A look at the group suing Trump over business conflicts
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed a lawsuit Monday in New York alleging that President Donald Trump is violating the Constitution by allowing his business to accept payments from foreign governments.
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington is a non-profit group made of lawyers and other staff that track and oppose the "negative impact of money in politics" through legal action, public policy and communications strategies.
— Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed multiple ethics complaints and requested an inquiry by the Office of Congressional Ethics into Aaron Schock after media reports of the Illinois congressman's lavish spending, including his office, which was inspired by the show "Downton Abbey."
A federal appeals court ruled in 2014 that the documents should have been released under the Freedom of Information Act.