WASHINGTON, D.C. --- December 15, 2025 --- Today, the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT) released its annual list of the Top Ethics Violators of 2025, highlighting public officials whose actions raised serious ethical concerns and undermined public trust.   Americans expect integrity and accountability from their public officials yet the cases on this year’s list show the opposite. These ethics breaches span multiple oversight areas, including the Office of

Washington, D.C. — November 20, 2025  — The non-partisan ethics watchdog, the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT), which filed an ethics complaint against Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick with the Office of Congressional Conduct (OCC) in March 2025, today issued a statement following her federal indictment related to alleged misappropriation of tax-payer funds and campaign finance violations. Statement from Kendra Arnold, Executive Director of FACT: "We commen

An investigation was launched by the House Ethics Committee in response to a September 16, 2021 complaint  by the Foundation for...