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 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.
McConnell’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 DianeDevin Nunes Has Become Trump’s Self-Assigned Chief Defender — Serving The President, Not The Public – NBC Think
|Op Eds |Congress Ethics & Accountabilityby DianeThe Duplicity of Lindsey Graham
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Ethics & Accountabilityby DianeDemocracy 21 Challenges Sen. Graham on Abandoning his Pledge to the American People to Protect Mueller Investigation from Interference
|Press Releases |Congress Ethics & Accountabilityby DianeDon’t forget Donald Trump Jr. and his Trump Tower meeting. He broke the law, too. – USA Today op-ed by Fred Wertheimer
|Op Eds |Ethics & Accountability Executive Branchby DianeDemocracy 21 Files Complaint with Office of Congressional Ethics Against Rep. Duncan Hunter
|Press Releases |Congress Enforcement Ethics & Accountability Legal Activities Money In Politicsby DianeSpeaker Paul Ryan and the Contempt of Congress threat to Deputy AG Rosenstein – CNN opinion by Fred Wertheimer
|Op Eds |Congress Ethics & Accountabilityby DianePaul Ryan’s Impending Choices
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Congress Ethics & Accountabilityby DianePresident Trump’s August: The Manic, Panicked President
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Ethics & Accountabilityby DianeD21 files Justice Department complaint requesting investigation of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross
|Press Releases |Enforcement Ethics & Accountability Executive Branch Legal Activitiesby DianeMajor Reform Opportunities Follow Major Scandals in Washington
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Ethics & Accountability Executive Branchby DianeWatchdogs File Supplemental Information with Office of Congressional Ethics Re Complaint Filed Against Rep. Jim Jordan
|Press Releases |Congress Ethics & Accountability Legal Activitiesby DianeFederal Law Prohibits the “Solicitation” from a Foreign Source that Occurred with Regard to the June 9, 2016 Trump Tower Meeting
|Press Releases |Ethics & Accountability Executive Branch Money In Politicsby Diane