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Transparency

CREW requests Mnuchin’s communications on Milken pardon

Milken was denied pardons by Presidents Bush and Clinton and has been called an “ex-con, disgraced junk bond king, who is virtually synonymous with 1980s greed.”

FOIA Requests

Transparency

CREW files FOIA request for Shanahan waivers

The ethics agreement that Shanahan signed during his nomination included a promise to recuse from certain matters involving Boeing.

Investigations

Transparency

Presidential records must be preserved, from tweets to translator notes

The president confiscating a translator's notes ensured that current officials, future historians, and the public will never lay eyes on what he discussed with Putin.

Investigations

Corruption

Russia renewed Ivanka Trump’s trademarks shortly before the 2016 election

Ivanka Trump’s business received renewals for two Russian trademarks on October 5, 2016, just a month before her father was elected President of the United States.

Investigations

Transparency

CREW forces EPA to change its recordkeeping policies

A recent decision in CREW's suit against EPA confirms the need to create and keep records -- a win for accountability that should affect reforms far beyond EPA.

FOIA Requests

Transparency

CREW requests documents on Mnuchin’s flight with Milken

Secretary Mnuchin has encouraged the President to pardon Michael Milken. His advocacy on Milken’s behalf and then acceptance of a flight with him raises ethics questions.

CREW requests Mnuchin’s communications on Milken pardon

CREW files FOIA request for Shanahan waivers

Presidential records must be preserved, from tweets to translator notes

Russia renewed Ivanka Trump’s trademarks shortly before the 2016 election

CREW forces EPA to change its recordkeeping policies

CREW requests documents on Mnuchin’s flight with Milken

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