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.
Mueller’s Actions On Russia — Not Congress’s — Will Rule The Day
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Ethics & Accountability Executive Branchby DianeRep. Nunes is demeaning his office and failing the American people
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|Press Releases |Ethics & Accountability Executive Branchby DianeTrump’s bogus Clinton allegations assault the rule of law — CNN Opinion piece by Norman Eisen and Fred Wertheimer
|Op Eds |Ethics & Accountability Executive Branchby DianeDemocracy 21 files FEC rulemaking comments on foreign spending to influence federal elections and online ad disclosure
|Press Releases |Ethics & Accountability FEC Money In Politicsby DianeRe-release: Quotes from GOP Senators & Representatives In Opposition To Trump Firing Special Counsel & In Support Of Mueller
|Press Releases |Congress Ethics & Accountability Executive Branchby DianeGroups call on Facebook and Google to support Honest Ads Act and take all steps necessary to prevent future foreign election intervention on their platforms
|Press Releases |Congress Ethics & Accountability Money In Politicsby DianeTwenty-seven reform organizations and experts urge Senators to support bipartisan Honest Ads Act
|Press Releases |Congress Ethics & Accountability Money In Politicsby DianeDemocracy 21 endorses Honest Ads Act introduced today by Sens. Klobuchar, Warner, McCain to expose and limit foreign intervention in US Elections
|Press Releases |Congress Ethics & Accountability Money In Politicsby DianeBipartisan Experts Release Benchmarks for Judging Ongoing Congressional Investigations into Russian Interference in U.S. Elections
|Press Releases |Congress Ethics & Accountabilityby DianeDemocracy 21 joins with other Groups in letter to President’s Inaugural Committee seeking answers on Committee’s surplus funds
|Press Releases |Ethics & Accountability Executive Branchby DianeWertheimer Statement: VP Pence’s Chief of Staff Proposes Big Donors Engage in Equivalent of “Political Blackmail”
|Press Releases |Ethics & Accountability Executive Branch Money In Politicsby DianeGroups Urge Senators To Support Bipartisan Bills To Protect Special Counsel Mueller
|Press Releases |Congress Ethics & Accountability Executive Branchby DianeDemocracy 21 Calls On House Reps Leading Russia Investigation To Stop Rep. Nunes From Violating Commitment To Stay Out Of Investigation
|Press Releases |Congress Ethics & Accountabilityby DianeFred Wertheimer & Norman Eisen op-ed for CNN: Firing Mueller would be catastrophic
|Op Eds |Ethics & Accountability Executive Branchby Diane