Legal Complaints
CREW files criminal complaint against Jeffrey Clark
DOJ should investigate whether former Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Clark helped Trump in attempts to overturn the 2020 election.
Letters
Congress should require greater transparency using appropriations bills
Transparency is essential to holding the government accountable for their actions, and the power of the purse, which is key to creating stronger transparency throughout government, should not be ignored. Congress has the power to ensure that greater transparency is a requirement, not an option.
Legal Complaints
CREW submits OGE comment on financial disclosure reforms
The Office of Government Ethics should make financial disclosure reporting more robust so that officials are more accountable to the public.
Letters
CREW submits comment to OGE on its strategic plan
The inability of OGE to effectively respond to the attacks of the Trump administration demonstrated the need for systemic ethics reform.
Letters
CREW and transparency groups send letter supporting transparency of international agreements
The U.S. Innovation and Competition Act would balance the need for confidential international negotiations with accountability improvements.
Legal Complaints
Trump Organization improperly uses presidential seal at Trump property. Again.
DOJ should investigate whether Trump National Golf Club Bedminster is improperly displaying the presidential seal in violation of the law.
Letters
CREW calls on DOJ’s Inspector General to investigate FOIA politicization
The DOJ IG should investigate the politicization of FOIA processes due to potential political interference during the Trump administration.
Lawsuits
CREW sues Treasury for records on Mnuchin’s Middle East trips and foreign investment plans
Steve Mnuchin must be accountable if he made any official decisions based on how he could profit off of them after leaving office.
Letters
CREW submits comment to FinCEN on corporate transparency regulation
CREW submitted a comment today to the FinCEN encouraging the agency to adopt bold anti-corruption and corporate transparency regulations.
Letters
CREW and 84 other groups urge DHS to withdraw records destruction plans
DHS has faced minimal accountability for abuses of power in the past. Planned records destruction could limit accountability even further.
Lawsuits
CREW sues ICE for records on immigrants tortured into accepting deportation
The public deserves to know if ICE was using their taxpayer dollars to fund the torture of immigrants under ICE custody.
Lawsuits
CREW sues State Department for Donald Trump Jr.’s Mongolian sheep hunting trip records
The State Department's role in helping Donald Trump Jr. take an over $75k taxpayer funded trip to Mongolia must be revealed.