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.
Trump, Meadows and Jordan Collude to Obstruct Special Counsel Investigation Involving Trump
|Press Releases |Congress Ethics & Accountability Executive Branchby DianeRosenstein impeachment articles are gross abuse meant to sabotage Mueller Russia probe – USA Today op-ed by Fred Wertheimer & Norman Eisen
|Op Eds |Congress Ethics & Accountabilityby DianeMulvaney’s “Pay To Play” Admission Exposes Washington’s Seedy Underbelly
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Ethics & Accountability Executive Branchby DianeSenate Judiciary Committee Ignores Majority Leader McConnell, Reports Bill to Protect Special Counsel Mueller
|Press Releases |Congress Ethics & Accountabilityby DianeGOP Reps Meadows, Jordan & Nunes Have Discredited The House With Their Improper Conduct
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Congress Ethics & Accountabilityby DianeWatchdog Groups Call for Prompt Passage of Legislation to Protect Mueller, Warn that Firing Rosenstein Crosses a Red Line
|Press Releases |Congress Ethics & Accountabilityby DianeFiring Deputy AG Rosenstein Constitutes The Crossing Of A Red Line
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Ethics & Accountability Executive Branchby Diane27 Reform Groups and Experts Urge Congress to Act Promptly to Pass the Bipartisan Honest Ads Act
|Press Releases |Congress Ethics & Accountability Money In Politicsby DianeFiring Rosenstein would cross a red line for the rule of law – CNN Opinion by Fred Wertheimer and Norm Eisen
|Op Eds |Ethics & Accountability Executive Branchby DianeD21 President Fred Wertheimer Statement on Facebook: CEO Zuckerberg & Facebook will bear responsibility if foreign election intervention using Facebook happens again
|Press Releases |Ethics & Accountabilityby DianeMueller’s Case Against Trump & The Current Direction Of The Russia Investigation
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Ethics & Accountability Executive Branchby DianeD21/CREW Complaint Raises Serious Questions About Violations By Bolton Super PAC & Trump Campaign Committee
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Enforcement Ethics & Accountability Executive Branch Legal Activitiesby DianeDemocracy 21 and CREW file Justice Department complaint requesting investigation into whether Bolton Super PAC and Trump campaign violated criminal law
|Press Releases |Enforcement Ethics & Accountability Executive Branch Legal Activitiesby DianeWill new Facebook scandal finally force tech CEOs to testify on ‘information warfare’? – USA Today op-ed by Fred Wertheimer, Roger McNamee, and Norm Eisen
|Op Eds |Ethics & Accountability Money In Politicsby DianeWhy Would Anyone Trust Trump Or Treat Anything He Says As Credible?
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Ethics & Accountability Executive Branchby Diane