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Letters

Transparency

NARA must take action to retrieve Peter Navarro’s White House records

Peter Navarro likely failed to turn over a substantial number of Trump White House records as required by law, and the National Archives and Records Administration should take immediate action to recover any presidential records he still possesses.

Letters

Policy & Reform

CREW submits comment to Congress on social media misinformation

The federal government should more aggressively regulate tech giants that have allowed misinformation and abuse to spread on social media.

Amicus Briefs

Transparency

CREW files amicus brief in Trump’s lawsuit against Jan. 6 committee

CREW and others filed an amicus brief opposing Donald Trump’s attempt to use executive privilege to block information from Congress's insurrection investigation.

Lawsuits

Money in Politics

CREW files lawsuit against FEC for failure to act on outstanding dark money complaint

Citizens for a Working America illegally hid the source of millions spent in elections through super PACs and the FEC failed to respond.

Letters

Ethics & Reform

CREW submits comment to Congress on judicial ethics reforms

Congress should prohibit judges from owning individual stocks and apply the federal criminal conflict of interest statute to the judiciary.

Legal Complaints

Money in Politics

CREW files IRS complaint against dark money group Advancing Freedom, Inc.

The IRS should investigate Advancing Freedom Inc. for apparently violating its tax-exempt status by spending a majority of its budget to influence elections.

NARA must take action to retrieve Peter Navarro’s White House records

CREW submits comment to Congress on social media misinformation

CREW files amicus brief in Trump’s lawsuit against Jan. 6 committee

CREW files lawsuit against FEC for failure to act on outstanding dark money complaint

CREW submits comment to Congress on judicial ethics reforms

CREW files IRS complaint against dark money group Advancing Freedom, Inc.

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