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.
Democracy 21 Urges DOJ Inspector General to Investigate and Take Action Against AG Sessions for Violating DOJ Recusal Regulation
|Press Releases |Enforcement Ethics & Accountability Executive Branchby DianeFred Wertheimer Statement on AG Jeff Sessions
|Press Releases |Ethics & Accountability Executive Branchby DianeDemocracy 21 Files DOJ Complaint Against AG Sessions for Violating DOJ Recusal Regulation and AG’s Own Recusal
|Press Releases |Enforcement Ethics & Accountability Executive Branch Legal Activitiesby DianeGovt Accountability Groups Call on Deputy AG to Promptly Appoint an Independent Special Counsel to Handle Russia Investigation
|Press Releases |Ethics & Accountability Executive Branchby DianeWertheimer statement: Trump’s Wrongful Firing of FBI Director Requires Outside Counsel
|Press Releases |Ethics & Accountability Executive Branchby DianeDemocracy 21 Urges OGE to Act to Ensure that Kushner’s Conflicts of Interest Problems Regarding China Are Eliminated
|Press Releases |Enforcement Ethics & Accountability Executive Branchby DianeDemocracy 21 Calls on Kushner to Disclose Foreign Lenders and Business Associates
|Press Releases |Ethics & Accountability Executive Branchby DianeCLC & Democracy 21 File FEC Complaint Against Trump Inaugural Committee
|Press Releases |Enforcement Ethics & Accountability FECby DianeFred Wertheimer & Norman Eisen op-ed for CNN on Carl Icahn
|Op Eds |Ethics & Accountability Executive Branchby DianePresident Trump Gets an F for Performance on Government Integrity, Transparency and Accountability in First 100 Days
|Press Releases |Ethics & Accountability Executive Branchby DianeDemocracy 21 Says Ethics Rules Require Kushner to Recuse Himself from All China Matters
|Press Releases |Ethics & Accountability Executive Branchby DianeEthics Watchdogs Call on House Ethics Committee to Conduct Thorough & Transparent Investigation into Whether Nunes Violated House Ethics Rules
|Press Releases |Congress Ethics & Accountabilityby DianeNunes Steps Down from Leading Russia Investigation After Democracy 21 & CREW Requested an OCE Inquiry
|Press Releases |Congress Ethics & Accountabilityby DianeEthics Watchdogs Supplement Request to OCE for Inquiry into Whether Nunes Violated House Ethics Rules
|Press Releases |Congress Enforcement Ethics & Accountabilityby DianeDemocracy 21 Commends Ivanka Trump for Changing Position, Agreeing to Become White House Employee
|Press Releases |Ethics & Accountability Executive Branchby Diane