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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
Letters
CREW opposes Census Bureau’s exclusion effort and collection of data pertaining to legal status
The Census Bureau should withdraw its proposal to redefine “usual residence” which appears to be unlawful and will largely impact immigrants.
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.