Reports & Investigations - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

FOIA Requests

Transparency

CREW requests records on plans for G20 summit at Trump Doral

CREW filed FOIA requests with the State Department and Secret Service to learn how Trump National Doral was selected to host the 2026 G20 Summit.

FOIA Requests

Transparency

CREW requests records on Trump’s DC takeover

CREW filed expedited FOIA requests with 12 federal agencies in an attempt to establish the cost to taxpayers of President Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops and federal agents in DC and determine which units within the agencies were reassigned to prioritize the DC takeover, which local government has called unlawful and successfully challenged in court.

FOIA Requests

Corruption

CREW requests records on State Department spending at Trump-owned properties

CREW filed FOIA requests for all State Department expenditures at Trump-owned properties since January 2025.

FOIA Requests

Corruption

CREW requests DHS, DOJ and DOD records on high-ranking officials alleged to have intentionally defied court orders

The public should know if government officials defied court orders by greenlighting unlawful deportation flights to El Salvador.

FOIA Requests

Transparency

CREW requests HHS and CDC records on layoffs, vaccines and policy decisions

The sudden reorganization of the nation's leading public health agency HHS amidst the ongoing measles outbreak raises public health concerns.

FOIA Requests

Corruption

CREW requests Secret Service records regarding anonymous $TRUMP memecoin dinner

The public should know who attended Trump's dinner for top holders of the $TRUMP memecoin and any vets the Secret Service did of attendees.