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

Investigations

Money In Politics

Missouri senate special election reveals continued influence of large donors

In November 2016, Missouri citizens voted to pass the Amendment 2 ballot measure which reimposed state campaign finance contribution limits that Missouri had abolished in 2008.

FOIA Requests

Transparency

CREW requests documents on illegal $1.7 million donation funneled to the GOP

CREW requests records on the originators of an illegal $1.7 million donation laundered through a chain of PACs.

FOIA Requests

Transparency

CREW requests Susan Pompeo communications with the CIA

Susan Pompeo "has taken an unusually active and prominent role at the CIA."

FOIA Requests

Transparency

CREW requests OBM nondisclosure agreement requirements

Trump pressed his senior staff to sign nondisclosure agreements. Doing so might constitute as a violation the First Amendment.

Investigations

Corruption

“Secretive, Costly and Frequent”: Of transparency and travel scandals

The tone from the top of an agency can undermine efforts by officials throughout the agency to prevent corruption.

Reports

Corruption

The travels of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin

Mnuchin took eight separate trips on military aircraft at a total cost of nearly $1 million.

Missouri senate special election reveals continued influence of large donors

CREW requests documents on illegal $1.7 million donation funneled to the GOP

CREW requests Susan Pompeo communications with the CIA

CREW requests OBM nondisclosure agreement requirements

“Secretive, Costly and Frequent”: Of transparency and travel scandals

The travels of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin

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