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At Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, we use aggressive legal actions, in-depth investigations, and innovative policy and reform work to achieve the vision of an ethical, accountable, and open government.
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Legal Actions
Lawsuits
Voting rights and privacy orgs sue Trump admin over secretive collection of millions of Americans’ voter records
The League of Women Voters, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), and the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) filed a lawsuit today challenging the Trump-Vance administration’s secretive and unlawful effort to collect and compile sensitive personal information about millions of American voters into a massive nationwide database.
Legal Complaints
White House official Peter Navarro’s book promotion likely violates ethics law
CREW filed a complaint about White House Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing Peter Navarro's apparent violation federal ethics law by using his official capacity to promote his book.
Letters
Growing judicial security risks deserve innovative solutions
The judiciary and Congress should consider structural reforms to address judicial security, especially with regard to USMS.