Legal Actions - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

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).

Amicus Briefs

Democracy

CREW files amicus brief on behalf of bipartisan former secretaries of state in appeal of Michigan 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

Democracy

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

Ethics & Reform

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

Ethics & Reform

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.

Lawsuits

Corruption

CREW sues the DOJ for records on Trump’s $230 million FTCA claim

CREW is suing DOJ for failing to produce records on FTCA claims in which Trump reportedly seeks $230 million in damages from the government.

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

CREW files amicus brief on behalf of bipartisan former secretaries of state in appeal of Michigan voter rolls suit

Voting rights groups sue DOJ to block national voter surveil-and-purge database

Congress must prevent Commerce from using Gold Card funds to sidestep spending controls

CIGIE must investigate potential ethics violations by Labor IG D’Esposito

CREW sues the DOJ for records on Trump’s $230 million FTCA claim

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