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Investigations

Corporate Accountability

Report suggests energy interests sought to secretly support EPA Administrator’s campaign

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin’s former campaign for governor was backed by two super PACs that spent millions supporting him. A recently released report suggests that donors tied to industries he now oversees in his EPA role may have sought to gain influence with him by secretly supporting the super PACs.

Reports

Democracy

How President Trump is dismantling our democracy, one piece at a time

CREW is tracking anti-democratic ethics, transparency and accountability actions that Trump has taken in his second term.

FOIA Requests

Transparency

CREW requests records on DHS recruitment spending on Truth Social

CREW filed FOIA requests with ICE to learn more about its ICE recruitment advertising on social media, including Truth Social.

Investigations

Transparency

Secret Service has spent nearly $100k at Trump properties

Continuing a troubling trend from President Trump’s first administration, the Secret Service spent nearly $100,000 in taxpayer money at Trump properties in the first months of his second term, according to records obtained by CREW through a Freedom of Information Act request.

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.

Investigations

Transparency

OMB’s latest effort to conceal spending data

OMB should not be doling out funds behind closed doors and must make public the contents of legally binding spend plans that apportion fund. Full transparency is critical for effective oversight.

Report suggests energy interests sought to secretly support EPA Administrator’s campaign

How President Trump is dismantling our democracy, one piece at a time

CREW requests records on DHS recruitment spending on Truth Social

Secret Service has spent nearly $100k at Trump properties

CREW requests records on plans for G20 summit at Trump Doral

OMB’s latest effort to conceal spending data

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