We challenge ethics abuses and abuses of office in the executive branch and Congress. We file complaints, request investigations, develop and advocate legislation and make public cases to hold public officials accountable for improper actions.
- We filed complaints at the Justice Department against former Attorney General Jeff Sessions calling for his recusal from the Russia investigation. The complaints helped lead to his recusal and to the appointment of Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
- We filed five complaints at the Justice Department against Attorney General Barr for his repeated biased actions to support President Trump. The complaints also challenged Barr’s repeated violations of Justice Department norms, standards and rules designed to carry out the Department’s mission of providing impartial justice for all Americans.
- We filed a complaint against Rep. Devin Nunes, then chairman of the House Intelligence Committee for violating House ethics rules.
- We advocated legislation to strengthen the ethics laws for the executive branch and Congress and to strengthen the enforcement of ethics and campaign finance laws.
#ProtectMueller Rally Remarks from November 8, 2018
|Press Releases |Ethics & Accountabilityby Diane#ProtectMueller
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Ethics & Accountabilityby DianeWith Sessions Out, What Happens to Mueller? – NYT op-ed by Wertheimer and Eisen
|Op Eds |Ethics & Accountabilityby DianeNew Acting Attorney General Whitaker is Conflicted & Must Not Oversee Mueller Investigation
|Press Releases |Ethics & Accountability Executive Branchby DianeWertheimer Statement: Founding Fathers vs. Donald Trump
|Press Releases |Ethics & Accountability Executive Branchby DianeThe Watchword on Polls is “Buyer Beware”
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Ethics & Accountabilityby DianeDangerous Likely DOJ Changes Threaten Mueller’s Investigation
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Ethics & Accountability Executive Branchby DianeMajor Scandals Lead To Major Reforms
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Democracy Reforms Ethics & Accountabilityby DianeMcConnell Damages The Supreme Court
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Ethics & Accountabilityby DianeNational Organizations and Concerned Citizens Urge Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Not to Resign and to Stay in Office to Protect Mueller Investigation
|Press Releases |Ethics & Accountability Executive Branchby DianeDeputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Should Not Resign, Mueller Investigation Must be Protected
|Press Releases |Ethics & Accountability Executive Branchby DianeNew York Times Article Provides No Grounds for Trump to Remove Rosenstein and Take Control of the Mueller Investigation
|Press Releases |Ethics & Accountability Executive Branchby DianeMcConnell’s SCOTUS Manipulations
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Ethics & Accountabilityby DianeSessions’ Recusal and Rosenstein’s Appointment of a Special Counsel—Both Were Legally Required (Just Security op-ed)
|Op Eds |Ethics & Accountability Executive Branchby DianeA Possible Turning Point in the Trump Presidency
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Ethics & Accountability Executive Branchby Diane