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CREW sues DOJ for records on states blocking deployment of federal election monitors

Florida and Missouri state officials reportedly blocked the deployment of DOJ election monitors to polling sites during the 2022 election.

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CREW sues Secret Service for Oath Keeper communications

The Secret Service is wrongfully withholding records of its communications with the Oath Keepers ahead of January 6.

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CREW and partners sue ICE to make immigration bond procedures publicly available

ICE must publish on its website guidelines explaining how the agency processes bonds for the release of individuals in detention.

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CREW sues ICE for private detention facility records

Rather than being eliminated with private prisons, privately owned immigration detention has expanded and continued to profit under the Biden administration.

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Ken Cuccinielli viewing a cracked glass door the day after the January 6 insurrection

Transparency

CREW sues over missing Jan. 6 texts

Several government agencies apparently violated the Federal Records Act after failing to preserve now missing text messages from January 2021.

Lawsuits

Money in Politics

CREW sues FEC over American Action Network complaint

Groups that spend extensively on influencing federal elections must disclose their donors and the sources of hundreds of millions of dollars.

CREW sues DOJ for records on states blocking deployment of federal election monitors

CREW sues Secret Service for Oath Keeper communications

CREW and partners sue ICE to make immigration bond procedures publicly available

CREW sues ICE for private detention facility records

CREW sues over missing Jan. 6 texts

CREW sues FEC over American Action Network complaint

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