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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...
Last night, the Campaign Legal Center, joined by Democracy 21 and Public Citizen, urged the State Ethics Commission of New Jersey to investigate possible violations of the state’s ethics and conflict of interest laws by Governor Chris Christie. The Governor accepted chartered flights and free...
This afternoon at the daily White House press briefing, White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders misstated current law when insinuating that the DNC and Hillary Clinton acted illegally in paying for opposition research into the Trump campaign, while the Trump campaign merely “took a meeting.”
...Proposals seek to insulate ethics program from political retaliation, strengthen transparency, increase effectiveness of agency oversight capacity
WASHINGTON – Today, Walter Shaub, senior director, ethics, at Campaign Legal Center (CLC), met with House Oversight and Government Reform Committee...
Nielsen was guided through confirmation process by a consultant with hundreds of millions in contracts tied to the same agency she is nominated to lead
WASHINGTON – Today, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) called for an investigation of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary nominee Kirstjen...
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate is moving toward a final vote on the nomination of Kirstjen Nielsen, the Trump Administration’s nominee for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary. The Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint last month urging an investigation into potential ethics...
WASHINGTON – Today, the Campaign Legal Center (CLC) is urging that Kellyanne Conway be removed from office or given a lengthy suspension without pay for willfully and repeatedly disregarding ethics requirements.
Yesterday, Kellyanne Conway appeared on CNN’s New Day and, after being introduced...
WASHINGTON – Walter Shaub, senior director, ethics at the Campaign Legal Center (CLC) warned the administration, its surrogates, and its allies to back off their attempt to undermine the investigation led by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. President Trump’s lawyer, Jay Sekulow, has publicly called...
Today, a range of groups from across the political spectrum called on both the House and Senate to make significant reforms to their ethics processes to increase public confidence in the integrity of the institution. At a roundtable event on Capitol Hill to be aired later by C-Span, the groups...