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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?

Investigations

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.

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

CREW requests Mnuchin’s communications on Milken pardon

CREW files FOIA request for Shanahan waivers

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