Transparency Archives - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

Legal Complaints

Transparency

CREW demands answers from DOJ and NARA on Pam Bondi records

Former Attorney General Pam Bondi may have failed to preserve emails and text messages, in violation of the Federal Records Act.

Amicus Briefs

Transparency

CREW files amicus brief in support of Connecticut’s law enforcement ID requirement and ban on masks

The District Court of Connecticut should deny the federal government’s motion for a preliminary injunction against a Connecticut bill that would ban law enforcement officers from wearing facial coverings and require them to display identification.

Letters

Transparency

CREW submits comment to OPM, urging against proposed NDA for federal workers

CREW submitted a comment to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), urging it to withdraw its proposed “Confidential Government Information Nondisclosure Agreement,” (NDA) which would likely discourage federal employees from making lawful disclosures.

Lawsuits

Transparency

CREW and Freedom of the Press Foundation sue to defend the Presidential Records Act

CREW and Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) are suing President Trump, Vice President Vance, the Office of the Vice President, the White House, Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and others to defend the Presidential Records Act of 1978 (PRA).

Lawsuits

Transparency

CREW sues DHS for records on protestor surveillance

CREW is suing the DHS, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Customs and Border Protection and ICE for failing to produce records on an expedited basis in response to CREW’s FOIA request seeking information about the Trump administration’s efforts to track and surveil protestors.

Letters

Transparency

DHS IG must investigate Trump ally getting ICE to detain the mother of his child

The DHS IG must investigate allegations that a longtime political ally of President Trump solicited and received assistance from ICE to take action to detain the mother of his child amidst a custody dispute.

Lawsuits

Transparency

CREW, Lawfare sue the Department of State for violating the Case Act

The State Department and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are failing to make international agreements publicly available in violation of the Case-Zablocki Act, leaving Americans in the dark about foreign deals being made on their behalf. Lawfare, a nonpartisan media organization represented by CREW, sued to compel the Trump administration to comply with the law.

Amicus Briefs

Transparency

CREW files amicus brief supporting California law on ICE agent identification

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit should reject the Trump administration's efforts to block enforcement of the visible identification requirement in California’s No Vigilantes Act.

Legal Complaints

Transparency

White House, NARA must ensure Trump’s deleted Truth Social posts are preserved

The White House and National Archives and Records Administration are legally required to preserve and prevent the destruction of President Trump’s Truth Social posts, including a now-deleted video posted from his account about debunked 2020 election fraud claims that included racist images depicting former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama as apes.

Lawsuits

Transparency

CREW sues DOJ for failing to produce records on voter data collection

CREW is suing the Department of Justice (DOJ) for failing to produce records on an expedited basis in response to CREW’s FOIA requests about the agency’s collection of confidential voter information from state voter rolls.

Amicus Briefs

Transparency

CREW files amicus briefs in support of states’ refusal to turn over voter rolls to DOJ

The courts should dismiss the government’s lawsuits against states seeking to force them to turn over their voter rolls

Lawsuits

Transparency

CREW sues DHS and USCIS for records on data sharing agreements with states

CREW is suing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Citizens and Immigration Services (USCIS) following their failure to respond to requests for records on DHS’s data sharing agreements with states and state entities for the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (“SAVE”) program.

CREW demands answers from DOJ and NARA on Pam Bondi records

CREW files amicus brief in support of Connecticut’s law enforcement ID requirement and ban on masks

CREW submits comment to OPM, urging against proposed NDA for federal workers

CREW and Freedom of the Press Foundation sue to defend the Presidential Records Act

CREW sues DHS for records on protestor surveillance

DHS IG must investigate Trump ally getting ICE to detain the mother of his child

CREW, Lawfare sue the Department of State for violating the Case Act

CREW files amicus brief supporting California law on ICE agent identification

White House, NARA must ensure Trump’s deleted Truth Social posts are preserved

CREW sues DOJ for failing to produce records on voter data collection

CREW files amicus briefs in support of states’ refusal to turn over voter rolls to DOJ

CREW sues DHS and USCIS for records on data sharing agreements with states

Make a donation to help CREW protect our democracy

Make a donation to help CREW protect our democracy