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Transparency

What is the FOIA? Does it ensure government transparency?

At a time when members of now-President Trump’s 2016 campaign are under investigation for collusion with Russia, and the administration is steadily reducing the amount of publicly available information.

Investigations

Transparency

Mar-a-Lago visitor logs

CREW has received Trump's Mar-a-Lago visitor logs after suing the Department of Homeland Security for their release. Download the visitor logs here.

Investigations

Money In Politics

City council-level dark money group apparently broke political spending rules, misled IRS

In 2015, a dark money nonprofit gave $50,200 to a local political committee making independent expenditures in Tucson, Arizona’s city council election.

Investigations

Transparency

CREW Requests Documents on Carson Family Involvement at HUD

Secretary Carson’s family has been taking a “visible role in the department” even though they have no official role at HUD.

Investigations

Money In Politics

Synchronized Spending: The dark money phantom’s new illusion

This past April, during South Carolina’s special primary election, a super PAC called Hometown Freedom Action Network ran ads boosting Tommy Pope as a “proven law and order conservative.”

Investigations

Money In Politics

Following CREW Report, Dark Money Group Amends Taxes, Discovers Missing Million

Freedom Frontier, a politically active nonprofit, admitted raising more than $1 million in 2015 after initially telling the IRS it raised no more than $50,000 that year.

What is the FOIA? Does it ensure government transparency?

Mar-a-Lago visitor logs

City council-level dark money group apparently broke political spending rules, misled IRS

CREW Requests Documents on Carson Family Involvement at HUD

Synchronized Spending: The dark money phantom’s new illusion

Following CREW Report, Dark Money Group Amends Taxes, Discovers Missing Million

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