GOVERNMENT INTEGRITY PROJECT
NLPC “blows the whistle” on government officials and interest groups engaged in questionable and illegal activities, often based on original investigation and research. NLPC has filed formal Complaints with a variety of authorities and regulators, including the U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Election Commission, Internal Revenue Service, and Congressional Ethics Committees.
NLPC also supports government integrity by utilizing and promoting the use of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
Will Schumer Finally Be Prosecuted for Threats Against Supreme Court?
Ed Martin, the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, on January 21 wrote to Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY): …I respectfully request that you clarify your comments from March 4, 2020. Your comments were at a private rally off the campus of the U.S....
Hegseth Asked to Lift Security Clearance of Reid Hoffman, Challenge Microsoft Board Membership
National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC) today asked Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to lift the security clearance of Reid Hoffman, who until recently was a member of the Defense Innovation Board, a federal advisory committee. Furthermore, the ethics group asked...
Robert Menendez Gets 11 Years; Makes Play for Pardon
Former Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) was sentenced today to eleven years in prison following his conviction in July 2024 for bribery, extortion, honest services fraud, obstruction of justice, and conspiracy. Prosecutors had asked for fifteen. Since it is unlikely...
NLPC Counsel Explains Birthright Citizenship Fight
Paul Kamenar, Counsel to the National Legal and Policy Center, explains the legal battle over President Trump's move to end birthright citizenship in an interview on NTD-TV. Click here to watch. Also, click here for a separate January 27 interview on iHeart radio on...
Reid Hoffman Gone From Defense Innovation Board
Following very public demands from NLPC for his removal, Reid Hoffman has disappeared from the Defense Innovation Board (DIB). Hoffman is the billionaire founder of LinkedIn, who wished that President Trump be “martyred.” The DIB is a prestigious advisory committee...
Jack Smith’s ‘Final Potshot’ at Trump
NLPC Counsel Paul Kamenar commented prior to the release today of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report on his investigation of President Trump’s alleged election interference in 2020. From a Daily Signal article by Fred Lucas: “There could be a few interesting tidbits...
Biden Commutes Death Sentences of ‘Viscious & Depraved’ Killers
Paul Kamenar, NLPC Counsel: At the urging of dozens of liberal, soft-on-crime activist groups, President Biden, who had a moratorium during his term in office on carrying out the federal death penalty as did his Attorney General Merrick Garland, saw fit to give a...
Joe Biden Pardons Hunter, Breaking Pledge
From NLPC Counsel Paul Kamenar: President Biden's pardon of his son Hunter for his two criminal convictions is no surprise. Despite President Biden's repeated pledge that he would not pardon his son for his gun conviction and serious tax crimes, NLPC has repeatedly...
By Pardoning Hunter, Joe Biden Pardons Himself
By pardoning his son Hunter, President Biden actually pardoned himself. The investigation and prosecution of Hunter had one and only goal from its beginning to its end: to keep the investigation away from Joe Biden. As I have previously written: For five years, (U.S....
Failure to Seek Death Penalty in Laken Riley Case is ‘Miscarriage of Justice’
NLPC Counsel Paul Kamenar: The illegal immigrant, Jose Ibarra, who viciously killed Laken Riley, a Georgia nursing student, was found guilty of her murder today by a Georgia judge and sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, the maximum...
All Four Anti-Trump Cases ‘On the Chopping Block’
NLPC Counsel Paul Kamenar: New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg today asked that Judge Merchan put on hold any sentencing of Donald Trump, which was scheduled for November 26, and any ruling on whether the Supreme Court's immunity ruling requires the verdict to be...
Special Counsel Jack Smith Must Close Shop; ‘Lawfare’ Must End
"It appears that Special Prosecutor Jack Smith is coming to his senses and preparing to drop the two federal prosecutions against President-elect Donald Trump, " said Paul Kamenar, counsel to NLPC. Although he vowed this summer to continue the prosecutions up...
WJLA-TV Reports on Ethics Complaint Filed Against Angela Alsobrooks
Angela Alsobrooks Did Not Disclose Unpaid Back Taxes
Today, NLPC filed a formal complaint with the Senate Ethics Committee against U.S. Senate Candidate from Maryland, Angela Alsobrooks, for failing to disclose on her financial disclosure forms that she owed the District of Columbia over $47,000 in back property taxes...
NBC Caves to Trump on Equal Time; Harris SNL Episode Demonstrates Network Bias
According to NLPC Counsel Paul Kamenar: NBC's Saturday Night Live show featured an opening sketch with Vice President Kamala Harris. As a presidential candidate, her appearance on the eve of the presidential election violated the Federal Communications Commission's...
New Jersey Group to Sue to Stop Offshore Wind Threat to Whales
The three groups suing to stop the Virginia offshore wind project under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) now have company. A New Jersey group called Save Long Beach Island (SBLI) has notified two federal agencies that it intends to sue them to stop a massive wind...
Elon Musk Says Bill Gates, Reid Hoffman Are Terrified of Trump Win, Epstein Disclosures
Elon Musk told Tucker Carlson that Bill Gates and Reid Hoffman — two billionaires previously criticized by NLPC — support Kamala Harris because they fear Trump will release the Jeffrey Epstein client list. Here’s the exchange: Elon: If Trump wins, that Epstein client...
We Alleged Election Law Violations by Sean “Diddy” Combs in 2005
Here’s our media release from November 3, 2005: Peter Flaherty, president of the National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC), today announced that the group is filing a formal Complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) against Sean Combs, the rap promoter also...
Kamala Harris Nixed Health Care Deal in Exchange for Campaign Contributions
Organized labor, to nobody’s surprise, is standing with Kamala Harris. For decades, unions have been an engine of Democratic Party fundraising, lobbying and voter outreach. Given that Harris wants to be our next president, it’s time to recall a series of events of...
Special Counsel Jack Smith ‘Will Struggle’ on Appeal of Ruling That He is Unconstitutional
Paul Kamenar, counsel to the National Legal and Policy Center, tells One America News Network that it is uphill for Special Counsel Jack Smith's appeal of Judge Aileen Cannon's ruling that his appointment was...
This Time, Menendez Guilty
Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) was found guilty on 16 counts related to his acceptance of bribes in the form of gold bars, cash, mortgage payments and a Mercedes. In October, NLPC filed a complaint with the Senate Ethics Committee asking that it seek Menendez’...