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

Letters

Ethics & Reform

CREW sends letter to congressional leadership urging oversight over presidential incapacity

In light of recent events raising concerns about President Trump’s ability to continue serving as president, the need for Congress to develop an oversight process to determine presidential incapacity has never been stronger.

Lawsuits

Transparency

CREW and Freedom of the Press Foundation sue to defend the Presidential Records Act

CREW and Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) are suing President Trump, Vice President Vance, the Office of the Vice President, the White House, Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and others to defend the Presidential Records Act of 1978 (PRA).

Amicus Briefs

Democracy

CREW files amicus briefs on behalf of bipartisan former secretaries of state in appeals of voter rolls suit

The appeals court should affirm the district court’s decision to dismiss the DOJ's lawsuit against Michigan for the state’s refusal to turn over its voter rolls.

Lawsuits

Democracy

Voting rights groups sue DOJ to block national voter surveil-and-purge database

Common Cause and four individuals sued the Trump Administration to block the DOJ from illegally stockpiling millions of Americans’ confidential voter data and creating a national voter database to surveil and purge voters.

Testimony

Ethics & Reform

Congress must prevent Commerce from using Gold Card funds to sidestep spending controls

Congress must prevent the Department of Commerce from using Trump Gold Card funds to sidestep spending controls. CREW’s testimony proposes bill and report language to ensure that those controls are maintained.

Legal Complaints

Ethics & Reform

CIGIE must investigate potential ethics violations by Labor IG D’Esposito

To ensure necessary oversight and accountability, the Integrity Committee must investigate whether D’Esposito violated ethics rules.

CREW sends letter to congressional leadership urging oversight over presidential incapacity

CREW and Freedom of the Press Foundation sue to defend the Presidential Records Act

CREW files amicus briefs on behalf of bipartisan former secretaries of state in appeals of voter rolls suit

Voting rights groups sue DOJ to block national voter surveil-and-purge database

Congress must prevent Commerce from using Gold Card funds to sidestep spending controls

CIGIE must investigate potential ethics violations by Labor IG D’Esposito

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