Schumer: Trump "most corrupt president in all of American history"

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) accused President Trump of engaging in corruption with the oil and gas industry as he unveiled a new report from his "anti-corruption" working group on Thursday. "Trump is without question the most corrupt president in all of American history," he said. "He makes Warren Harding look like a piker." The report alleges that the president asked oil and gas executives at a 2024 Mar-a-Lago fundraiser to raise $1 billion in campaign donations in his bid to retake the White House. In exchange, Sen. Schumer says President Trump doled out benefits to the industry, including shuttering clean energy projects, installing fossil fuel executives in his administration and cutting regulations meant to curb pollution. "Rather than serving Americans, he has used the highest office to pad his own bank account while sticking working families with the bill," Sen. Schumer said. "Nowhere are the costs of Trump's corruption to the American people clearer than i