Brief look at CREW filing ethics violation against WH Press Secretary Sanders:
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) and nonpartisan U.S. government ethics and accountability watchdog organization. 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.
Board:
Davis Brock – prior Chairman till late 2017; liberal political operative, founded Media Matter and super PACs American Bridge 21st Century and Correct The Record
Norman Eisen – Chairman; Harvard classmate of [Hussain], White House Special Counsel, Czech Republic Ambassador
Richard Painter – Vice Chair; Bush admin ethics lawyer, claimed centrist Republican [read rino] and shifted to Democrat in ’16 because of Republican cover-up of Russian Collusion.
Principle Donors:
Democracy Alliance - a network of liberal donors who coordinate their political giving. Major donors include George Soros and Tom Steyer. SEIU – socialist labor union. Arca Foundation - progressive American philanthropic foundation. Gill Foundation - largest funders of efforts to secure full equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in the United States.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_for_Responsibility_and_Ethics_in_Washington
Board Members (bios not provided on the website)
Board Chair - Ambassador (Ret.) Norman Eisen
Chairman Emeritus - Al Dwoskin
Board Members - Amy Pope; The Honorable Claudine Schneider; Craig Kaplan; John Luongo; Hannibal G. Williams II Kemerer; Wayne Jordan
Sample Staff Bios (7 most interesting of 26 staff):
Noah Bookbinder became CREW’s Executive Director in March 2015… Director of the Office of Legislative and Public Affairs at the United States Sentencing Commission, where he helped guide the Commission on important policy decisions including its historic 2014 action to reduce sentences for most federal drug offenders.
Arielle Linsky serves as CREW’s Chief Operating Officer. A native of Washington, D.C., Arielle has over ten years of experience working with nonprofit organizations and political groups including Planned Parenthood, the NAACP, and the Anti-Defamation League on fundraising and strategic outreach.
Virginia Canter joined CREW as its Chief Ethics Counsel following a career in public service. Her prior experience includes serving as Ethics Advisor to the International Monetary Fund, White House Associate Counsel to Presidents Obama and Clinton, Senior Ethics Counsel for the Department of the Treasury and Assistant Ethics Counsel for the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Adam Rappaport serves as CREW’s Chief Counsel and Assistant Director. Prior to joining CREW, Adam practiced law at Levine, Sullivan, Koch & Schulz, LLP, representing members of the news media.
Conor Shaw serves as Staff Counsel at CREW. Prior to joining CREW, Conor was a clinical fellow at the Federal Legislation Clinic at Georgetown University Law Center. Before that, Conor was an associate at Eimer Stahl LLP in Chicago.
Donald K. Sherman serves as CREW’s Deputy Director. Prior to joining CREW, Donald served as Senior Counsel on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee… Donald served in various roles on the staff of Rep. Elijah Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Matt Corley is the Chief Investigator at CREW. Before joining the CREW team, Matt worked as an Assistant Editor at the Center for American Progress, where he wrote for ThinkProgress and The Progress Report.
https://www.citizensforethics.org/