Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

Federal court sides with Common Cause and voters, ruling DOJ data demands violate voter privacy, states’ election authority

A federal court ruled that the DOJ’s campaign to consolidate sensitive voter data violates voter privacy and illegally ...
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

White House official Peter Navarro’s book promotion likely violates ethics law

White House Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing Peter Navarro appears to have violated federal ethics law by using his official capacity to promote his book, according to a complaint CREW ...
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

Growing judicial security risks deserve innovative solutions

In asking for more security funding for the Supreme Court, Justice Elena Kagan explained to Congress that “threats have come very close” for some justices, with Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett ...
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CREW sues for records on noncitizen voting numbers

The federal government must respond to CREW’s Freedom of Information Act requests seeking records underlying the Trump administration’s claims about noncitizen voting. CREW filed a FOIA lawsuit and ...
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The Trump Organization has announced 13 foreign developments since Trump won back the presidency

The Trump Organization has announced plans for 13 new international developments in nine foreign countries since Trump was reelected in 2024, according to CREW’s review of press releases, news reports ...
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Why Trump’s voter roll consolidation attempts are illegal and other frequently asked questions

Since President Donald Trump took office for a second time, his administration has repeatedly attempted to interfere with elections, despite the fact that the Constitution makes it clear that states, ...
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

Many insurrectionists have run for office—but voters are overwhelmingly rejecting them

Fourteen individuals charged with participating in the January 6th insurrection and later pardoned by President Donald Trump either ran for office or declared their intention to run during this ...
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Corporations are backing election deniers running for attorney general

Major corporations including Microsoft, General Motors, Home Depot, Koch Industries, GEO Group, Altria Group, BNSF Rail, 1-800 Contacts and Zillow have donated to multiple attorney general candidates ...
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CREW recommends transparency reform for when grand juries refuse to indict

The Advisory Committee on Criminal Rules should consider an amendment to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 6 that would provide notice when a grand jury returns a “no bill,” meaning it has decided ...
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

Donald Sherman testifies on Trump’s foreign business interests and conflicts of interest

President Trump and his administration’s actions have opened the door to foreign influence through an array of foreign conflicts of interests, while limiting the government’s ability to prevent and ...
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Stopping Trump’s profiteering: How to actually ban presidents from earning outside income

Corruption, profiteering and conflicts of interest have become hallmarks of President Donald Trump’s second term. His most recent financial disclosure revealed that he brought in at least $2.2 billion ...