CREW Actions
Lawsuits
CREW V. CHENEY ET AL
8 Sep 2008 // Today CREW, along with two eminent historians and three organizations of historians and archivists filed a complaint against Vice President Cheney, the Office of the Vice President, the archivist and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), challenging their exclusion of a vast majority of Vice President Cheney's papers from the Presidential Records Act (PRA) and the obligation to More»
FEC Complaints
CREW FILES FEC COMPLAINT AGAINST FEDERAL CANDIDATES FOR VIOLATING FEC RULES BY PURCHASING CLOTHING WITH CAMPAIGN FUNDS
2 Dec 2008 // Washington, D.C. - Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a Federal Election Commission (FEC) complaint against candidates for the House of Representatives and the presidency, for improperly spending campaign funds in violation of the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA).
Recent FEC Complaints:
- FEC FINES MARTINEZ SENATE CAMPAIGN $99K FOR 2004 CAMPAIGN FINANCE VIOLATIONS – FAILS TO ACKNOWLEDGE CREW’S MAY 2007 COMPLAINT
- CREW FILES FEC COMPLAINT AGAINST GOV. PALIN AND RNC FOR VIOLATING CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAW BY PURCHASING $150,000 WARDROBE
- CREW FILES FEC COMPLAINT AGAINST REP. VERN BUCHANAN
- More FEC Complaints »
IRS Complaints
CREW FILES SECOND COMPLAINT AGAINST LIVING WORD CHRISTIAN CENTER
8 Feb 2007 // Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a complaint with the Internal Revenue Service against the Living Word Christian Center (LWCC), in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. This is the second complaint CREW has filed against the LWCC.
Requests For Investigation
CREW FILES DOJ COMPLAINT AGAINST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND TOM DONOHUE FOR CRIMINAL FEC VIOLATIONS
16 Dec 2008 // Washington, D.C. – Earlier today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) asked the Department of Justice to initiate an investigation into whether the Chamber of Commerce (the Chamber) and its president, Tom Donohue, made illegal corporate contributions to the November Fund in violation of campaign finance law.
Recent Requests For Investigation:
- CREW ASKS DEPT. OF JUSTICE TO INVESTIGATE CONTRIBUTION-FOR-MEETING SCHEMES WITH TOP REPUBLICAN DONOR
- CREW FILES BAR COMPLAINTS AGAINST FORMER JUSTICE DEPT. OFFICIALS ELSTON AND McDONALD
- CREW SENDS LETTER TO DHS SECRETARY ASKING FOR INVESTIGATION INTO ICE EFFORTS TO RELEASE KIDNAP VICTIM AT BEHEST OF REP. REYES
- More Requests For Investigation »
Congressional Ethics
CREW CALLS FOR ETHICS INVESTIGATION INTO NEW ALLEGATIONS OF WRONGDOING BY REP. RANGEL
25 Nov 2008 // Washington, D.C. - Today, two new reports indicate that Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) has engaged in further conduct meriting the attention of the House Ethics Committee. The New York Times has reported Rep. Rangel was instrumental in preserving a tax loophole benefitting Nabors Industries at the same time he was soliciting the company’s chief executive for a donation to the Rangel School. More»
FOIA Requests
CREW FILES FOIA REQUEST FOR FIELDING MEMO
2 Dec 2008 // Today, CREW sent a FOIA request to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) seeking a memorandum issued by White House Counsel Fred Fielding concerning implementation of the Presidential Records Act. The existence of the memo came to light in CREW, et al. v. More»
Amicus Briefs
CREW FILES AMICUS BRIEF IN REP. RENZI APPEAL
5 Nov 2008 // Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed an amicus brief before the Arizona District Court in United States v. Renzi in support on the United States.
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