The Latest Breaking News from Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics

FCC under fire over Paramount gifts

Commissioners accepted the gifts while the FCC reviewed the company's megamergers

Salon · Aug 4

Trump made more than $2.2bn last year. Experts say this extraordinary haul is only part of the story

But the outcry is dampened as ‘people have just become numb’ to the grifting during president’s second term

The Guardian - US · Jul 1

Is the Presidential Records Act Unconstitutional? DOJ Office Memo Overturned

The federal judge's latest order to senior White House staff has directly challenged a Justice Department opinion that branded the statute unconstitutional.

International Business Times UK · May 21

Colorado Supreme Court rules Trump is ineligible for the presidency

A landmark decision argues the former president should be disqualified for his role in the January 6 attack

The Independent UK · Dec 19, 2023

Kari Lake files suit to reverse loss

"This isn't how democracy works," said Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

Salon · Dec 10, 2022

Trump plasters presidential seal across golf club during Saudi-backed LIV tournament despite complaints

Earlier this month, watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington called on the Department of Justice (DOJ) to criminally investigate Mr Trump’s Bedminster golf club over its use of the seal

The Independent UK · Jul 29, 2022

And One More on Expert Witnesses in Libel Lawsuits

Yet again, from Judge Paul Byron (M.D. Fla.) in Grayson v. No Labels, Inc., decided last week, this one rejecting an expert proposed by the defense (for two other opinions in the same case, about experts proposed by the plaintiff, see this post and this post): Plaintiff Alan Grayson contends…

Reason · May 9, 2022

Rep. Marie Newman keeps on political payroll man who is key witness in House ethics panel probe

Two ethics watchdog groups — FACT, the conservative Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust — and the left-leaning CREW, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington — agree the payments raise ethics questions.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 11, 2022