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.
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|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Congress Ethics & Accountabilityby DianeThe Problem With Jared Kushner In The White House – CNN Opinion by Fred Wertheimer, Norman Eisen & Virginia Canter
|Op Eds |Ethics & Accountability Executive Branchby DianeWhat Facebook, Google, and Twitter Owe America — Politico op ed by Fred Wertheimer and Norman Eisen
|Op Eds |Ethics & Accountability Money In Politicsby DianeIt Is Time For Jared Kushner To Go
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Ethics & Accountability Executive Branchby DianeChairman Nunes, answer the question – Fred Wertheimer op ed for The Hill
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|Op Eds |Congress Ethics & Accountability Executive Branchby DianeMueller Indictment Opens The Door To A Government Response On Russian Election Meddling
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Ethics & Accountability Executive Branchby DianeIt’s A Disgrace That Trump & GOP Congress Have Not Acted To Prevent Future Russian Election Meddling
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Ethics & Accountability Executive Branchby DianeD21 and Other Groups Call Out Speaker Ryan for His Failure to Take Any Action Against Foreign Intervention in Future Elections
|Press Releases |Congress Ethics & Accountabilityby DianeSpeaker Ryan’s Failure To Help Protect Our Elections Is Indefensible And Inexcusable
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|Press Releases |Congress Ethics & Accountabilityby DianeTrump’s Art Of The Lie And Historic First Year Failures
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Ethics & Accountability Executive Branchby DianeFor Donald Trump, A Historic First Year For All the Wrong Reasons — Fred Wertheimer & Karen Hobert Flynn op ed for The Daily Beast
|Op Eds |Ethics & Accountability Executive Branchby DianeWatchdogs Challenge Irresponsible Nunes Memo that Trump Reportedly May Use to Get Rid of Deputy AG Rosenstein
|Press Releases |Congress Ethics & Accountabilityby Diane