CLC's Senior Director, Ethics, Walt Shaub, sent a letter today to the Office of the Special Counsel urging them to investigate HUD Secretary Ben Carson for a potential violation of the Hatch Act, for using his official government title during a campaign appearance for President Trump in Phoenix.

CLC called for an investigation of White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon for his apparently illegal arrangement with his private publicist Alexandra Preate, who is effectively functioning as an unpaid employee of the White House press team. 

The district court reaffirmed CLC's trial win in November in the case against a Houston ISD official who had set up a “pay to play” scheme for contractor work. The court denied their motion for a new trial and judgment as a matter of law entirely. 

Gerry Hebert signed onto a letter with former Department of Justice attorneys, advocating for a Special Counsel to investigate Russian interference into the 2016 election. Circumstances surrounding the removal of FBI Director James Comey have raised questions about the integrity of our justice system.

CLC signed on to written testimony on FARA reform.

Judge Gorsuch’s views could undermine urgently needed money-in-politics reforms.

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CLC joined 54 retired state judges calling on the Wisconsin Supreme Court to strengthen the rules on when a judge should step aside from cases involving their top campaign supporters.

CLC submitted a FOIA request to get information on what 'counseling' Kellyanne Conway received from the White House about ethics after she promoted Ivanka Trump's products on live TV.

This document was released to the public as a result of a CLC FOIA Request. It contains a letter sent from the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) to Rep. Jason Chaffetz and Rep. Elijah Cummings, the Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform about the authority OGE has to investigate ethics violations.

This document was released to the public as a result of a CLC FOIA Request. It contains information on the call between the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) and the White House about a tweet posted by the President concerning the decision of Nordstrom to stop carrying a family member's line of products.

This document was released to the public as a result of a CLC FOIA Request. It contains a letter sent from the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) to Rep. Jason Chaffetz and Rep. Elijah Cummings, the Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform about the possible ethics violation committed by Kellyanne Conway.

This document was released to the public as a result of a CLC FOIA Request. It contains a letter sent from the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) to the White House on Feb. 13, 2017 on  Kellyanne Conway's possible violation fo the Standards of Conduct prohibiting employees from misusing their public positions.

This document was released to the public as a result of a FOIA request about the Conway appearance on cable news when she promoted Ivanka Trump's clothing line. The letter was sent by the White House to ROffice of Government Ethics (OGE) about the White House's planned course of action.

This document was released to the public as a result of a FOIA request about the Conway appearance on cable news when she promoted Ivanka Trump's clothing line. The letter was sent by the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) to Rep. Jason Chaffetz, Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

This document contains information made public through a FOIA request about a conversation between the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) and the White House compliance team.

The American Anti-Corruption Act (AACA) is model legislation that sets a standard for city, state and federal laws that prevent money from corrupting American government. It fundamentally reshapes the rules of American politics and restores the people as the most important stakeholders in our political  system.

A report by the Task Force on Federal Lobbying Laws on "Challenges and Proposed Improvements" concerning lobbying law. Trevor Potter of the Campaign Legal Center was one of four Co-Chairs for the task force. 

For the last several years, five justices on the U.S. Supreme Court have been sympathetic to challenges to campaign finance regulations, and by putting a First Amendment gloss on corruption, McDonnell is hoping that bribery laws will be their next target. But as the Campaign Legal Center lays out in an amicus curiae brief, he simply goes too far. If McDonnell is successful in getting the Court to recognize a constitutional right to buy “access” and to extend protections for campaign spending to private gifts to elected officials, then government truly is for sale.