Noah Bookbinder, CREW · [email protected]

May 4, 2021 at 7:50 PM

making public the secret memo Barr used to protect Trump

Yesterday, as a result of a CREW lawsuit, a federal judge ordered the Department of Justice to turn over a memo that then-Attorney General Bill Barr cited as key to his reasoning for not charging Donald Trump with obstruction of justice at the conclusion John, Yesterday, as a …

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  Noah Bookbinder, CREW · [email protected]

May 3, 2021 at 3:50 PM

how’s President Biden doing on ethics and democracy?

100 days in, how’s President Biden doing on ethics, democracy and transparency? John, 100 days in, how’s President Biden doing on ethics, democracy and transparency? After President Trump’s corruption, two impeachments for abuses of power and attacks on our democracy, and in…

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  Noah Bookbinder, CREW · [email protected]

April 29, 2021 at 4:45 PM

Mike Pence’s $750,000 ski trip

While coronavirus cases surged to record levels over Christmas and New Year’s, then-Vice President Mike Pence went on a ten-day ski vacation in Colorado. According to documents obtained by CREW via the Freedom of Information Act, Pence’s Secret Service p John, While coronavirus…

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  Noah Bookbinder, CREW · [email protected]

April 27, 2021 at 4:05 PM

the filibuster

The filibuster must go. The filibuster, which is a Senate procedure that allows a minority of senators to block legislation that doesn’t have 60 votes in support, is a modern invention with a racist history. It is not just anti-democratic—it’s being expl John, The filibuster mu…

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  Robert Maguire, CREW · [email protected]

April 24, 2021 at 2:31 PM

we need to talk about Mitch McConnell

When Senator Mitch McConnell told CEOs recently to “stay out of politics,” it’s no exaggeration to say that I was speechless. Even for someone like McConnell who has made a career out of hypocrisy, it was shocking to hear those words from him. John, When Senator Mitch McConnel…

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  Noah Bookbinder, CREW · [email protected]

April 16, 2021 at 7:29 PM

transparency for law enforcement

Multiple times in the past year, we have seen law enforcement violently turn against racial justice protestors, often with tragic results, while seeming to handle white supremacists with compassion. In the aftermath of George Floyd’s killing and crackdown John, Multiple times i…

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  The CREW Team · [email protected]

April 14, 2021 at 3:17 PM

taking action on DeJoy

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy needs to be fired. Now. John, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy needs to be fired. Now. Time and time again, DeJoy has made it clear that he’s willing to destroy the US Postal Service. Americans deserve better. Sign now and demand DeJoy's firing. D…

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  Noah Bookbinder, CREW · [email protected]

April 6, 2021 at 7:50 PM

banned from government

Former Trump HUD official Lynne Patton has agreed to a four year ban from federal employment following an investigation into a CREW Hatch Act complaint. John, Former Trump HUD official Lynne Patton has agreed to a four year ban from federal employment following an investigatio…

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  Robert Maguire, CREW · [email protected]

April 5, 2021 at 2:21 PM

our fight against dark money

CREW won a major victory in 2018 when a federal court sided with CREW in CREW v. FEC and Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies and threw out an illegal regulation that allowed dark money groups to keep their donors anonymous. John, CREW won a major victory in 2018 when a fede…

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  Noah Bookbinder, CREW · [email protected]

April 2, 2021 at 2:30 PM

regardless of power or party

The law applies to everyone regardless of power or party. Governor Andrew Cuomo is no exception. Cuomo appears to have broken the law by using his campaign to sell his book--so CREW has filed a complaint with the New York State Board of Elections asking John, The law applies t…

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  Noah Bookbinder, CREW · [email protected]

March 31, 2021 at 2:32 PM

arguing for accountability

It has now been more than two months since Donald Trump’s dangerous and corrupt presidency ended. It has been an enormous relief to turn the page to a more ethical government, but I feel strongly that we can’t yet turn away from reckoning with Trump’s abu John, It has now been …

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  Noah Bookbinder, CREW · [email protected]

March 26, 2021 at 2:20 PM

unprecedented, illegal stonewalling

The president is not above the law. Neither are former presidents. John, The president is not above the law. Neither are former presidents. That’s a simple principle that is foundational to our democracy. Yet over the past four years, we’ve had to keep reminding people of tha…

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  Noah Bookbinder, CREW · [email protected]

March 23, 2021 at 5:50 PM

tomorrow's hearing

The For the People Act was formally introduced in the Senate last week, and tomorrow the Senate Rules Committee will hold a hearing on the bill. John, The For the People Act was formally introduced in the Senate last week, and tomorrow the Senate Rules Committee will hold a hea…

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  Arielle Linsky Stogner, CREW · [email protected]

March 18, 2021 at 5:51 PM

FW: cleaning up the mess

I wanted to make sure you saw Noah’s email. CREW’s work to reform our democracy and fight corruption remains as essential as ever—and your support today can help make sure that we can tackle this work with the urgency it needs. If you’re able, please cons John, I wanted to make…

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  Noah Bookbinder, CREW · [email protected]

March 16, 2021 at 2:50 PM

seizing opportunities

This is a crucial time for our democracy. Comprehensive, transformative democracy reform is on the horizon, in the form of the For the People Act. Former President Donald Trump is facing multiple criminal investigations. A new attorney general means an o John, This is a crucial…

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  Noah Bookbinder, CREW · [email protected]

March 12, 2021 at 10:14 PM

BREAKING: ICE cannot destroy records of abuse

ICE cannot destroy records of sexual abuse and assault, death reviews, detainee segregation files and other records it planned to dispose of. That’s a huge victory. John, ICE cannot destroy records of sexual abuse and assault, death reviews, detainee segregation files and other…

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  Noah Bookbinder, CREW · [email protected]

March 12, 2021 at 3:01 PM

10 reasons for the Senate to pass the For the People Act

The Senate needs to pass the For the People Act. John, The Senate needs to pass the For the People Act. Here are a few of the ways our democracy would be stronger if we pass the For the People Act: If presidential candidates disclosed their tax returns, the American peo…

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  Noah Bookbinder, CREW · [email protected]

February 24, 2021 at 3:18 PM

questions for DeJoy

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is testifying right now before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. And he sure has a lot to answer for. John, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is testifying right now before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. And he sure has a …

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  Noah Bookbinder, CREW · [email protected]

February 22, 2021 at 4:15 PM

transparency for Jared Kushner (we won!)

Recently, we won a victory that might just be the key to understanding what exactly Jared Kushner was up to in the White House for four years. John, Recently, we won a victory that might just be the key to understanding what exactly Jared Kushner was up to in the White House fo…

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  Noah Bookbinder, CREW · [email protected]

February 17, 2021 at 3:17 PM

accountability beyond impeachment

There’s no question that the outcome of Donald Trump’s impeachment trial was disappointing. 43 senators decided to look past the damning evidence against him for an overwhelmingly serious offense against the country, and despite the fact that they represe John, There’s no quest…

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  Noah Bookbinder, CREW · [email protected]

February 13, 2021 at 9:02 PM

a sad day

This is a sad day for our democracy. Donald Trump incited an insurrection to overthrow the elected government of the United States. John, This is a sad day for our democracy. Donald Trump incited an insurrection to overthrow the elected government of the United States. 43 senat…

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February 11, 2021 at 3:17 PM

getting results

Last month, after President Trump’s call to Georgia’s Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger asking him to “find” votes and overturn the results of the presidential election, we filed a criminal complaint with the Fulton County District Attorney, asking he John, Last month, afte…

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  Noah Bookbinder, CREW · [email protected]

February 10, 2021 at 3:20 PM

our work is far from done

As former President Trump’s impeachment trial begins this week, we’re reflecting on how Trump’s threats to our democracy escalated into real, tangible damage when his supporters breached the Capitol. It’s never been clearer that we need to strengthen o John, As former Presiden…

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  Donald Sherman, CREW · [email protected]

February 8, 2021 at 3:17 PM

our democracy needs conviction

Former President Trump’s impeachment trial begins tomorrow, and there is only one real option for accountability and reconciliation: Trump’s conviction and disqualification from holding office ever again. John, Former President Trump’s impeachment trial begins tomorrow, and t…

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  Noah Bookbinder, CREW · [email protected]

February 2, 2021 at 4:15 PM

accountability for the insurrection

Before we move on to unity, if this democracy is to truly heal, we need accountability. The Senate will begin Donald Trump’s impeachment trial for his incitement of the insurrection next week. Convicting Trump and disqualifying him from future offi John, Before we move on to un…

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  Noah Bookbinder, CREW · [email protected]

January 28, 2021 at 4:25 PM

Donald Trump's legacy

Now that I’ve had a few days to take in the reality that Donald Trump’s presidency is over, I have a few thoughts on his legacy. It boils down to one word: corruption. John, Now that I’ve had a few days to take in the reality that Donald Trump’s presidency is over, I have a few…

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  Noah Bookbinder, CREW · [email protected]

January 26, 2021 at 3:15 PM

update on our emoluments work

CREW sued Donald Trump on his first day in the Oval Office for systematic violations of the Emoluments Clauses of the Constitution. It may be how you first heard of us. Today, our legal battle ended at the Supreme Court, because since Trump is no longer p John, CREW sued Donald…

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  Noah Bookbinder, CREW · [email protected]

January 20, 2021 at 2:55 PM

corrupt to the end

In the final hours of his presidency, President Trump has once again turned an instrument of mercy into a tool of corruption. His pardons of Steve Bannon and Elliott Broidy are a shockingly corrupt act in a shockingly corrupt presidency—even Nixon didn’t John, In the final hou…

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January 17, 2021 at 6:00 PM

investigating the insurrection

We are still processing the violence at the Capitol last week, and just how close our democracy came to a total breakdown. John, We are still processing the violence at the Capitol last week, and just how close our democracy came to a total breakdown. Millions of Americans wat…

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January 13, 2021 at 10:58 PM

Trump’s second impeachment

President Trump has been impeached. Again. When we first called for President Trump to be impeached again, it was because of his phone call with the Georgia Secretary of State in which he attempted to get him to overturn the state’s presidential election John, President Trump h…

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January 12, 2021 at 3:49 PM

President Trump's sedition

The FBI and the Department of Justice should investigate President Trump for seditious conspiracy. That’s a federal crime and a deeply serious one. John, The FBI and the Department of Justice should investigate President Trump for seditious conspiracy. That’s a federal crime an…

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January 8, 2021 at 9:58 PM

where do we go from here?

When there’s an attempted coup, fighting corruption becomes a lot more challenging. John, Where do we go from here? When there’s an attempted coup, fighting corruption becomes a lot more challenging. When there’s a violent insurrection in the Capitol attempting to overturn…

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  Noah Bookbinder, CREW · [email protected]

January 6, 2021 at 9:06 PM

a violent insurrection

What is happening right now at the Capitol is nothing less than an attempted violent coup against our democratically elected government. John, What is happening right now at the Capitol is nothing less than an attempted violent coup against our democratically elected governmen…

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January 5, 2021 at 2:52 PM

another impeachable phone call

President Trump’s phone call with Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger, where he pressured him to “find 11,780 votes” to flip the state to Trump, wasn’t just outrageous. It was impeachable—and likely criminal. John, President Trump’s phone call with Georgia Secretary of St…

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  Noah Bookbinder, CREW · [email protected]

January 1, 2021 at 4:04 PM

Happy New Year!

Thanks to contributions from you and hundreds of CREW supporters, we not only met, but exceeded our year-end matching goal of $60,000. As President Trump closes out his final weeks in the White House, it’s clearer than ever that we have to continue to fig John, From all of us o…

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December 31, 2020 at 11:03 PM

midnight tonight

CREW’s work began long before Donald Trump ran for president, and it will continue long after. He’s certainly made our work more challenging, and highlighted the desperate need for real comprehensive democracy reforms, but our democracy was in need of rep John, we have just a fe…

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  Donald Sherman, CREW · [email protected]

December 31, 2020 at 3:33 PM

FW: Noah's email

At CREW, we’ve been right there with you in shock, outrage and dismay at the twists and turns of this year—from President Trump’s devastating mismanagement of the coronavirus crisis, which was exacerbated by his corruption and nepotism, to his appalling a John, just a quick note…

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  Noah Bookbinder, CREW · [email protected]

December 30, 2020 at 8:03 PM

never been more important

Over the last few years, I’ve sent you a lot of emails about the threat that President Trump and his administration pose to our democracy. His corruption, abuses of power, attacks on watchdogs, nepotism, ethically-challenged Cabinet secretaries, his use o Make a double match…

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  Donald Sherman, CREW · [email protected]

December 30, 2020 at 3:32 PM

stepping up

CREW supporters like you know that President Trump has mounted unprecedented attacks on our democracy—but you also know that our democracy’s challenges didn’t start and don’t end with Trump’s presidency. John, We’re on our way to reaching our $60,000 goal by tomorrow night, bu…

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  The CREW Team · [email protected]

December 29, 2020 at 8:02 PM

FW: unacceptable

2020 has brought serious challenges to our democracy, but we’re optimistic that 2021 will bring opportunities for genuine accountability and reform, so that we can turn the page on the Trump administration’s corruption and begin to reform and build a stro John, did you see Noah’…

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  Donald Sherman, CREW · [email protected]

December 29, 2020 at 3:33 PM

what a year

This year has been a blur. We’ve been working remotely for nine months now, doing our best to juggle family and community responsibilities with the responsibility we have to each other to fight for a better government. If I said it was easy, I would be ly John, This year has be…

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  Noah Bookbinder, CREW · [email protected]

December 28, 2020 at 3:31 PM

unacceptable

President Trump’s attacks on our election, aided by members of his administration, members of Congress, and state officials, are absolutely unacceptable, and will have lasting consequences for our democracy. His corruption and abuse of power are damaging John, Unacceptable. …

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  Noah Bookbinder, CREW · [email protected]

December 27, 2020 at 4:17 PM

FW: a total overhaul

Attorney General Barr has left the Department of Justice. And in a few short weeks, President Trump will be leaving the White House. After years of fighting leaders who believe that their conduct is acceptable as long it’s not outright criminal, and even John, I wanted to make …

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  Zephyr Teachout, CREW · [email protected]

December 26, 2020 at 4:30 PM

a total overhaul

Attorney General Barr has left the Department of Justice. And in a few short weeks, President Trump will be leaving the White House. After years of fighting leaders who believe that their conduct is acceptable as long it’s not outright criminal, and even John, Attorney General…

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  Donald Sherman, CREW · [email protected]

December 24, 2020 at 3:01 PM

FW: our plan for 2021

From being one of the first to raise the alarm about Postmaster Louis DeJoy’s corrupt attacks on mail service to uncovering documents that show possible abuse of taxpayer funds by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to releasing a 170-page report laying out th John, I wanted to make…

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  Noah Bookbinder, CREW · [email protected]

December 24, 2020 at 2:18 AM

FW: shameful

With President Trump’s second night of pardons of people connected to him—this time Paul Manafort, Roger Stone and Charles Kushner—he has made it clear that he believes the purpose of the pardon is to bail out rich white men connected to him. Trump has tu John, With President T…

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December 23, 2020 at 3:29 PM

shameful

Pardons are traditionally used to try to right injustices, but that couldn’t have been further from the case last night. John, Pardons are traditionally used to try to right injustices, but that couldn’t have been further from the case last night. President Trump’s just-ann…

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  Noah Bookbinder, CREW · [email protected]

December 21, 2020 at 5:34 PM

our plan for 2021

At CREW, we’ve been right there with you in shock, outrage and dismay at the twists and turns of this year—from President Trump’s devastating mismanagement of the coronavirus crisis, which was exacerbated by his corruption and nepotism, to his appalling a John, 2020 has been a …

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  Noah Bookbinder, CREW · [email protected]

December 20, 2020 at 5:00 PM

why records matter

After CREW filed multiple complaints against President Trump’s trade advisor Peter Navarro for his blatant Hatch Act violations, the Office of Special Counsel made it official and recommended that he be disciplined for breaking the law. Navarro joins more John, When President T…

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  Donald Sherman, CREW · [email protected]

December 16, 2020 at 3:00 PM

good news and bad news

After CREW filed multiple complaints against President Trump’s trade advisor Peter Navarro for his blatant Hatch Act violations, the Office of Special Counsel made it official and recommended that he be disciplined for breaking the law. Navarro joins more John, After CREW filed…

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