Foreign leaders already routinely decide to spend money at Trump properties, seemingly as a way to curry favor with the president, but this is the first time Trump will effectively force foreign leaders to do so.

The stunning arrest of Igor Fruman and Lev Parnas on criminal campaign finance charges arose directly from CLC’s complaint to the FEC last year.

CLC hosted “Yes, Asking Foreign Governments for Political Favors Breaks the Law,” a conference call on the president’s recent campaign finance violations and abuses of power.

Join us for the call-in event, "Yes, Asking Foreign Governments for Political Favors Breaks the Law."

CLC’s Trevor Potter joins a group of conservative and libertarian lawyers to stand firm against foreign interference in U.S. elections

By directly requesting or suggesting that President Zelensky use Ukraine’s resources to help his reelection efforts, President Trump violated campaign finance law.

President Trump may be the first president to so brazenly use public office for private gain; but without meaningful ethics reforms, he might not be the last.

D.C. Council member Jack Evans is obviously no stranger to ethics-related controversy. Earlier this year, he resigned from the powerful Metro Board amid revelations that he raised an investigation into his consulting client’s primary rival.

DC Council Member Jack Evans has been at the center of a corruption scandal for the past few months. 

Following the fatal crash of a Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft in Ethiopia on March 10, 2019, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) was one of the last national authorities to ground the Max 8 planes, despite mounting evidence that the crash could have been related to faulty sensors specific to that...

CLC strongly supports HR 1 and the comprehensive effort to make our democracy more accessible, transparent and responsive to the citizens of our great nation.

A new report from the CLC looks into the Political Accountability and Transparency Act (PATA) and the ways it can strengthen federal campaign laws.

On January 3, 2019, the U.S. House of Representatives introduced HR 1, a bill to make vital, high-priority improvements to our government and election systems

CLC filed a complaint against White House counselor Kellyanne Conway for abusing her official authority to influence an election. This is Conway’s third brazen violation of the law.

As explained by CLC’s Paul Smith an op-ed that ran in The Hill today, Trump’s blanket refusal to comply with all congressional subpoenas is a denial of Congress’s legitimate role in overseeing the executive branch. This fight has ramped up Trump’s efforts to undermine American democracy. The power...