NEW: We filed a complaint over Stephen Miller's violation of the Hatch Act when he attacked a Senate candidate in his official capacity. Miller's disturbing comments are emblematic of the Trump administration’s core vices: corruption, bigotry and election interference.

This isn’t being talked about enough: The Trump Organization is apparently involved in developing the Trump presidential library—adding yet another avenue for influence-seeking and corruption. It’s far from the only concern.🧵

The Trump-appointed SEC chair approved Donald Trump Jr.’s company, GrabAGun, to go public shortly after attending another Trump Jr. business party. Now, the Trump admin is moving to change regulations and potentially allow nationwide handgun shipping.

BREAKING: We filed for a temporary restraining order to block the transfer of $1.8B from the Treasury Dept to Trump's slush fund. Trump can't unilaterally and secretly disburse these taxpayer funds. The court must stop this grift before it's too late. www.citizensforethics.org/news/press-r...

1. Deploying federal troops to polling places is illegal under US law. 2. Even the perception of enforcement activity near polling places can discourage eligible voters from participating. That's what the Trump admin wants. Elections must be protected.

President Trump’s personal attorneys and the DOJ *he* controls secretly negotiated a settlement, creating a $1.8 billion "weaponization" slush fund. This is blatantly illegal. So you bet CREW filed a lawsuit.

We haven't forgotten about Jared Kushner's failure to file a legally required financial disclosure. As "Special Envoy for Peace," doesn't the American public deserve to know how his business interests, especially those pertaining to the Middle East, could be affecting his role?

NEW: We just filed an amicus brief, alongside @campaignlegal.org, highlighting how donations to Trump's White House ballroom create a vehicle for pay-to-play access with little regard for the law or the American people. The court must halt construction of Trump's ballroom.

The president launched a Gold Card visa program allowing immigrants to pay $1 MILLION to the Commerce Department's gift account to receive expedited US residency. No, we're not making this up...

NEW: Big corporations are pouring millions of dollars into Freedom 250, the public-private partnership funding Trump's Fourth of July events. Many of those same companies have government contracts or business before the administration—raising serious ethics questions.

The man overseeing US airline safety apparently did not follow his own ethics agreement, raising concerns about whether personal financial interests is taking priority over ethics compliance at the FAA—and whether flight safety could be undermined.🧵

The Trump administration is abusing Americans’ personal info in ways that endanger our fundamental rights. The good news? CREW is filing lawsuits, public comments and amicus briefs every chance we get to fight back.

President Trump's $1.776 billion settlement with the IRS is one of the single most corrupt acts in American history. They moved fast to avoid the scrutiny of the judicial process, and very likely violated the Constitution. This is an outrage.

The man overseeing US airline safety apparently did not follow his own ethics agreement, raising concerns about whether personal financial interests is taking priority over ethics compliance at the FAA—and whether flight safety could be undermined.🧵

Trump's DOJ tried to force Maine and Wisconsin to hand over confidential voter data. And federal judges in both states just shut it down. That's exactly how it should be: courts protecting voter privacy and rejecting blatant power grabs.

BREAKING: We sued the DOJ, Treasury Department and IRS to block the Trump admin from handing out $1.8 billion in taxpayer funds to Trump's allies who claim to be victims of government weaponization. This settlement is one of the single most corrupt acts in American history.

Trump broke the law by not reporting these trades on time—paying only a $200 fine: 💰$215K in Thermo Fisher bought before praising it in his official capacity 💰$2M–$7.2M in Apple before a speech 💰$50K–$100K in Micron before promoting it on a talk show

CREW's tracking of Trump has found that on his 486 days in office, he's visited the properties he owns and profits from 245 times. That's more than half the time... That says everything you need to know about his priorities.

President Trump and his administration are acting like presidential records are theirs to destroy at will. But the law is clear: those records are property of the United States and the American people—and a federal judge just affirmed that.

NEW: Sixteen Trump-appointed EPA officials were paid more than $2.8 million by chemical companies and trade groups before they joined the agency that oversees the industry, according to CREW analysis.

Just flagging that Trump made several big AI-related investments this year www.thestreet.com/investing/st...

"This administration has been flagrantly unserious about tackling fraud, and instead fervently committed to enabling fraudsters that puts small business at risk." - CREW President @donaldonethics.bsky.social testifying before the Senate

BREAKING: We just won a preliminary injunction in our case with @freedom.press requiring the Trump administration to follow the Presidential Records Act and preserve records for posterity. This is a huge win against their absurd stance that the law is unconstitutional.

After Nixon’s “I am not a crook” tax scandal, the IRS mandated that the president’s tax returns be audited yearly. Every president since Nixon (except Trump) publicly released theirs. With the new DOJ settlement ending his audits, Trump is essentially announcing “I am a crook.”

The Trump admin’s pay-to-play attitude and anti-fraud efforts puts small businesses at risk. CREW President @donaldonethics.bsky.social is testifying before the Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship today about how this corruption is harming the economy and small businesses.

If you thought Trump was corrupt before, it just got *a lot* worse. The DOJ just expanded the absurd settlement giving him a $1.7 billion slush fund to ALSO bar the IRS from pursuing investigations into him, his family and his businesses. That's a huge, unconstitutional giveaway to Trump. 🧵

NEW: FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford failed to divest from his financial interests in Republic Airways within 90 days of taking office—appearing to benefit financially after a merger. We're urging the Senate Aviation, Space and Innovation Subcommittee to hold him accountable.

Pardoning the criminals who tried to overturn an election to keep you in power and creating a $1.776 billion slush fund for them seems like exactly what you would do if you wanted them to do it again.

NEW: The Office of Government Ethics must ban prediction market betting by all senior executive branch officials and prohibit all career employees from placing bets related to political or military events. We sent a letter laying out our recommendations.

President Trump's $1.776 billion settlement with the IRS is one of the single most corrupt acts in American history. They moved fast to avoid the scrutiny of the judicial process, and very likely violated the Constitution. This is an outrage.

The American people need to know whether Trump dismissed his absurd $10 billion IRS lawsuit because he reached a settlement with his own government. Any settlement would be outrageously unethical and a violation of the Constitution's Domestic Emoluments Clause.

Did you know that the Trump Organization is developing Trump's Presidential Library? Did you know Eric Trump helps run both the Trump Library (a charity) and the Trump Org (the business he and Pres. Trump both profit from)? How is any of this ok?

Donald Trump cannot get away with suing the IRS for $10 billion and then settling with a DOJ *he* oversees for a $1.7 billion slush fund dedicated to granting his allies payouts. This is absolutely unconstitutional and unethical.

It should be abhorrent to every American that President Trump is trying to take $1.7 billion of *their* taxpayer dollars to give to his allies. Especially Jan 6 insurrectionists who tried to overturn Trump's 2020 election loss and who've posed public safety risks ever since.

NEW: We requested records from the DOJ, Treasury Department and the IRS on Trump’s settlement negotiations to resolve his $10 billion lawsuit against his own administration. The public urgently needs answers about this unprecedented lawsuit and the conflicts it poses.

NEW: The fact that the Trump Organization is developing the Trump Presidential Library (which might actually be a hotel) has flown under the radar, and it raises lots of ethics concerns. Among them: Eric Trump's leadership of both, and how it can operate as a nonprofit. Check out our new Q&A:

Donald Trump cannot get away with suing the IRS for $10 billion and then settling with a DOJ *he* oversees for a $1.7 billion slush fund dedicated to granting his allies payouts. This is absolutely unconstitutional and unethical.

Eric Trump is joining Trump's trip to China. Meanwhile, Eric runs the Trump Organization, the family business that has 25 international projects under development, which President Trump still owns and profits from.

President Trump picked a former GEO Group executive, David Venturella, to be the new acting head of ICE. Unsurprisingly, GEO Group’s stock is up roughly 7% since his appointment was announced. The ties between the Trump admin and the private prison company go deep 🧵

NEW: President Trump's politicization of the DOJ has cost the agency over 6000 years of expertise due to the firings and resignations of 608 officials. We break it all down:

Who’s going to China with Trump? A lot of donors to his inauguration, pro-Trump groups and pet projects: Blackstone, Boeing, Citi, Goldman Sachs, Qualcomm and Visa all donated to his inauguration. Blackrock and Micron donated to both his inauguration and WH ballroom.

Roughly 40 insurrectionists have been rearrested, charged, or sentenced for crimes that have nothing to with their actions on January 6. Trump's choice to pardon them has real public safety risks.

This weekend, Trump took a taxpayer-funded trip to his Virginia golf course to attend a LIV Golf tournament, which is backed by the Saudi government. By the way, the president taking money from a foreign government is an unconstitutional ethics violation.

We're in court **right now** defending the Presidential Records Act in this case. Just because Trump decided he doesn't like the law doesn't mean he doesn't have to follow it.

The Department of Transportation inspector general is reviewing our complaint about Secretary Duffy's participation in a reality show sponsored by companies regulated by the department.

NEW: The Trump admin launched a new Gold Card visa program allowing immigrants to pay $1 MILLION to the Commerce Department's gift account to receive expedited US residency. It's yet another pay-to-play effort as Trump tries to restrict legal pathways for other immigrants.

Who’s going to China with Trump? A lot of donors to his inauguration, pro-Trump groups and pet projects: Blackstone, Boeing, Citi, Goldman Sachs, Qualcomm and Visa all donated to his inauguration. Blackrock and Micron donated to both his inauguration and WH ballroom.

Several federal agencies have attempted to create national databases of Americans' private data, violating the law and the Constitution—all to consolidate power under President Trump. So you bet CREW is filing legal actions every chance we get.

NEW: Sec. Sean Duffy announced that he participated in a reality show about his family's months-long road trip across the country, sponsored by several companies regulated by the Transportation Department. We're asking the DOT inspector general to investigate.