Testimony
Trump’s corruption hurts small businesses and harms the economy
The Trump administration’s pay-to-play attitude, failures to tackle fraud and enabling fraudsters puts small businesses at risk.
Letters
Hold FAA Administrator Bedford accountable for skirting ethics standards
FAA official Bryan Bedford’s failure to clearly commit to recuse from Republic Airways matters raises serious ethics questions.
Letters
Executive branch employees must be banned from prediction markets
OGE must regulate executive branch appointees and career civil servants’ use of prediction markets and institute a much needed ban.
Legal Complaints
CREW files complaint against Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy
Secretary Sean Duffy's participation in a reality show production called "The Great American Road Trip" over several months may have violated federal gift and travel rules, and the U.S. Department of Transportation's Office of Inspector General must investigate.
Lawsuits
CREW, CLC sue FEC to strike down unlawful advisory opinion on canvassing coordination
Campaign Legal Center and CREW filed a complaint asking the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to declare a 2024 Federal Election Commission advisory opinion unlawful and set it aside.
Amicus Briefs
CREW files amicus brief in support of restoring Freedom and Slavery Exhibit
Removing the Freedom and Slavery Exhibit at the Independence National Historical Park would undercut an accurate portrayal of U.S. history.
Letters
CREW sends letter to congressional leadership urging oversight over presidential incapacity
In light of recent events raising concerns about President Trump’s ability to continue serving as president, the need for Congress to develop an oversight process to determine presidential incapacity has never been stronger.
Lawsuits
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).
Amicus Briefs
CREW files amicus briefs on behalf of bipartisan former secretaries of state in appeals of voter rolls suit
The appeals court should affirm the district court’s decision to dismiss the DOJ's lawsuit against Michigan for the state’s refusal to turn over its voter rolls.
Lawsuits
Voting rights groups sue DOJ to block national voter surveil-and-purge database
Common Cause and four individuals sued the Trump Administration to block the DOJ from illegally stockpiling millions of Americans’ confidential voter data and creating a national voter database to surveil and purge voters.
Testimony
Congress must prevent Commerce from using Gold Card funds to sidestep spending controls
Congress must prevent the Department of Commerce from using Trump Gold Card funds to sidestep spending controls. CREW’s testimony proposes bill and report language to ensure that those controls are maintained.
Legal Complaints
CIGIE must investigate potential ethics violations by Labor IG D’Esposito
To ensure necessary oversight and accountability, the Integrity Committee must investigate whether D’Esposito violated ethics rules.