Restoring the expectation that criminal conduct has consequences.
Our Mission
No one is above the law.
The Rule of Law Project exists to end impunity and ensure accountability for serious crimes committed by public officials in the United States, and those who enable them.
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The problem
The Accountability Crisis
Federal officials and their private-sector enablers are violating the law on a daily basis.
The method
What We Do
We document, investigate, build the cases, press for prosecution, and make the public case.
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What We’re Watching
A first look at the kind of corruption and state violence the Project is investigating.
The team
Our People
Former career prosecutors, federal investigators, and human rights leaders.
The Accountability Crisis
Pardons are bought and sold. Contracts are steered to friends and family. Bribes are solicited and received in broad daylight.
No one is charged.
American communities are terrorized by armed, masked government agents. People are held in detention under the cruelest of conditions. Citizens are shot and killed on city streets.
No one is held to account.
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