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CREW sues for records on Meadows pressure on DOJ to investigate baseless election conspiracy theories

Then-President Trump's chief of staff Mark Meadows continued to push baseless election fraud claims leading up to the insurrection.

Letters

Ethics & Reform

FEC should close campaign expenditure transparency loopholes

The FEC should require political campaigns to itemize subvendor spending or risk abuses of funds, like the enrichment of family members.

Lawsuits

Transparency

CREW sues DOJ on attempts to unmask Devin Nunes parody Twitter account

Attempts to expose a Twitter user critical of Devin Nunes raises concerns about overreaches in DOJ authority and First Amendment violations.

Letters

Ethics & Reform

The Department of Education must reform Public Service Loan Forgiveness program record keeping practices

The Education Department mismanaged student loan payments of at least 29,000 public servants who would have qualified for loan forgiveness.

Lawsuits

Money in Politics

CREW sues for records pertaining to Kristi Noem’s border deployment of the South Dakota National Guard

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem's use of a "private donation" to deploy National Guard troops to the US-Mexico border raises questions around the extent wealthy donors can shape issues of national security.

Letters

Ethics & Reform

Cawthorn should be removed from committees

Rep. Cawthorn be stripped of his committee assignments following his recent statements calling for violence and undermining our democracy.

CREW sues for records on Meadows pressure on DOJ to investigate baseless election conspiracy theories

FEC should close campaign expenditure transparency loopholes

CREW sues DOJ on attempts to unmask Devin Nunes parody Twitter account

The Department of Education must reform Public Service Loan Forgiveness program record keeping practices

CREW sues for records pertaining to Kristi Noem’s border deployment of the South Dakota National Guard

Cawthorn should be removed from committees

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