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The Foundation for Accountability & Civic Trust (FACT) is dedicated to promoting accountability, ethics, and transparency in government and civic arenas

Washington, DC

Joined February 2015

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FACT DC@factdc · Jul 24

Another day, another stock-related ethics violation for a Members of Congress. opensecrets.org/news/2025/07/r…

factdc's tweet card. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), one of the more powerful Democrats in the House of Representatives, has violated a federal…

FACT DC@factdc · Jul 21

Here is a story on our most recent complaint, and it provides a great overview of the unique and astounding facts involved in this case. washingtonexaminer.com/news/3473486/w…

factdc's tweet card. The inquiry involves a $5.8 million overpayment that Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick's healthcare company mistakenly received during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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FACT DC@factdc · Jul 17

COMPLAINT FILED: As we continue seeking justice involving the $5 MILLION Florida “overpay” controversy and a sitting Member of the U.S. House, we have now referred this directly to the Department of Justice. factdc.org/post/ethics-wa…

factdc's tweet card. Washington, D.C. --- July 16, 2025 — Today, the non-partisan ethics watchdog, the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT), referred Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick to the U.S. Department...

FACT DC@factdc · Jul 14

"Any reasonably objective person would conclude this looks horrible," said FACT's Executive Director. freebeacon.com/california/cor…

factdc's tweet card. California Gov. Gavin Newsom doesn’t typically get involved in disputes between rival Native American tribes. That changed last year, when Newsom used his office to try to block a small tribe from...

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FACT DC@factdc · Jul 10

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factdc's tweet card. Mayor Brandon Johnson’s new lead Springfield IGA director John Arena argued those lobbyists did not need to register because their contracts with the city were still “pending.”

FACT DC@factdc · Jul 4

FACT DC@factdc · Jul 4

COMPLAINT FILED. factdc.org/post/fact-file…

factdc's tweet card. Project Winchester has failed to disclose any federal spending despite obvious advocacy and political expenditures Washington, D.C.— July 1, 2025 — Today, the non-partisan ethics watchdog, the...

FACT DC@factdc · Jun 30

Rep. Maxine Waters has now been fined $68,000 for these campaign finance violations and has "acknowledged mistakes were made". opensecrets.org/news/2025/05/f…

FACT DC@factdc · Jun 25

We've pointed this out many times before, now a study has been done backing it up: "...more than $116.5 million of “independent” outside advertising was subsidized through candidate B-Roll and image provision during the 2018 and 2020 cycles alone." journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/15…

factdc's tweet card. Prior research theorizes that recent growth in outside election spending has undermined candidates’ ability to control the information received by voters. This ...

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FACT DC@factdc · Jun 23

Do as I say and not as I do...FACT is quoted here on the unfortunate irony and hypocrisy of this situation. opensecrets.org/news/2025/06/r…

factdc's tweet card. Editor’s Note: On June 17, Rep. Dave Min’s office provided additional documentation covering the stock transactions. That information is reflected…

FACT DC@factdc · Jun 19

Below is the first coverage of our most recent complaint. nypost.com/2025/06/16/us-…

factdc's tweet card. Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been hit with an ethics complaint over his failure to publicly reveal over $2.6 million worth of stock options in an advanced nuclear technology company before launchin...

FACT DC@factdc · Jun 17

COMPLAINT FILED: Former Governor Andrew Cuomo failed to disclose over $2.5 million in stock option compensation from a nuclear energy company. factdc.org/post/fact-call…

factdc's tweet card. Evidence suggests Andrew Cuomo violated the law by failing to fully disclose stock option assets worth millions Washington, D.C. --- June 16, 2025 --- Today, the non-partisan ethics watchdog, the...

FACT DC@factdc · Jun 15

A remarkable political ethics case involving corruption, money, a State Alderman wearing wires, and the longest serving House Speaker ever comes to an end. chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2025/…

factdc's tweet card. Michael Madigan, the country’s longest-serving state House leader, served as speaker of the Illinois House from 1983 until 2021, with the exception of two years. Along the way, he developed a...

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FACT DC@factdc · Jun 14

More ethics news on Stacey Abrams, this time involving her group "Fair Fight". This new issue comes on the heels of a complaint FACT filed last February regarding another group of hers called "The New Georgia Project". realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2025/…

factdc's tweet card. A nonprofit founded by Georgia Democratic politician Stacey Abrams to protect voting rights paid more than $20 million to a lawyer who is a close friend and helped set up two of her private businesses

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FACT DC@factdc · Jun 11

Take a few minutes to understand our most recent complaint by watching this well-explained news piece on it.

FACT DC@factdc · Jun 7

Some more coverage of our complaint involving Mayor Bowser. nypost.com/2025/06/03/us-…

factdc's tweet card. A local TV station revealed in April that Doha had paid at least $61,930 for the Democrat and four staffers to travel to the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference in neighboring Dubai.

FACT DC@factdc · Jun 5

Here is the first (of many) news stories published on our most recent complaint against Washington D.C. Mayor Bowser and her travels. foxnews.com/politics/scoop…

FACT DC@factdc · Jun 3

COMPLAINT FILED: Secrecy and trying to retroactively re-classify things is not how government is designed to work, yet that's just what we have here. factdc.org/post/fact-call…

factdc's tweet card. Evidence shows that the Mayor of DC and her staff have taken several prominent trips without disclosing information to the public Washington, D.C.— June 3, 2025 — Today, the non-partisan ethics...

FACT DC@factdc · May 29

We now have significant and simultaneous movement from both sides of the isle on this issue--an increasingly rare convergence. axios.com/2025/05/22/sen…

factdc's tweet card. "The only way to stop insider trading in Congress is to stop members of Congress from trading stocks."

FACT DC@factdc · May 28

Given how often FACT deals with the repercussions of this, we are following this closely. foxnews.com/politics/house…

factdc's tweet card. Congressional Republicans have introduced legislation banning lawmakers from stock trading in both the House and Senate as of Wednesday.