NEW: CfA and @americanoversight.org sued the Trump administration over a scheme that gives paying subscribers early access to official government announcements posted on Truth Social — for a fee of up to $100,000 a month.

Watchdogs Sue Trump Admin Over Truth Social $100K-a-Month Scheme

The scheme gives paying subscribers early access to official government announcements posted on Truth Social — for a fee of up to $100,000 a month.

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NEW: This week, CfA filed a complaint asking the IRS to investigate whether AltaMed Health Services Corp., a California nonprofit public benefit corporation and Section 501(c)(3) public charity, violated rules prohibiting private inurement and excess benefit transactions.

Watchdog Requests IRS Investigation into AltaMed Health Services Corp.

The complaint asks the IRS to investigate whether AltaMed violated rules prohibiting private inurement and excess benefit transactions.

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Anti-abortion "crisis pregnancy centers" often advertise medical services like ultrasound scans to lure in women who are considering their pregnancy options. @statesnewsroom.com details how states often fail to provide oversight of these medical services.

Crisis pregnancy centers fight for ultrasound use in clinics without government oversight • Stateline

Anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers routinely offer free ultrasounds, but there is little oversight. OB-GYNs, state lawmakers, government officials, reproductive health advocates, and current and f...

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NEW: Today, CfA—represented by Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP—petitioned to unseal all records concerning the disciplinary proceeding against John A. Sarcone III, the First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York. campaignforaccountability.org/watchdog-fil...

Watchdog Files to Unseal John Sarcone Disciplinary Proceedings

CfA filed to unseal all records concerning the disciplinary proceeding against John A. Sarcone III, the First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the NDNY.

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Jill Shannon, a cancer patient in New Mexico, was told by private equity-owned Memorial Medical Center in Las Cruces that she needed to pay $4k–$6k upfront before a critical procedure—even though she was insured. She couldn't pay, so she canceled.

How private equity is squeezing more profit out of hospital patients

Patients at hospitals owned or operated by private equity should prepare for bigger bills, new research shows.

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NEW: Private equity firms are driving up healthcare costs for patients already struggling to afford everyday essentials, according to a new CfA report. CfA's analysis found that PE-owned hospitals netted $669 more per patient compared to other hospitals.

Overbilled and Overtreated: Private Equity and the Healthcare Cost Crisis

A report finds that private equity-owned hospitals netted $669 more per patient than comparable hospitals with other ownership structures.

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NEW: This week, CfA submitted a complaint to @newyorkstateag.bsky.social, urging her to investigate the advertising practices and ultrasound services of New York “crisis pregnancy centers” (CPCs) that advertise their ability to diagnose ectopic pregnancies.

Watchdog Urges Investigation of Improper CPC Diagnostic Practices

CfA's complaint alleges that "crisis pregnancy center" advertising practices and diagnostic ultrasound services may violate New York state law.

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NEW: CfA asked the DC bar to investigate Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward. As the sole government signatory on the deal creating Trump’s $1.776 billion fund to pay out the same Jan 6 defendants and Trump associates Woodward previously represented, he may have broken bar rules.

CfA - DC Bar Complaint - Stanley Woodward

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NEW: CfA filed a New York bar complaint against Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, after a federal judge found him personally responsible for acts related to the vindictive prosecution of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

Watchdog Files NY Bar Complaint Against Acting AG Todd Blanche

A federal judge found Blanche personally responsible for acts related to the vindictive prosecution of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

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After the New York bar confirmed to CfA that they found John A. Sarcone III to have committed professional misconduct while serving as Interim U.S. Attorney, the @timesunion.com Editorial Board asks an important question: What exactly did they determine Sarcone did wrong?

Editorial: Sarcone sanctioned — but what for?

John Sarcone, the Northern District's top federal prosecutor, is disciplined for "professional misconduct"; New Yorkers deserve to know more.

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A new piece by @samleecole.bsky.social looks at the fallout after a boy created nonconsensual sexual AI deepfakes of his female classmates. The images were generated in an app called Movely—one tested by TTP in our April report, and available for download in the Apple App Store at the time.

NEW: CfA urged the State Financial Officer’s Foundation (SFOF) to remove Board President Seth Metcalf from his role. Court records reveal Mr. Metcalf engaged in an effort to induce an Ohio teachers' pension fund to hire his unqualified company to manage nearly 70% of its assets.

Watchdog Urges SFOF to Drop President Over Insider Scheme

Court records show SFOF Board President Seth Metcalf engaged in an effort to induce an Ohio pension fund to hire his unqualified company.

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NEW: CfA received a letter from the Attorney Grievance Committee of the 3rd Judicial Dept. of New York saying it determined that actions undertaken by John Sarcone III while serving as Interim U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of NY amounted to professional misconduct.

AGC Correspondence - John Sarcone Bar Complaint - Campaign for Accountability

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NEW: CfA asked the DC Board of Ethics and Government Accountability to investigate whether Ward 4 Councilmember and mayoral candidate Janeese Lewis George violated the District’s Ethics Act by failing to properly disclose her family’s financial assets.

CfA - DC Board of Ethics and Government Accountability - Janeese Lewis George

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NEW: Today, CfA urged Congress to open an inquiry into serious and escalating ethics violations involving Karen Budd-Falen, the third-highest-ranking Department of the Interior official, and into the apparent failure of DOI’s ethics office to prevent or address those violations.

Watchdog Calls for Congressional Inquiry into Department of the Interior Ethics Failures | Campaign for Accountability

For Immediate Release: May 9, 2026 Contact: Michael Clauw, mclauw@campaignforaccountability.org, 202.780.5750 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Campaign for Accountability (CfA) urged the Senate Permanent Sub...

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NEW: A majority (53%) of top YouTube podcasts that regularly run host-read ads promoted at least one gambling sponsor in the past year. This comes at a time when teen boys more frequently report seeing gambling ads on YouTube than any other platform/format, including live TV.

NEW: Last month, the FL Bar confirmed to us in a letter that it's investigating the conduct of former US attorney Lindsey Halligan. CfA shared the letter a day after reporting that the DOJ was trying to stall state bar investigations of their lawyers. Read the original FL bar complaint on our site:

Campaign for Accountability | Holding the Powerful Accountable

CfA is a nonprofit watchdog organization that uses research, litigation, and aggressive communications to expose misconduct and malfeasance in public life.

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Following yesterday's renewed complaint asking the VA and FL Bars to investigate Lindsey Halligan's apparent misconduct, CfA's Michelle Kuppersmith joined Adam Klasfeld of @allrisenews.com + @legalafmtn.bsky.social to discuss. www.youtube.com/watch?v=D73m...

REMOVED Trump Prosecutor HIT with NEW BAR COMPLAINT

YouTube video by Legal AF

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NEW: CfA renewed its request for the Virginia State Bar to investigate former Acting U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan for multiple potential violations of professional conduct rules during her brief, four-month tenure leading the Eastern District of Virginia.

Watchdog Renews Lindsey Halligan Bar Complaint Following Court Rulings

After three federal courts issued scathing rulings around Ms. Halligan's conduct, Campaign for Accountability renewed its complaint to the VA and FL Bars.

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NEW: Apple and Google ban apps that create sexualized images. But a new TTP report found dozens of “nudify” apps in the companies’ stores that can digitally remove the clothes from women, rendering them naked or in scant clothing.

TTP - Nudify Apps Widely Available in Apple and Google App Stores

Apple and Google ban apps that create sexualized images. But both companies offer dozens of apps that can strip the clothes off people.

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NEW: In response to CfA's complaint requesting an investigation into FCC Chair Brendan Carr’s threats to broadcasters, the Maryland Bar issued a letter saying it was declining to investigate -- though, it failed to address the substance of Carr's conduct.

Breaking: On the eve of a hearing to consider a motion by Campaign for Accountability and numerous media orgs to unseal the divorce record of Texas AG Ken Paxton and Texas State Senator Angela Paxton, the Paxton’s abruptly dropped their efforts to keep the record sealed.

Breaking: TX Attorney General Ken Paxton Agrees to Unseal Divorce File

The signed agreement comes on the eve of a hearing before a Texas court considering a motion by CfA and numerous media organizations to unseal the file.

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NEW: The Virginia Bar has issued a response to a complaint CfA filed last month against Interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan (who a court has since found was illegally appointed), regarding her conduct in the prosecutions of James Comey and Letitia James.

NEW: CfA tested 5 top AI chatbots to see how they'd advise women asking questions about options amidst a medication abortion. In 7/10 tests, the AI gave out the number to a biased anti-abortion “helpline” that promotes unproven and potentially harmful “abortion pill reversal.

NEW: Texas AG Ken Paxton filed a brief arguing that his divorce proceeding—that may reveal relevant information about his conduct and character, and which CfA filed a motion to unseal—should remain hidden from public view. In response, CfA issued the following statement:

NEW: In a ruling requiring the DOJ to produce all grand jury materials used to secure an indictment of James Comey, Judge Fitzpatrick found Interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan made “fundamental and highly prejudicial” misstatements of the law—echoing concerns raised in CfA’s bar complaint.

ICYMI: A watchdog group is urging state bars to investigate Lindsey Halligan — Trump’s top prosecutor for the Eastern District of Virginia — over her handling of cases against James Comey and Letitia James. Read the full complaint on Slip Opinion: annabower.substack.com/p/watchdog-g...

Watchdog Group Files Bar Ethics Complaint Against Lindsey Halligan

The non-profit group Campaign for Accountability requests investigation of top federal prosecutor pursuing cases against Letitia James and James Comey.

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NEW: CfA asked the Florida and Virginia Bars to investigate Interim US Attorney Lindsey Halligan. By using the power of her office to prosecute James Comey and Letitia James despite a dearth of evidence, Halligan may have violated myriad bar rules. campaignforaccountability.org/watchdog-fil...

Watchdog Files Bar Complaint Against Interim US Attorney Lindsey Halligan

By prosecuting James Comey and Letitia James despite a dearth of evidence that either committed any crimes, Halligan appears to have violated Bar rules.

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NEW: Today, CfA asked the DC and Maryland bars to investigate whether Brendan Carr’s recent threats to broadcasters violated their Rules of Professional Conduct, by which all lawyers must abide.

NEW: CfA called on the DOJ to investigate potential mortgage fraud violations by Labor Sec. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Transportation Sec. Sean Duffy, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, and Texas AG Ken Paxton, citing evidence each has claimed primary residence on more than 1 home.