Legal Complaints
CREW sends 60 Plus complaint to FEC
60 Plus is in clear, knowing, and willful violation of the FECA, and the FEC should act to enforce the conciliation agreement.
Legal Complaints
CREW files comments with the FEC regarding internet communication disclaimers
The FEC should consider updating its regulations requiring disclaimers on political communications on the internet.
Lawsuits
CREW sues FEC for dismissing Sherry Huff case
CREW filed a lawsuit against the FEC for dismissing an administrative complaint against Sherry L. Huff, Carey Vaughn Brown, the Republican Union PAC.
Legal Complaints
CREW files comments with the FEC regarding TransCanada
CREW submitted comments today with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) in response to the Proposal to Rescind Advisory Opinion 2006-15 (TransCanada) (Agenda Doc. No. 16-32-A), urging the Commission to take strong action and modernize its rules to respond to the increased risk of foreign influence.
Legal Complaints
CREW files criminal, IRS complaints against 10 dark money groups
CREW filed IRS complaints against 10 “social welfare” groups today for violating their non-profit status by acting as political organizations or for significantly underreporting their political activity.
Lawsuits
CREW v. FEC – Murray Energy
CREW sued the FEC for failing to enforce its own regulations by refusing to investigate a 2012 CREW complaint against Murray Energy.
Legal Complaints
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
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
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
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.
Lawsuits
CREW vs. FEC – Crossroads GPS
CREW filed a lawsuit against the Federal Election Commission for improperly dismissing CREW's 2012 FEC complaint against Crossroads GPS.
Legal Complaints
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.