ProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until President Trump gutted the unit in charge. Collins has since mustered a defense with a series o...

After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...

The Trump administration’s admitted cancellation of federal grants to states based on their political identity is a Hatch Act violation.

Trump filed a financial disclosure in June revealing he brought in more than $2.2 billion in revenue during 2025. We found that more than a third of that revenue came from dozens of companies Trump ha...

Following major lobbying and campaign spending from the food industry, an important safety rule has been delayed for years.

Crypto schemes, corrupt politicians pardon, foreign deals, funding the ballroom, promoting his properties—Trump's corruption has worsened.

President Trump's scheme to charge $100,000 per month for advance access to official government announcements on Truth Social violates the First and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution.

The Treasury Department is illegally concealing who is receiving settlement money from its Judgment Fund, obscuring whether January 6th insurrectionists are receiving payouts.

January 6ers could seek negotiations for secretive payouts through the Federal Tort Claims Act should Congress fail to take action.

In a huge victory for Arizonans, Campaign Legal Center, our local Arizona partners, and for the fight against dark money in our elections, the Arizona Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of...

The court should issue a temporary restraining order to immediately halt the transfer of $1.776 billion to Trump’s secretive slush fund.

The Trump administration’s $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” slush fund is unconstitutional and violates multiple federal laws.

In a new lawsuit, Campaign Legal Center, alongside Citizens for Responsible Ethics in Washington (CREW) as co-counsel, is calling on the courts to step in and immediately declare a 2024 FEC Advisory O...

Campaign Legal Center and CREW filed a complaint asking the U.S. District Court for DC to strike down an unlawful 2024 FEC advisory opinion.

Removing the Freedom and Slavery Exhibit at the Independence National Historical Park would undercut an accurate portrayal of U.S. history.

National Interest Action Inc. failed to register as a political committee despite spending $3,529,920 on independent expenditures in 2024.

50 years ago, the Supreme Court concluded that money equaled speech. Since then, campaign contributions have taken privilege over speech.

Freedom Vote Inc. acted like political committee while failing to register and disclose as one. Despite the FEC finding this out, they were never required to register as a political committee or discl...

Using data from the indispensable Open Secrets, I have been able to calculate how much corporate contributions to Super PACs have grown. (Such contributions were treated as legal after the D.C. Circui...

The $30 million comes in the form of political contributions, property visits, stock holdings and donations to White House-related funds.

Since receiving presidential pardons, dozens of former Capitol rioters have gotten into more legal trouble. In Florida, Andrew Paul Johnson was sentenced to life in prison for child sex abuse.

Agency inspectors general must investigate the risks posed by Trump’s unprecedented $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS and the Treasury.

The DOJ Inspector General should investigate FBI Director Kash Patel for potentially violating federal travel and conduct rules.

In his first 365 days back in office, Trump visited his properties 198 times, and visited his golf courses 116 times.

Opinion from Judge Kollar-Kotelly: In this Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) case, Plaintiff Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (“CREW”) seeks information about an allegedly widesp...

Trump’s $10 billion cash grab from the IRS is an ethical disaster that would likely make him dramatically wealthier.

A handyman from Florida who received a pardon from President Trump for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was convicted on state charges of child sex abuse and exposing himself to a child.

A New York man has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor harassment charge in connection with a death threat aimed at U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries

Just wow:

50 years ago, the Supreme Court concluded that money equaled speech. Since then, campaign contributions have taken privilege over speech.

50 years ago, the Supreme Court concluded that money equaled speech. Since then, campaign contributions have taken privilege over speech.