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John,
The sudden cuts to public health staff and changing guidance about autism and measles impact the health and safety of the public.
Americans deserve transparency. That's why CREW filed a FOIA request demanding HHS and CDC records.
Since January, the Trump administration has dismissed hundreds of employees and cut programs from these agencies. Meanwhile, confusing messages about measles outbreaks, vaccines and autism research have raised serious concerns that the CDC is failing to do its job.
Under the Freedom of Information Act, the CDC is required to post certain records on its reading room website— but it appears the agency has not met this requirement since March 2025.This isn’t the first time CREW has sued to force the Trump administration for answers—and it won’t be the last. But we need your help to keep up the fight. We’ll tell you more about our how we’re fighting for transparency, but first, help us continue the fight for an accountable and ethical government by making a donation today→ [[link removed]]
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Since Donald Trump took office, we’ve filed several FOIA requests in an effort to uncover information that the administration is shielding from the public.
Here’s some of the work CREW’s been up to in the last few months:
In May, Attorney General Pam Bondi signed a memo endorsing the legality of Qatar’s $400 million luxury jet gift for Trump— despite previously lobbying for Qatar . Her failure to recuse herself from the matter given her financial ties to that foreign government raises ethical concerns.
So CREW filed a FOIA request to determine whether she received ethics guidance on her involvement, because the American public deserves answers. Now that she’s fired the DOJ’s top ethics official without cause, that adds increased urgency to our push for answers.
Also in May, Trump hosted an exclusive dinner for the top 220 holders of his $TRUMP memecoin. This created the perfect opportunity for those seeking to curry favor with the president to inflate his net worth and gain access to Trump—and it was one of the most corrupt events we’ve ever seen.
Since cryptocurrencies are traded anonymously, the American public still doesn’t know who the attendees of this event were.
So in an effort to reveal who bought access to the president, we requested all records used by the Secret Service to track or record anyone who attended the dinner.
And in June, President Trump deployed the California National Guard to Los Angeles in response to protests against his administration’s immigration policies. This marked the first time the National Guard had been deployed without a governor’s permission since 1965.
Given the extraordinary nature and the rapid escalation of the deployment, the public has a significant interest in knowing whether the Trump administration complied with the law.
So we filed a request for communications and records regarding Trump’s authority to deploy the National Guard troops to be made public.
John, as you can see, we’ve been hard at work here at CREW and our team never stops fighting for transparency and accountability.
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