart to see our 250th an occasion for more sorrow than joy.

[Joinfortmill]

2. I'm with ya .

[radical noodle]

5. Impeachment is too good for him

He should be in jail.

[mopinko]

6. of course.

just trying to b semi-realistic here.

[happy feet]

3. Thx for posting

This is the kind of hard, detailed behind the scenes work the public doesn’t appreciate. Belies the lie that “…Dems aren’t doing anything…”🙄

[KS Toronado]

4. And all elected repugs are ok with whatever he does,

"move along nothing to see here."

[mdbl]

7. Same thought came to me immediately

I was going to say notice how no repugs say anything. I guess they don't realize how corrupt they are looking - nor do they care it seems. As long as Fux nooze doesn't say anything about it they think they're in the clear.

[miyazaki]

8. Bump.

More monumental crimes.

[eppur_se_muova]

9. direct link to d/l https://democrats-naturalresources.house.gov/imo/media/doc/freedom250_oversight_report2.pdf

direct link to d/l https://democrats-naturalresources.house.gov/imo/media/doc/freedom250_oversight_report2.pdf

[kentuck]

10. Indeed, he did hijack the 250th anniversary of our independence...

He was going to have a booth for each state in the Union and it would be like a "state fair" on a national level. But he couldn't resist making it about him, and not about America, or our people. He had a replica made from plywood of his planned Arc de Trump set up at the end of the state fair presentations. He just had to make it about himself. Such an important date and celebration was just begging to be "trumped".

On top of that, he wanted to make money off the events. There doesn't seem to be anything in the world, that is more valuable on its own than Trump making a profit from it.

And laws were broken in the process.

[DemocracyForever]

11. Job well done by Rep. Huffman and Natural Resources committee dems

to expose this sewage. Chris Hayes interviewed him yesterday about this well researched, comprehensive report.

[summer_in_TX]

12. Of COURSE Trump turned America's 250th birthday into something he could

personally profit from.

That's just who he is – the single most corrupt president in American history.

🤑

[KT2000]

13. "not a one-time plan"

The same event planner from January 6 and now 250th have now recruited more people at the UFC fight. Pegged as easily influenced, is this how he is building his army?