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CREW sues US DOGE Service to compel transparency

February 20, 2025
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Trump’s taxpayer-funded propaganda ads violate multiple federal laws

The Trump administration’s reported use of Department of Homeland Security funds to finance a set of pro-Trump propaganda advertisements likely violated multiple federal laws, including appropriations laws.
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CREW sues for records on noncitizen voting numbers 

The federal government must respond to CREW’s requests seeking records underlying the Trump administration’s claims about noncitizen voting.
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The problems Citizens United created support Hawaii’s innovative solution

The safeguards that Citizens United assumed would check corporate election spending have failed, and Hawaii is fighting back.
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CREW recommends transparency reform for when grand juries refuse to indict 

The Advisory Committee on Criminal Rules should consider an amendment that would provide notice when a grand jury has decided not to indict a person for a crime.
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Donald Sherman testifies on Trump’s foreign business interests and conflicts of interest

Trump and his admin's actions have opened the door to foreign influence through an array of foreign conflicts of interests. CREW President Donald Sherman testifies on the impact of President Trump’s foreign conflicts of interest on our national security and how this corruption harms Americans’ safety and prosperity.
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Trump administration’s politicized federal grant decisions violate the Hatch Act

The Trump administration’s admitted cancellation of federal grants to states based on their political identity is a Hatch Act violation.
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