From 20 the annual reports named 25 Democrats and 63 Republicans.ĭavid Brock became CREW's chairman in 2014 and stepped down in 2016. Its projects have included the publication of 'CREW's Most Corrupt Members of Congress', an annual report in which CREW lists the people it determines to be the Federal government of the United States's most corrupt politicians.

Its activities include investigating, reporting and litigating government misconduct, requesting and forcing government information disclosure through FOIA requests, and filing congressional ethics complaints against individuals, institutions and agencies.

Founded in 2003 as a counterweight to conservative government watchdog groups such as Judicial Watch, CREW works to expose ethics violations and corruption by government officials and institutions and to reduce the role of money in politics. government ethics and accountability watchdog organization. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington ( CREW) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) and nonpartisan U.S.

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