We challenge ethics abuses and abuses of office in the executive branch and Congress. We file complaints, request investigations, develop and advocate legislation and make public cases to hold public officials accountable for improper actions.
- We filed complaints at the Justice Department against former Attorney General Jeff Sessions calling for his recusal from the Russia investigation. The complaints helped lead to his recusal and to the appointment of Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
- We filed five complaints at the Justice Department against Attorney General Barr for his repeated biased actions to support President Trump. The complaints also challenged Barr’s repeated violations of Justice Department norms, standards and rules designed to carry out the Department’s mission of providing impartial justice for all Americans.
- We filed a complaint against Rep. Devin Nunes, then chairman of the House Intelligence Committee for violating House ethics rules.
- We advocated legislation to strengthen the ethics laws for the executive branch and Congress and to strengthen the enforcement of ethics and campaign finance laws.
Wertheimer Statement: Justice Department’s IG Report Provides No Basis for Trump to Challenge Legitimacy of Mueller Investigation
|Press Releases |Ethics & Accountability Exec Branchby DianeWill Congress Stand Up To Trump On ZTE? – New York Times op-ed by Norm Eisen, Eliot A. Cohen, and Fred Wertheimer
|Op Eds |Congress Ethics & Accountabilityby DianePresident Trump Is Not Above The Law
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Ethics & Accountability Exec Branchby DianeThe Trump Princelings Are Basking In The Swamp
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Ethics & Accountability Exec Branchby DianeTrump has given us the ultimate Chinese import: American princelings – Yahoo News op-ed by Fred Wertheimer and Norm Eisen
|Op Eds |Ethics & Accountability Exec Branchby DianeDemocracy 21 Files FEC Comments Calling For Broad Ad Disclaimer Regulations
|Press Releases |Ethics & Accountability FECby DianeAfter One Year of the Mueller Investigation, Much Work Must Still Be Done
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Ethics & Accountability Exec Branchby DianeRobert Mueller’s Trump-Russia investigation is a year old. Too soon to ‘wrap it up.’ – USA Today op-ed by Lisa Gilbert & Fred Wertheimer
|Op Eds |Ethics & Accountability Exec Branchby DianeThe Decisions That Robert Mueller Must Make
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Ethics & Accountability Exec Branchby DianeGovernance Experts Call On Speaker Paul Ryan to Publicly Oppose Threats by Reps Meadows and Jordan to Impeach Deputy AG
|Press Releases |Congress Ethics & Accountabilityby DianeTrump, Meadows and Jordan Attempting to Thwart Special Counsel Investigation
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Congress Ethics & Accountability Exec Branchby DianeTrump, Meadows and Jordan Collude to Obstruct Special Counsel Investigation Involving Trump
|Press Releases |Congress Ethics & Accountability Exec Branchby DianeRosenstein impeachment articles are gross abuse meant to sabotage Mueller Russia probe – USA Today op-ed by Fred Wertheimer & Norman Eisen
|Op Eds |Congress Ethics & Accountabilityby DianeMulvaney’s “Pay To Play” Admission Exposes Washington’s Seedy Underbelly
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Ethics & Accountability Exec Branchby DianeSenate Judiciary Committee Ignores Majority Leader McConnell, Reports Bill to Protect Special Counsel Mueller
|Press Releases |Congress Ethics & Accountabilityby Diane