HOUSTON – After six years of litigation, the pervasive and egregious corruption within the Houston Independent School District has been dealt a serious blow by a jury of Houston citizens. Today, the Campaign Legal Center, alongside Lawyers at Brazil & Dunn and The Greenwood Prather Law Firm...

CLC, Coalition of Groups, Urge President-Elect Trump to Reconsider Current Plan

WASHINGTON – The Campaign Legal Center, along with other watchdog groups and individuals, sent a letter calling on President-elect Donald Trump to alter his plan to have his children handle the Trump Organization...

Congress can make good on calls to ‘drain the swamp’

WASHINGTON – Today, a coalition of watchdog groups and congressional scholars urged House and Senate leaders from both parties to strengthen ethics rules and address known weaknesses in current rules. The package of proposed reforms cover travel...

CLC, Leading Governance Experts Urge the President-elect to Avoid Ongoing Conflicts of Interest and Protect the Integrity of the Presidency

WASHINGTON – The Campaign Legal Center joined today with a bipartisan group of signers, including past Republican and Democratic White House Counsels, in a...

President-elect’s Plans Leave Nation in Unprecedented Territory

WASHINGTON – President-elect Donald Trump made clear today he will retain retain full ownership of Trump Organization while turning over management of the business to his sons, a choice that will create the appearance, and perhaps be...

Pruitt Can’t Play Both Sides of a Case

WASHINGTON– Today, the Campaign Legal Center called on Scott Pruitt, President-elect Trump’s nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to recuse himself from the multiple lawsuits he brought against the agency as Attorney General of Oklahoma...

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump has signed an executive order mandating a five-year lobbying ban for anyone who leaves the executive branch in the Trump administration to work in the private sector. The order maintains many, but not all, of the improvements made in 2009 by the Obama...

WASHINGTON – Thursday morning, Kellyanne Conway, in an interview in the White House and in her official public role as White House Counselor, went on TV to tell the American people to “go buy Ivanka’s stuff.” By encouraging the audience to buy products sold by Ivanka Trump, the adult daughter of...

WASHINGTON – A state judge in Oklahoma ordered the release of thousands of illegally withheld records pertaining to Pruitt’s ties to fossil fuel interests. The records will not be available until Tuesday, after the Senate is scheduled to vote on Pruitt’s nomination to be EPA Administrator later...

Today, Larry Noble, senior director, regulatory reform programs and general counsel at CLC, released the following statement reacting to press reports about Ivanka Trump's new White House role:"Ivanka Trump’s announcement that she has 'heard the concerns' about her serving  as a volunteer advisor...

WASHINGTON – The Campaign Legal Center (CLC) believes the effect of President Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey – at a time he was directing an investigation of serious allegations of Russian interference in our 2016 presidential election, and possible involvement with President Trump’s...

Trump Administration attacks transparency in its improper challenge to OGE authority

Reports today indicate President Donald Trump’s administration is attempting to prevent the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) from requesting copies of waivers containing information about exemptions granted to...

WASHINGTON – Walter M. Shaub, Jr., director of the United States Office of Government Ethics (OGE), will join Campaign Legal Center (CLC) as Senior Director, Ethics, beginning on July 19.

“I have had the honor and privilege of serving the American public at the U.S. Office of Government Ethics...

WASHINGTON – Walter Shaub, senior director, ethics at Campaign Legal Center (CLC), and former director of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE), released the following statement about President Trump’s appointment of David J. Apol as Acting Director of OGE:

“It’s unfortunate that the White House...

CLC calls for investigation into why Bannon Publicist Alexandra Preate ‘has not received a dime’ for professional PR services provided

WASHINGTON – Today, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) called for an investigation of White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon for his apparently illegal arrangement...

Carson appeared at Trump rally in Phoenix; was introduced under formal HUD title

WASHINGTON – Today, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) released a legal complaint by letter to the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) urging them to investigate a possible violation of the Hatch Act by Housing and Urban...

Walt Shaub, senior director, ethics at Campaign Legal Center released the following statement on reports about the decision by the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) to reverse policy related to gifts to legal defense funds:

“OGE abandoned its 1993 opinion endorsing anonymous donations just months...

Secretary Price broke with HHS precedent by spending $60,000 for transportation over three days

WASHINGTON – Today, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to obtain records about Secretary Tom Price...

Omissions violate federal law and Senate rules

WASHINGTON - Today, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) asked for an investigation into Alabama U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore of Alabama for failing to disclose as much as $150,000 in income on his personal financial disclosure report filed with the Senate...

CLC submits comments in opposition to regulatory rollback of conflict of interest law, challenges Secretary’s authority to issue ‘de facto’ repeal

WASHINGTON – Today, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in opposition to its plans to...