Campaign for Accountability @accountableorg.bsky.social · 20/08/2026AltaMed also has spent millions supporting de la Rocha’s self-described “obsession” with collecting art, enabling him to reach the top of the art world—attending extravagant art openings and galas, sitting on museum boards of directors, and receiving awards as an arts patron. 100
Campaign for Accountability @accountableorg.bsky.social · 20/08/2026He and his wife also appear to benefit substantially from AltaMed’s complex, split-dollar life insurance arrangements, which have loaned the pair $17.34 million and $4.17 million, respectively, to pay the premiums on permanent life insurance policies. 100
Campaign for Accountability @accountableorg.bsky.social · 20/08/2026In addition to de la Rocha and his wife, all five of their children and stepchildren work at the organization, some in prominent positions. 100
Campaign for Accountability @accountableorg.bsky.social · 10/08/2026One registered diagnostic medical sonographer who has volunteered for CPCs for decades expressed worry over what she’s seen in the industry. She said many CPC nurses “have good hearts,” but “don’t know what they don’t know” and often leave ultrasound training “knowing nothing.” 100
Campaign for Accountability @accountableorg.bsky.social · 10/08/2026The @statesnewsroom.com investigation and CfA’s letter both highlighted how many CPCs admit to not following the standard set by the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, stating that a doctor should review ultrasounds within 24 hours. 100
Campaign for Accountability @accountableorg.bsky.social · 10/08/2026When auditors in Louisiana tried to take inventory of how CPCs were spending tax dollars, their inability to find out whether doctors were involved in day-to-day operations was one of many things that confounded them. 100
Campaign for Accountability @accountableorg.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Private equity hospitals netting $669 more per patient cannot be explained away by firms simply finding ways to reduce the cost of care: Private equity acquisition has no statistically significant effect on hospital operating costs per patient. 100
Campaign for Accountability @accountableorg.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Still, YouTube is failing to enforce even the meager rules it said it would implement. CfA’s review identified multiple episodes featuring ads for online casino products that were viewable without logging in to an account. 100
Campaign for Accountability @accountableorg.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Meanwhile, experts are reporting an alarming lack of gambling literacy in young people. A survey from the National Council on Problem Gambling found that young people were more than 3.5x more likely than people over 55 to agree that “Gambling is a good way to make money.” 100
Campaign for Accountability @accountableorg.bsky.social · 22/04/2026NEW: A majority (53%) of top YouTube podcasts that regularly run host-read ads promoted at least one gambling sponsor in the past year. This comes at a time when teen boys more frequently report seeing gambling ads on YouTube than any other platform/format, including live TV. 100
Campaign for Accountability @accountableorg.bsky.social · 09/01/2026NEW: In response to CfA's complaint requesting an investigation into FCC Chair Brendan Carr’s threats to broadcasters, the Maryland Bar issued a letter saying it was declining to investigate -- though, it failed to address the substance of Carr's conduct. 130
Campaign for Accountability @accountableorg.bsky.social · 02/12/2025NEW: The Virginia Bar has issued a response to a complaint CfA filed last month against Interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan (who a court has since found was illegally appointed), regarding her conduct in the prosecutions of James Comey and Letitia James. 121
Campaign for Accountability @accountableorg.bsky.social · 20/11/2025Some also improperly positioned the controversy around “abortion pill reversal” as an equally-weighted disagreement between two sides of the medical community—omitting the fact that only one is backed by science. 111
Campaign for Accountability @accountableorg.bsky.social · 20/11/2025Given the lack of evidence and the potential for harm, trusted medical entities like the American Medical Association, the American College of Gynecologists and Obstetricians, Planned Parenthood, and more, all advise that “abortion pill reversal” should not be promoted. 111
Campaign for Accountability @accountableorg.bsky.social · 20/11/2025Promoters of “reversal” claim that if a woman has taken mifepristone (the first drug involved in a medication abortion), but not misoprostol (the second), taking a high dose of progesterone may raise the odds of the pregnancy continuing. Yet, no good evidence supports this. 111
Campaign for Accountability @accountableorg.bsky.social · 20/11/2025NEW: CfA tested 5 top AI chatbots to see how they'd advise women asking questions about options amidst a medication abortion. In 7/10 tests, the AI gave out the number to a biased anti-abortion “helpline” that promotes unproven and potentially harmful “abortion pill reversal. 120
Campaign for Accountability @accountableorg.bsky.social · 19/11/2025NEW: Texas AG Ken Paxton filed a brief arguing that his divorce proceeding—that may reveal relevant information about his conduct and character, and which CfA filed a motion to unseal—should remain hidden from public view. In response, CfA issued the following statement: 121
Campaign for Accountability @accountableorg.bsky.social · 19/11/2025Judge Fitzpatrick’s rundown of the timing of the second indictment, returned just minutes after the failed first one, suggests Ms. Halligan may have filed it under false pretenses. 100
Campaign for Accountability @accountableorg.bsky.social · 19/11/2025Judge Fitzpatrick also states that Ms. Halligan “suggested to the grand jury that they did not have to rely only on the record before them to determine probable cause but could be assured the government had more evidence–perhaps better evidence–that would be presented at trial.” 100
Campaign for Accountability @accountableorg.bsky.social · 19/11/2025Judge Fitzpatrick describes one instance where Ms. Halligan suggested to the grand jury that, rather than the government bearing the burden of proving Mr. Comey’s guilt,” it was up to Mr. Comey to prove his innocence. 100
Campaign for Accountability @accountableorg.bsky.social · 19/11/2025NEW: In a ruling requiring the DOJ to produce all grand jury materials used to secure an indictment of James Comey, Judge Fitzpatrick found Interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan made “fundamental and highly prejudicial” misstatements of the law—echoing concerns raised in CfA’s bar complaint. 201
Campaign for Accountability @accountableorg.bsky.social · 11/11/2025Comey oversaw the FBI investigation into President Trump’s 2016 campaign, and James launched a civil fraud case against Trump and his company in 2022. Furious about both, Trump has viewed them among his top political enemies and has openly called for retaliatory investigations. 100
Campaign for Accountability @accountableorg.bsky.social · 23/09/2025NEW: Today, CfA asked the DC and Maryland bars to investigate whether Brendan Carr’s recent threats to broadcasters violated their Rules of Professional Conduct, by which all lawyers must abide. 120
Campaign for Accountability @accountableorg.bsky.social · 09/09/2025NEW: CfA called on the DOJ to investigate potential mortgage fraud violations by Labor Sec. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Transportation Sec. Sean Duffy, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, and Texas AG Ken Paxton, citing evidence each has claimed primary residence on more than 1 home. 142
Campaign for Accountability @accountableorg.bsky.social · 04/09/2025NEW: CfA filed to unseal the divorce records of Texas AG Ken Paxton and State Senator Angela Paxton—asserting that any embarrassment they may be seeking to prevent doesn't overcome the public’s overriding interest in knowing relevant info about their elected officials. 111
Campaign for Accountability @accountableorg.bsky.social · 08/08/2025This week, CfA filed a bar complaint with the New York Attorney Grievance Committee asking for an investigation into John Sarcone III, the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York, for actions that appear to violate the bar's Rules of Professional Conduct. 141
Campaign for Accountability @accountableorg.bsky.social · 25/06/2025CfA’s complaint outlines, in detail, how Ms. Habba’s conduct with respect to the charges brought against Mayor Baraka and Rep. McIver, and the announced investigations into Governor Murphy and Attorney General Platkin may violate multiple Rules of Professional Conduct (RPC). 100
Campaign for Accountability @accountableorg.bsky.social · 25/06/2025NEW: CfA has asked for an investigation of Alina Habba for potential violations of New Jersey bar rules related to her ordering the arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, prosecution of Rep. LaMonica McIver, and announcing a criminal investigation into NJ Gov. Phil Murphy and AG Matt Platkin. 161
Campaign for Accountability @accountableorg.bsky.social · 28/05/2025NEW: CfA is seeking comms around the FTC’s unprecedented intervention in Texas v. BlackRock, State Street, and Vanguard—in which Texas and twelve other states claim the three asset managers used their holdings in coal companies to pressure those companies to adopt ESG goals. 100
Campaign for Accountability @accountableorg.bsky.social · 18/04/2025In Montana, before passing a bill that would insulate crisis pregnancy centers from most state regulations, GOP lawmakers made sure to strip the bill of an amendment that would have required centers to keep client data safe and secure. 100
Campaign for Accountability @accountableorg.bsky.social · 17/04/2025Another Google AI Overview advanced the CPC talking point that having an ultrasound as a first step can “prevent unnecessary abortions” by identifying an unwanted pregnancy that looks set to miscarry and terminate on its own, thus saving a woman money. 100
Campaign for Accountability @accountableorg.bsky.social · 17/04/2025CfA’s investigation also suggests that Google may be adding to the misinformation around the necessity of pre-abortion ultrasounds by relying heavily on CPC talking points to generate some of its recently introduced, top of page “AI Overviews” in search results. 100
Campaign for Accountability @accountableorg.bsky.social · 17/04/2025Some of the CPCs explicitly cited their state’s pre-abortion ultrasound law, implying that *their* ultrasound services can help women satisfy the requirement. Others implied they could satisfy requirements imposed by abortion pill providers. But this is not true. 100
Campaign for Accountability @accountableorg.bsky.social · 17/04/2025CfA created Google accounts simulating 20-year-old women searching for pre-abortion ultrasounds in AZ, FL, and WI and found 67% of ads Google served were from CPCs marketing ultrasounds that don't meet the states’ reqs—something neither the ads nor the landing pages disclosed. 110
Campaign for Accountability @accountableorg.bsky.social · 17/04/2025NEW: Some states force women to have a (medically unnecessary) ultrasound 24 hrs before an abortion. But when women go to Google to try to schedule this extra step, they're barraged with ads from crisis pregnancy centers, whose non-medical services don't satisfy the states' laws. 100
Campaign for Accountability @accountableorg.bsky.social · 15/04/2025CfA’s review of state legislative hearing transcripts, public comment submissions, and other archived materials found numerous instances where sports betting companies actively opposed some of the same consumer protections that experts say could reduce addiction related harms. 100
Campaign for Accountability @accountableorg.bsky.social · 15/04/2025At the same time, it’s long been understood that the business of models of many gambling companies depend on their addicted players to supply a significant portion of revenue. So why would these companies work to reduce the addictiveness of their products? (Hint: they don’t) 100
Campaign for Accountability @accountableorg.bsky.social · 15/04/2025A new CfA report—our first documenting the predatory practices of gambling companies—exposes how the sports betting industry’s behind-the-scenes fight against commonsense safety measures flies in the face of its supposed support for addicted customers. campaignforaccountability.org/wp-content/u... 100
Campaign for Accountability @accountableorg.bsky.social · 26/03/2025“Today’s oligarchs have surely noticed that it is not the independent experts at the FTC or the courts who will decide their fate, but the president himself, and I fear what corporate lawbreakers will get away with,” says fired FTC commissioner Rebecca Slaughter, in today’s House E&C hearing. 020
Campaign for Accountability @accountableorg.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Now, the anti-abortion organization Heartbeat International has posted a webpage acknowledging that some of its CPC affiliates may be improperly suggesting that their clients’ PHI is protected by HIPAA. 100
Campaign for Accountability @accountableorg.bsky.social · 24/02/2025In an announcement published last week, Texas Right to Life described the changes to the Thriving Texas Families program as “sabotage,” because they would impose “unnecessary financial and operational burdens” and prevent providers from “focus[ing] on their ministry.” 100
Campaign for Accountability @accountableorg.bsky.social · 21/02/2025NEW: CfA has just filed a complaint against acting U.S. Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove, who appeared in court this week to defend DOJ’s motion to dismiss the bribery case against NYC Mayor Eric Adams. 100
Campaign for Accountability @accountableorg.bsky.social · 03/02/2025It is unclear if "DOGE" staff who accessed classified USAID spaces this weekend had proper security clearances, according to a letter sent by Senate Foreign Relations Dems. Accessing classified materials without proper clearance could be a violation of federal law. 110
Campaign for Accountability @accountableorg.bsky.social · 17/12/2024Like the CPCs named in CfA’s letters, this Louisiana clinic is affiliated with Heartbeat International, an anti-abortion organization that supports CPCs across the country. Heartbeat also helps clinics collect women’s data using its client management software, Next Level CMS. 100
Campaign for Accountability @accountableorg.bsky.social · 11/12/2024 On November 26, in response to CfA’s complaint, HHS confirmed that it could not investigate this claim because HIPAA rules do not apply to The Unexpected Pregnancy Center and Heartbeat International—confirming the center’s HIPAA assurances were untrue all along 100
Campaign for Accountability @accountableorg.bsky.social · 11/12/2024On its website, The Unexpected Pregnancy Center specifically told clients they could file a complaint with HHS if they feel their data was misused. In August, following this guidance, CfA filed a complaint HHS on behalf of the 13 Louisiana women. 100
Campaign for Accountability @accountableorg.bsky.social · 08/12/2023The FEC claims that influencer posts are neither “public communications” nor “internet public communications” because they are intended for the influencer’s audience, "who have sought out such communications." 100