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The Trump administration was notorious for its record keeping failures. We need to know if there are more records that will be destroyed.https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/foia-requests/nara-records-disposal-plans/ …

Steve Mnuchin and former ambassador Daniel Friedman’s reported foreign business deals coming so soon after leaving office leaves us with a lot of questions about how their connections formed while in the administration influenced their investment plans.https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-investigations/mnuchin-business-dealings-reveal-gap-in-conflict-of-interest-laws/ …

You bet we’re investigating this then-DEA official who participated in the January 6th insurrection.https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/foia-requests/dea-mark-ibrahim-capitol-insurrection/ …

There hasn’t been accountability for the insurrection yet. Things cannot go back to how they were before without accountability.https://apnews.com/article/riots-c6364f28b7f483b3db3643a6081f8115 …

We’ve won our lawsuit against the USPS. Next, Louis DeJoy needs to be fired.https://www.citizensforethics.org/news/press-releases/judge-usps-must-turn-over-dejoy-conflicts-docs/ …

The NRA has failed to root out rampant internal corruption, even after a bankruptcy case designed to avoid that obligation was thrown out, New York AG Letitia James said in a court filing seeking to dissolve the gun rights group.https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/nras-unabated-corruption-justifies-shutting-it-down-new-york-says-2021-08-17/ …

This is HUGE: After the USPS failed to turn over documents relating to Louis DeJoy’s potential conflicts of interest, we sued the agency. Last night, a federal judge ordered USPS to give us the documents.https://www.citizensforethics.org/news/press-releases/judge-usps-must-turn-over-dejoy-conflicts-docs/ …

A criminal conflict of interest law allows government officials to cozy up to foreign govt officials and business while in office in order to take advantage of those relationships after leaving the government. Sounds like a pretty big loophole to us.https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-investigations/mnuchin-business-dealings-reveal-gap-in-conflict-of-interest-laws/ …

Florida governor Ron DeSantis has been promoting a monoclonal antibody treatment sold by Regeneron. A company headed by one of DeSantis’ top donors has invested millions of dollars in that treatment. You bet we have questions.https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-health-coronavirus-pandemic-4d0d18b24e0dd41de2424e19b3ed994f …

Lindsey Graham still needs to be held accountable for his attempts to overturn the election.https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/14/us/politics/lindsey-graham-donald-trump.html …

Protecting voting rights and access is more important than protecting a racist and outdated Senate filibuster.https://actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-the-petition-to-the-us-senate-eliminate-the-filibuster-in-order-to-protect-our-freedom-to-vote?source=2021FilibusterS1_CREW&referrer=group-citizens-for-responsibility-and-ethics-in-washington&redirect=https%3A%2F%2Factionnetwork.org%2Ffundraising%2Fthank-you-for-contacting-congress-now-will-you-take-the-next-step%3Fsource%3Dfilja_ty%26amount%3D25 …

Federal officials are pressing Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., for answers on the apparent personal use of campaign funds. Good.https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/18/lauren-boebert-questioned-over-personal-use-of-campaign-funds.html …

Government officials who try to subvert our republic and undermine democratic rule must be held accountable to the full extent of the criminal law. We’re looking at you, Donald Trump and Mark Meadows.https://www.citizensforethics.org/legal-action/legal-complaints/crew-files-criminal-complaint-against-trump-and-meadows/ …

Ted Cruz’s campaign may have boosted his book sales, dropping $153,000 at retailer Books-a-Million in the three months after his newest publication hit the shelves, records with the FEC show.https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacheverson/2021/08/16/ted-cruz-made-320000-as-an-author-last-year-his-campaign-bought-153000-worth-of-books/?sh=3268b57d2e15 …