Investigations
The Trump shutdown is an ethics problem too
For an administration that has habitually ignored ethics and transparency rules, this shutdown provides an opportunity to further erode key norms.
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Reports
Presidential profiteering: Trump’s conflicts got worse in year two
The conflicts of interest the president has caused by failing to divest from his businesses are nothing short of an ethical catastrophe.
FOIA Requests
CREW requests documents on presidential emergency powers
President Trump threatened this week to use emergency powers to construct a wall along the southern border of the United States, raising legal concerns.
FOIA Requests
CREW requests information on Old Post Office Tower reopening during shutdown
The Old Post Office Tower in Trump Hotel is reopening during the government shutdown, which raises serious questions about conflicts of interest.
Investigations
GSA avoided releasing FBI headquarters documents. The court ordered GSA to search again.
GSA performed a myopic search that turned over only a handful of records out of tens of thousands on the FBI headquarters relocation project.
Investigations
Vice President Pence is visiting Trump properties more, and the president is profiting
After attending and hosting three events at Trump properties in 2017, Pence hosted three times as many in 2018, and the profits went to the president.