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

Investigations

Transparency

12 federal agencies still do not have permanent inspectors general

IGs provide crucial information to the public, from the true number of families separated at the border, to GSA's consideration of the president's hotel lease.

Investigations

Corruption

Trump’s Tenant Conflicts

Though Trump has a history of being vocal about business partners who cut ties altogether, it is more complicated when his adversaries are still paying rent.

Investigations

Corruption

Matt Schlapp didn’t lobby the Trump White House until his wife worked there

Though Schlapp has been registered to lobby for Cove Strategies since 2009, it was only recently that he was listed on Cove lobbying reports involving White House contacts.

Investigations

Corruption

White House issues new, undated ethics waivers

Three officials in the White House Counsel’s Office have received previously undisclosed ethics waivers to work on matters involving former clients.

FOIA Requests

Transparency

CREW Requests DHS Immigration Numbers Cited By Trump

The matter is of great public interest given Trump’s use of these kinds of statistics to justify the need for a wall on our Southern border.

FOIA Requests

Transparency

CREW requests records on Old Post Office Tower shutdown funding

Why was the Federal Buildings Fund used to open the Old Post Office tower, while national parks were operating in unsafe conditions during the shutdown?

12 federal agencies still do not have permanent inspectors general

Trump’s Tenant Conflicts

Matt Schlapp didn’t lobby the Trump White House until his wife worked there

White House issues new, undated ethics waivers

CREW Requests DHS Immigration Numbers Cited By Trump

CREW requests records on Old Post Office Tower shutdown funding

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