The Campaign for Accountability (CfA) is a liberal 501(c)(3) non-profit ethics watchdog group headquartered in Washington, D.C. It was co-founded in May 2015 by Anne Weismann, former legal counsel for Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), and Louis Mayberg, former chairman of CREW.
The group states that it “uses research, litigation and aggressive communications to expose misconduct and malfeasance in public life.”
In the context of a controversy over the credentials of a White House press secretary, CfA filed a complaint with the State Bar of California asking it to investigate whether the official misrepresented herself as a lawyer in violation of California law. The State Bar said it could not confirm whether it had received the complaint or were conducting an investigation, citing confidentiality laws.