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

Lawsuits

Transparency

CREW sues DOJ over emergency powers documents

CREW sued the the Office of Legal Counsel over failure to release documents concerning the legal authority of the president to invoke emergency powers.

Legal Complaints

Money in Politics

CREW files a complaint against Progressive Advocacy Trust

Progressive Advocacy Trust appears to have improperly failed to report contributions it received and expenditures it made in 2018.

Legal Complaints

Ethics & Reform

CREW files complaint on Wheeler ethics pledge

Wheeler may have violated his ethics pledge by participating in matters on which he previously lobbied and by holding meetings with his previous clients.

Letters

Corruption

CREW sends letters calling on Whitaker to recuse

Whitaker's relationship with a witness, statements deriding the investigations, and Presidential pressure disqualify him from overseeing the investigations.

Legal Complaints

Ethics & Reform

CREW calls for investigation of Ivanka Trump’s involvement with Opportunity Zones

Ivanka Trump appears to have violated federal conflict of interest law by participating in the Trump administration’s implementation of a new tax law.

Lawsuits

Transparency

CREW sues Commerce over failure to release Rick Gates communications

CREW requested communications between Wilbur Ross aide Eric Branstad and former Trump deputy campaign manager Rick Gates under the FOIA.

CREW sues DOJ over emergency powers documents

CREW files a complaint against Progressive Advocacy Trust

CREW files complaint on Wheeler ethics pledge

CREW sends letters calling on Whitaker to recuse

CREW calls for investigation of Ivanka Trump’s involvement with Opportunity Zones

CREW sues Commerce over failure to release Rick Gates communications

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