Criminals and Scoundrels
The 25 most corrupt officials in the Bush Administration
"Criminals and Scoundrels" lists the 25 most corrupt officials in the Bush Administration. After preparing reports on congressional corruption for years, in 2007 we realized that as an organization focused on government ethics, we also need to evaluate conduct in the executive branch. This report represents CREW's first effort to apply the methodology from our examination of congressional corruption to executive branch corruption.
CREW is well aware that the vast majority of those who work for the federal government are hardworking, dedicated and law abiding; this report is not intended as an indictment of the federal workforce. Nonetheless, after culling through publicly available documents including inspector general reports, court papers and press accounts, we have been able to create a list of 25 people whose conduct is particularly egregious. Their offenses range from sexual misconduct to theft to immigration fraud.