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

Legal Complaints

Transparency

Secret Service likely broke the law by deleting texts

The United States Secret Service appears to have violated federal criminal law by destroying text messages from January 5 and 6, 2021.

Letters

Money in Politics

CREW submits comment to FEC on campaign contributor disclosure rule

The FEC should adopt our two suggestions to improve their interim rule on contributor disclosure requirements.

Letters

Ethics & Reform

CREW submits comment to FEC on Google’s proposal to permit political campaign spam

To protect the integrity of our elections, the FEC must reject Google's proposal to lift its general spam features for registered political campaigns.

Letters

Ethics & Reform

CREW submits comment to OGE on legal expense fund regulations

The Office of Government Ethics' proposed rule on legal expense funds would address serious issues of ethics and transparency, and CREW urges OGE to ensure the rule is as strong and comprehensive as possible.

Testimony

Transparency

GAO should consider public financial registries to stem global corruption

Public financial registries are a powerful transparency tool that would allow the public to more deftly hold the corrupt rich accountable.

Testimony

Transparency

CREW testimony to House on accountability for private prisons

CREW submitted testimony to a House Appropriations Subcommittee recommending Congress make private prisons subject to the same disclosure laws as their federally-run peers in the FY 2023 Appropriations Bill.

Secret Service likely broke the law by deleting texts

CREW submits comment to FEC on campaign contributor disclosure rule

CREW submits comment to FEC on Google’s proposal to permit political campaign spam

CREW submits comment to OGE on legal expense fund regulations

GAO should consider public financial registries to stem global corruption

CREW testimony to House on accountability for private prisons

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