Lawsuits
CREW sues Trump administration for hiding federal spending information from the public
OMB took offline information that shows how OMB directs agencies to spend taxpayer money—information that OMB is required by law to post.
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CREW sues to challenge destruction of CDC FOIA office
The closure of the CDC's entire FOIA office violates both FOIA and the Administrative Procedure Act and the CDC must be compelled to follow the law.
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CREW, Democracy Forward sue to block Trump’s illegal plan to fire government workers
President Trump’s executive order paving the way to convert merit-based civil servants to at-will employees, enabling political appointees to fire and replace them with loyalists, is unlawful and exceeds the president’s authority.
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DOGE sued to follow the law or cease operations
DOGE is operating in violation of the Federal Advisory Committee Act and must comply with transparency, ethics and other requirements or cease operations, according to a lawsuit brought by CREW and partners.
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CREW sues for records on Project 2025 and federal worker protections
DOJ, FBI and NSA have improperly failed to produce records related to civil service protections for federal workers.
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CREW sues to challenge the FEC’s dismissal of dark money scheme complaint
The FEC should have investigated a scheme to launder $5 million in dark money to influence the 2020 Senate elections in Georgia.