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Legal Actions
Legal Complaints
Interior IG should investigate contracts awarded to Trump admin associates
The Trump admin may have run afoul of federal contracting and ethics laws when it awarded contracts for renovations of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and maintenance on Lafayette Park fountains to Trump associates. Interior IG should investigate the circumstances under which these contracts were approved.
Letters
CREW, 17 groups urge congressional leadership to prevent implementation of Trump’s IRS settlement
Congress must immediately legislate to fully bar implementation of Trump’s IRS settlement, given contradicting messaging about the slush fund.
Legal Complaints
Defense IG should investigate $620 million loan to company linked to Donald Trump Jr.
White House and Department of Defense officials may have exerted preferential treatment in the awarding of a $620 million loan to Vulcan Elements, a rare earth company with links to Donald Trump Jr. CREW submitted a complaint to the White House Counsel’s Office and DoD Office of Inspector General urging them to investigate these allegations.