“The Maryland Bar Rules do not limit bar complaints only to those personally impacted by a lawyer’s misconduct. Although Maryland rules provide that Bar counsel ‘may’ dismiss a complaint that draws on public accounts – leaving it fully within counsel’s discretion to investigate allegations of violations – the Bar chose not to. Clearly, the Bar was looking for an excuse to duck its responsibility to hold Carr accountable for potential misconduct.”

Following a Texas judge’s approval of a signed agreement that will unseal the divorce record of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and State Senator Angela Paxton—and the Paxtons’ lawyers’ comments thereafter—Campaign for Accountability Executive Director Michelle Kuppersmith issued the following statement:

On the eve of a hearing before a Texas court considering a motion by Campaign for Accountability (CfA) and numerous media organizations to unseal the divorce record of Texas Attorney General and U.S. Senate candidate Ken Paxton and Texas State Senator Angela Paxton, the Paxton’s abruptly dropped their efforts to keep the record sealed.

Tomorrow, December 19th, 2025, at 9:00am (CST), the 468th District Court in Collin County Texas will hear a motion filed by Campaign for Accountability and a group of Media Intervenors to unseal the divorce record of Texas Attorney General and U.S. Senate candidate Ken Paxton and State Senator Angela Paxton.

Apple’s App Store hosts dozens of apps for U.S.-sanctioned organizations, including Russian banks propping up Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, and a Chinese paramilitary group linked to human rights abuses, according to an investigation by the Tech Transparency Project.

In its 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, the Virginia Bar said that, at present, there is insufficient rationale for it to open an investigation. Read CfA's response.

A new CfA report details how five top AI chatbots—ChatGPT, Google AI Mode, Meta AI, Grok, and Perplexity—directed women to call the phone number of a biased anti-abortion hotline when asked questions about a woman’s options during a medication abortion. The hotline pushes women to try what it calls an “abortion pill reversal,” an unproven and potentially dangerous action.

Yesterday, Texas Attorney General 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. CfA issued a statement in response.

Campaign for Accountability filed a bar complaint asking the Florida Bar and the Virginia Bar to investigate Lindsey Halligan, a Florida-licensed attorney who Donald Trump designated as Interim United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.

A new Tech Transparency Project (TTP) report reveals that scammers who use deepfake videos of Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and lawmakers like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders to promote fictitious government benefits are among the top political ad spenders on Meta platforms.