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Undated: Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) and nonpartisan U.S. government ethics and accountability watchdog organization.[3][4][5] 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.
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.[6][5] 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. From 2005 and 2014 the annual reports named 25 Democrats and 63 Republicans.
Since liberal Democratic operative David Brock became CREW's chairman in 2014, CREW has almost exclusively pursued investigations and litigation against Republicans and conservatives. Brock stepped down as the group's chairman in 2016 and was replaced by Richard Painter, who went on to take a leave of absence to run as a Democrat in Minnesota's 2018 U.S. Senate special election. Under Painter's leadership, CREW has pursued aggressive litigation against the Trump administration, and as of January 2018 had filed 180 lawsuits against what it called the "most unethical presidency" in U.S. history.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_for_Responsibility_and_Ethics_in_Washington
Undated: Richard William Painter[1] (born October 3, 1961) is an American lawyer, professor, and political candidate. He is the S. Walter Richey Professor of Corporate Law at the University of Minnesota, and since 2016 has served as vice-chair of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), a left-leaning[2][3] government watchdog group.[4]
From 2005 to 2007 Painter was the chief White House ethics lawyer in the George W. Bush administration. He is an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump.[5][6] Painter has been affiliated with the Campaign Legal Center,[7] a left-leaning group that is a frequent critic of the Trump administration.[8] Throughout 2017, he was involved in the CREW lawsuit against Trump, CREW v. Trump.
A longtime Republican and self-described centrist, in 2018 Painter ran for the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party nomination for U.S. Senate, challenging recently appointed Senator Tina Smith.[9] Smith defeated Painter in the primary by a wide margin.[10]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Painter
Undated CREW Summary:
District court proceedings
Trump filed a motion to dismiss [Trump emoluments lawsuit] on June 9, 2017.[20] on the grounds that the plaintiffs had no right to sue[21] and that the described conduct was not illegal.[22] A response to the motion to dismiss was filed on August 4, 2017, with a DOJ reply due by September 22, 2017.[23] A full answer from DOJ lawyers to the facts alleged in the complaint was due on August 11, 2017.[24] Oral arguments were expected October 18, 2017.[25]
On December 21, 2017, the motion to dismiss was granted; Judge George B. Daniels held that plaintiffs lacked standing.[14]
Appeal
CREW plans to appeal the dismissal of the suit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CREW_v._Trump
Update: On February 18, 2018, Plaintiff’s appealed.
Update: On April 24, 2018, Plaintiff’s filed a brief with the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
https://www.citizensforethics.org/lawsuit/crew-v-donald-j-trump/
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