Legal Complaints
Corruption

CREW files Bondi, Trump Foundation complaint with DOJ

CREW filed a complaint with the Department of Justice (DOJ) requesting that it investigate whether Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi solicited a bribe from Donald J. Trump and whether Mr. Trump and the Donald J. Trump Foundation, Inc. paid a bribe to AG Bondi, both violations of federal criminal law.
Legal Complaints
Corruption

CREW files second Trump Foundation complaint with IRS

CREW filed a complaint with the Internal Revenue Service stating that Donald Trump and the Trump Foundation appear to have broken the law by giving $25,000 to a political group supporting Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi in an effort to discourage her office from investigating Trump University.
Legal Complaints
Corruption

CREW sends Donald J. Trump Foundation & Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. complaint to IRS

CREW filed a complaint with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) requesting that it investigate whether The Donald J. Trump Foundation, Inc., a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, violated its status as a tax-exempt private foundation by participating in the presidential campaign of its president, Donald J. Trump, and by advocating for Mr. Trump's nomination.
Legal Complaints
Corruption

CREW files Duncan Hunter complaint with OCE, requests FEC audit

CREW filed a complaint with the Office of Congressional Ethics stating that Rep. Duncan Hunter’s (R-CA) campaign committee has acknowledged spending thousands of dollars not related to campaign activity and appears to have spent thousands more not previously identified or reimbursed in its latest Federal Election Commission (FEC) disclosure report.
Legal Complaints
Corruption

CREW files Trump Foundation complaint with IRS

CREW filed a complaint with the IRS stating that the Donald J. Trump Foundation appears to have illegally given $25,000 to a political organization associated with Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi while her office was reportedly considering joining a lawsuit involving Trump University and failed to disclose the contribution in its taxes.
Legal Complaints
Money in Politics

CREW files second supplement to NRA complaint with the IRS

CREW filed a second supplement to its original complaint against the National Rifle Association (NRA), in which it showed that the NRA failed to disclose more than $1 million in contributions to major Democratic and Republican leadership groups, bringing their total undisclosed political spending to nearly $60 million since 2008.
Legal Complaints
Money in Politics

CREW files Rubio and Fulop PAC complaints with FEC

CREW filed two complaints with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) against the Marco Rubio-backing Conservative Solutions PAC, the Steven Fulop-backing Coalition for Progress, as well as IGX LLC and DE First Holdings, two sham companies used to launder donations to the super PACs. 
Legal Complaints
Money in Politics

Complaint: Ernst-backing Koch group broke the law

Trees of Liberty, a dark money non-profit financed and operated by the Koch political network, broke the law in helping Joni Ernst win her primary election in 2014, according to a complaint filed today with the IRS by the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) and CREW.

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