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

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.

Investigations

Corruption

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.

Investigations

Transparency

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

Corruption

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.

Investigations

Money In Politics

Controversial pro-Greitens nonprofit raised $6 million from secret donors in first year

A New Missouri formed a month after Greitens’ inauguration to promote his gubernatorial agenda in coordination with his state office and campaign committee.

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

CREW forces EPA to change its recordkeeping policies

The Trump shutdown is an ethics problem too

GSA avoided releasing FBI headquarters documents. The court ordered GSA to search again.

Vice President Pence is visiting Trump properties more, and the president is profiting

Controversial pro-Greitens nonprofit raised $6 million from secret donors in first year

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