CREW/Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, January 29, 2025

 CREW/Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington; CREW statement on Menendez sentencing

"Following the sentencing of former Senator Bob Menendez, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington President Noah Bookbinder, a former federal corruption prosecutor, released the following statement:

“Bob Menendez’s blatant corruption made a mockery of the Senate and was one more piece of the shattering of Americans’ trust in our government in recent years. We applaud Judge Stein for handing down a serious sentence in line with these very serious offenses. By sending Menendez to prison, the judge has shown that the system can work. And Americans can feel secure in the knowledge that, in at least some cases, corruption does not go unpunished.”"

Walter Shaub Wants You To Fight For An Ethical Democracy; WBUR On Point, February 18, 2020

WBUR, On Point;

Walter Shaub Wants You To Fight For An Ethical Democracy

"For decades, Walter Shaub advised presidential candidates about transparency, ethics and how to avoid conflicts of interest. We talk to Shaub about how he ran the Office of Government Ethics and the future of ethics in government."

Ethics Watchdog Releases One-Word Statement On Pruitt Resignation; HuffPost, July 5, 2018

Ryan Grenoble, HuffPost; Ethics Watchdog Releases One-Word Statement On Pruitt Resignation

"What is there to say when you run an ethics watchdog and a man The Washington Post labeled “easily the most corrupt senior official in the federal government” has just resigned?

Not much. At least nothing that doesn’t involve four-letter words.

Reacting to news that Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt resigned Thursday, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) released a one-word statement, attributed to Executive Director Noah Bookbinder: “Good.”"