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Legal Complaints

Corruption

CREW submits complaint urging IG investigation into DOE official’s potential ethics violations

The Department of Energy’s Office of Inspector General (DOE OIG) must investigate potential ethics violations related to Assistant Secretary for Energy Audrey Robertson’s use of her official title to promote jewelry products in a commercial advertisement.

Letters

Corruption

CREW urges House Ethics Committee to continue to investigate Rep. Cuellar’s alleged ethics violations

Congress must complete the bipartisan investigation of Representative Henry Cuellar’s alleged violations of federal criminal and ethics law that resulted in his indictment, despite him receiving a presidential pardon.

Letters

Ethics & Reform

Congress must investigate ICE shootings in Minnesota and other states

Congress should investigate the deployment of federal agents to Minnesota and an ICE agent's fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good.

Amicus Briefs

Democracy

CREW files amicus brief on behalf of bipartisan former state secretaries of state in appeal of elections EO decision

The First Circuit Court of Appeals should affirm the District Court of Massachusetts’s decision blocking a portion of President Trump’s executive order which attempts to exert federal control over elections.

Testimony

Ethics & Reform

CREW testifies in California to support change to ensure Secretary of State’s ability to remove constitutionally ineligible candidates from the ballot

California should give its Secretary of State the authority to remove constitutionally ineligible candidates for president from the ballot.

Testimony

Ethics & Reform

Congress must prioritize judicial security

Congress must prioritize judicial security and discourage hostile rhetoric against judges by elected and appointed government officials, according to testimony submitted by CREW.

Letters

Democracy

Five years on from January 6th, Congress must protect against President Trump’s attacks on democracy

We must learn from the January 6th attack on the Capitol, and Congress must act to protect our country from President Trump’s continued siege against democracy and our Constitution.

Amicus Briefs

Corruption

CREW files First Circuit amicus brief supporting Harvard’s ability to host international scholars and students

The court should reject the Trump administration’s efforts to restrict Harvard from hosting international scholars and students.

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.

Lawsuits

Democracy

Lawsuit filed to protect crucial watchdogs from Trump-Vance administration assault

A coalition of nonprofit organizations are uniting to defend the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) from a Trump-Vance administration attempt to defund it.

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

Letters

Ethics & Reform

CREW calls for congressional leadership to investigate potential violations of the Anti-Deficiency Act

Congress should investigate the executive branch’s potential violations of the Anti-Deficiency Act during the government shutdown.

CREW submits complaint urging IG investigation into DOE official’s potential ethics violations

CREW urges House Ethics Committee to continue to investigate Rep. Cuellar’s alleged ethics violations

Congress must investigate ICE shootings in Minnesota and other states

CREW files amicus brief on behalf of bipartisan former state secretaries of state in appeal of elections EO decision

CREW testifies in California to support change to ensure Secretary of State’s ability to remove constitutionally ineligible candidates from the ballot

Congress must prioritize judicial security

Five years on from January 6th, Congress must protect against President Trump’s attacks on democracy

CREW files First Circuit amicus brief supporting Harvard’s ability to host international scholars and students

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

Lawsuit filed to protect crucial watchdogs from Trump-Vance administration assault

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

CREW calls for congressional leadership to investigate potential violations of the Anti-Deficiency Act

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