CREW
@citizensforethics.org
CREW (Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington) uses high-impact legal actions to target government officials who sacrifice the common good to special interests. citizensforethics.org
For example, OMB apportioned over $27M to the State Department’s inspector general for the third quarter of the fiscal year but that apportionment depended on a separate spending plan that was not disclosed:
September 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
For example, OMB apportioned over $27M to the State Department’s inspector general for the third quarter of the fiscal year but that apportionment depended on a separate spending plan that was not disclosed:
When Donald Trump took office eight months ago, the Department of Justice had 36 experienced attorneys assigned full-time to investigate corrupt politicians and police officers.
Today it has two.
www.notus.org/courts/doj-p...
Today it has two.
www.notus.org/courts/doj-p...
September 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
When Donald Trump took office eight months ago, the Department of Justice had 36 experienced attorneys assigned full-time to investigate corrupt politicians and police officers.
Today it has two.
www.notus.org/courts/doj-p...
Today it has two.
www.notus.org/courts/doj-p...
"To grant the Executive a stay pending appeal in this separation of powers standoff would effectively cut the Congress’s purse strings.”
We’ll keep fighting for transparency, accountability and our democracy for as long as it takes.
We’ll keep fighting for transparency, accountability and our democracy for as long as it takes.
August 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
"To grant the Executive a stay pending appeal in this separation of powers standoff would effectively cut the Congress’s purse strings.”
We’ll keep fighting for transparency, accountability and our democracy for as long as it takes.
We’ll keep fighting for transparency, accountability and our democracy for as long as it takes.
Here’s what they said:
"Appellees, for their part, have shown harm if a stay is entered. They will be deprived of information that the Founding generation—from Franklin to Jefferson to Madison to Mason—all thought vital to our Republic."
"Appellees, for their part, have shown harm if a stay is entered. They will be deprived of information that the Founding generation—from Franklin to Jefferson to Madison to Mason—all thought vital to our Republic."
August 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Here’s what they said:
"Appellees, for their part, have shown harm if a stay is entered. They will be deprived of information that the Founding generation—from Franklin to Jefferson to Madison to Mason—all thought vital to our Republic."
"Appellees, for their part, have shown harm if a stay is entered. They will be deprived of information that the Founding generation—from Franklin to Jefferson to Madison to Mason—all thought vital to our Republic."
"Three principles emerge from the Ratification history. First is the centrality of public disclosure regarding appropriations. Second is the Congress’s broad discretion to regulate those disclosures. Third is the danger of Executive overreach absent public scrutiny."
August 12, 2025 at 2:31 PM
"Three principles emerge from the Ratification history. First is the centrality of public disclosure regarding appropriations. Second is the Congress’s broad discretion to regulate those disclosures. Third is the danger of Executive overreach absent public scrutiny."
The judge placed our lawsuit in that context:
"In the run up to the Revolution, colonists justified their opposition to the Stamp Act, Townshend Duties and Tea Act by pressing that only a body representative of the people could legitimately control the people’s money"
"In the run up to the Revolution, colonists justified their opposition to the Stamp Act, Townshend Duties and Tea Act by pressing that only a body representative of the people could legitimately control the people’s money"
August 12, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The judge placed our lawsuit in that context:
"In the run up to the Revolution, colonists justified their opposition to the Stamp Act, Townshend Duties and Tea Act by pressing that only a body representative of the people could legitimately control the people’s money"
"In the run up to the Revolution, colonists justified their opposition to the Stamp Act, Townshend Duties and Tea Act by pressing that only a body representative of the people could legitimately control the people’s money"
“Benjamin Franklin’s view, shared by many Framers, that it is of central ‘importance that the people should know who had disposed of their money, & how it had been disposed of’ as ‘those who feel, can best judge’” www.citizensforethics.org/wp-content/u...
August 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
“Benjamin Franklin’s view, shared by many Framers, that it is of central ‘importance that the people should know who had disposed of their money, & how it had been disposed of’ as ‘those who feel, can best judge’” www.citizensforethics.org/wp-content/u...
Trump frequently uses the presidency to promote his businesses. He has mentioned his properties 57 times so far this term.
That’s a 78% increase from the first six months of his first term!
And other White House officials are following his lead.
That’s a 78% increase from the first six months of his first term!
And other White House officials are following his lead.
July 22, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Trump frequently uses the presidency to promote his businesses. He has mentioned his properties 57 times so far this term.
That’s a 78% increase from the first six months of his first term!
And other White House officials are following his lead.
That’s a 78% increase from the first six months of his first term!
And other White House officials are following his lead.
In just six months, Trump properties have hosted 49 events thrown by special interest groups, political committees and foreign governments.
That’s 16 more than this time in his first term.
That’s 16 more than this time in his first term.
July 22, 2025 at 6:56 PM
In just six months, Trump properties have hosted 49 events thrown by special interest groups, political committees and foreign governments.
That’s 16 more than this time in his first term.
That’s 16 more than this time in his first term.
Foreign government officials from ten countries have made 19 visits to Trump properties this term.
These visits aren’t for leisure…they’re an attempt to curry favor with the president and gain access to his inner circle.
These visits aren’t for leisure…they’re an attempt to curry favor with the president and gain access to his inner circle.
July 22, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Foreign government officials from ten countries have made 19 visits to Trump properties this term.
These visits aren’t for leisure…they’re an attempt to curry favor with the president and gain access to his inner circle.
These visits aren’t for leisure…they’re an attempt to curry favor with the president and gain access to his inner circle.
So far this term, Trump has made 99 visits to his properties, including 62 visits to his golf courses—a 37% increase from last term.
That’s basically a visit to his businesses every other day.
That’s basically a visit to his businesses every other day.
July 22, 2025 at 6:56 PM
So far this term, Trump has made 99 visits to his properties, including 62 visits to his golf courses—a 37% increase from last term.
That’s basically a visit to his businesses every other day.
That’s basically a visit to his businesses every other day.
BREAKING: In our lawsuit with @publiccitizen.bsky.social the judge just ruled that the Office of Management and Budget must restore its website that shows how it is spending taxpayer dollars.
The judge had some strong words for OMB about the illegal removal of the site:
The judge had some strong words for OMB about the illegal removal of the site:
July 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
BREAKING: In our lawsuit with @publiccitizen.bsky.social the judge just ruled that the Office of Management and Budget must restore its website that shows how it is spending taxpayer dollars.
The judge had some strong words for OMB about the illegal removal of the site:
The judge had some strong words for OMB about the illegal removal of the site:
With Colton's conviction, that makes FOUR pardoned January 6th insurrectionists who have faced charges for solicitation of a minor or child sex abuse of some kind.
July 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
With Colton's conviction, that makes FOUR pardoned January 6th insurrectionists who have faced charges for solicitation of a minor or child sex abuse of some kind.
The value of the coin had normalized, until the price surged on April 23 when Trump announced a dinner at his club for the top 220 owners of $TRUMP and a private reception with Trump at the White House based on their average holdings between April 23 and May 12.
May 22, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The value of the coin had normalized, until the price surged on April 23 when Trump announced a dinner at his club for the top 220 owners of $TRUMP and a private reception with Trump at the White House based on their average holdings between April 23 and May 12.
Tomorrow, @jeff-merkley.bsky.social will join @noahbookbinder.bsky.social on Instagram live at 2:45pm ET to discuss how Trump’s memecoin dinner is blatantly selling access to the presidency and what Congress can do about it.
Follow us on IG so you don't miss it: www.instagram.com/citizensfore...
Follow us on IG so you don't miss it: www.instagram.com/citizensfore...
May 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Tomorrow, @jeff-merkley.bsky.social will join @noahbookbinder.bsky.social on Instagram live at 2:45pm ET to discuss how Trump’s memecoin dinner is blatantly selling access to the presidency and what Congress can do about it.
Follow us on IG so you don't miss it: www.instagram.com/citizensfore...
Follow us on IG so you don't miss it: www.instagram.com/citizensfore...
If America's Founders wanted the president to be able to accept a $400 million gift from a foreign country, they probably wouldn't have put this in the Constitution:
![The Foreign Emoluments Clause (art. I, § 9, cl. 8):
“[N]o Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under
[the United States], shall, without the Consent of the
Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or
Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or
foreign State.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ds7jumejrr2e2ksfjmjxsz75/bafkreif5dc3gesujod6etammrxalmwsjg73upmblytifrqbdqa3uxywuie@jpeg)
May 13, 2025 at 9:26 PM
If America's Founders wanted the president to be able to accept a $400 million gift from a foreign country, they probably wouldn't have put this in the Constitution:
NEW: We're suing to challenge the White House's illegal takedown of a gov't spending database.
In a filing in the case, OMB argued that it's *unconstitutional* for Congress to require the executive branch to disclose how it's spending taxpayer funds. www.citizensforethics.org/wp-content/u...
In a filing in the case, OMB argued that it's *unconstitutional* for Congress to require the executive branch to disclose how it's spending taxpayer funds. www.citizensforethics.org/wp-content/u...
May 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
NEW: We're suing to challenge the White House's illegal takedown of a gov't spending database.
In a filing in the case, OMB argued that it's *unconstitutional* for Congress to require the executive branch to disclose how it's spending taxpayer funds. www.citizensforethics.org/wp-content/u...
In a filing in the case, OMB argued that it's *unconstitutional* for Congress to require the executive branch to disclose how it's spending taxpayer funds. www.citizensforethics.org/wp-content/u...
NEW: Senator Durbin called on AG Pam Bondi to recuse from policy decisions related to immigration detention, enforcement and contracting that could benefit GEO Group given her past lobbying for the company.
That should be a no-brainer. www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
That should be a no-brainer. www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
May 2, 2025 at 4:45 PM
NEW: Senator Durbin called on AG Pam Bondi to recuse from policy decisions related to immigration detention, enforcement and contracting that could benefit GEO Group given her past lobbying for the company.
That should be a no-brainer. www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
That should be a no-brainer. www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
The price of Trump's memecoin soared after he promised to host its top investors at the White House.
Trump is blatantly selling access to the presidency. That's appalling.
Trump is blatantly selling access to the presidency. That's appalling.
April 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The price of Trump's memecoin soared after he promised to host its top investors at the White House.
Trump is blatantly selling access to the presidency. That's appalling.
Trump is blatantly selling access to the presidency. That's appalling.
NEW: In our DOGE records lawsuit, the court granted us discovery, including sworn answers to written questions, documents and depositions of DOGE and Amy Gleason.
Read the order: www.citizensforethics.org/wp-content/u...
Read the order: www.citizensforethics.org/wp-content/u...
April 16, 2025 at 4:23 PM
NEW: In our DOGE records lawsuit, the court granted us discovery, including sworn answers to written questions, documents and depositions of DOGE and Amy Gleason.
Read the order: www.citizensforethics.org/wp-content/u...
Read the order: www.citizensforethics.org/wp-content/u...
Congress and the Supreme Court have abdicated their responsibility as a check on the executive.
So it’s up to us to defend our democracy.
So it’s up to us to defend our democracy.
April 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Congress and the Supreme Court have abdicated their responsibility as a check on the executive.
So it’s up to us to defend our democracy.
So it’s up to us to defend our democracy.
President Trump said he didn't know Trevor Milton after he pardoned him.
But what we do know is this: Milton and his wife donated more than $1.8 million to the Trump 47 committee shortly before the election.
But what we do know is this: Milton and his wife donated more than $1.8 million to the Trump 47 committee shortly before the election.
April 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
President Trump said he didn't know Trevor Milton after he pardoned him.
But what we do know is this: Milton and his wife donated more than $1.8 million to the Trump 47 committee shortly before the election.
But what we do know is this: Milton and his wife donated more than $1.8 million to the Trump 47 committee shortly before the election.
Not enough people understand that Donald Trump's net worth is now made up largely of new crypto and technology companies that pose even more serious corruption risks than his properties did during his first term. fortune.com/2025/03/25/t...
March 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Not enough people understand that Donald Trump's net worth is now made up largely of new crypto and technology companies that pose even more serious corruption risks than his properties did during his first term. fortune.com/2025/03/25/t...
NEW: Last night, Judge Cooper dismissed the government's effort to toss out our win in our FOIA case demanding transparency from DOGE.
We applaud the decision and look forward to making the records public as quickly as possible.
We applaud the decision and look forward to making the records public as quickly as possible.
March 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
NEW: Last night, Judge Cooper dismissed the government's effort to toss out our win in our FOIA case demanding transparency from DOGE.
We applaud the decision and look forward to making the records public as quickly as possible.
We applaud the decision and look forward to making the records public as quickly as possible.
Let's be very clear. The Constitution says that presidents are limited to being elected twice. Anyone who says otherwise needs to read the 22nd Amendment.
February 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Let's be very clear. The Constitution says that presidents are limited to being elected twice. Anyone who says otherwise needs to read the 22nd Amendment.