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We advance truth, accountability, and democracy by enforcing the public's right to government records.

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1Aug 20, '23We obtained records showing a senior DOJ official’s handwritten notes on an email rejecting Trump loyalist Jeffrey Clark’s scheme to falsely tell state officials that DOJ was inves2268×1.8M2.1k841139
2May 12, '23NEW: A court filing tonight suggests the Durham investigation has closed. The DOJ just dropped a key objection to the release of over 4,500 pages of records related to the Trump-er1552×1.2M2.5k927126
3Jun 14, '23We obtained emails between top Trump administration DHS officials and Ginni Thomas, a conservative activist and wife of the Supreme Court justice. The emails show Thomas sharing el501×393k4.3k1.8k100
4May 12, '23NEW: We obtained emails between top Trump administration DHS officials and Ginni Thomas, a conservative activist and wife of the Supreme Court justice. The emails show Thomas shari482×379k3.3k1.4k101
5Apr 25, '24We obtained emails between top Trump administration DHS officials and Ginni Thomas, a conservative activist and wife of the Supreme Court justice. The emails show Thomas sharing el389×305k1.9k961152
6Jun 22, '23We asked the Postal Service for any costs of renovations to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s office suites. Last year, USPS sent us documents — but every single thing related to re309×242k2.3k1.3k35
7Jun 3, '23We obtained emails between top Trump administration DHS officials and Ginni Thomas, a conservative activist and wife of the Supreme Court justice. The emails show Thomas sharing el279×219k2.2k1k70
8Nov 7, '23Andrew Ferguson, Virginia’s solicitor general, previously clerked for Justice Clarence Thomas. We asked the Virginia AG’s office for Ferguson’s communications with Clarence and Gin131×103k1k35619
9May 26, '23After leaving the Trump administration, Jared Kushner and Steve Mnuchin secured billions in investments from Middle East nations. We obtained travel records related to their trips 119×94k1.1k65232
10Dec 10, '23In 2020, we obtained the resumes of staffers who joined the Office of the Postmaster General shortly after Trump donor Louis DeJoy took over. We discovered 4 of those early hires h103×81k1.1k51826
11Jun 8, '24We asked the Postal Service for any costs of renovations to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s office suites. In 2022, USPS sent us documents — but every single thing related to reno97.4×76k1k54742
12Oct 22, '24NEW: A judge ordered the Army to release a report from former President Trump’s August visit to Arlington National Cemetery. The court said the Army must release the records by Fri88.1×69k1.1k48430
13Jun 12, '24We obtained emails between top Trump administration DHS officials and Ginni Thomas, a conservative activist and wife of the Supreme Court justice. The emails show Thomas sharing el80.2×63k1.1k66567
15Jan 31, '24We’re suing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and AG Ken Paxton for records that include communications with the NRA and other pro-gun advocacy groups following the May 2022 massacre in Uvald65.4×51k1.7k60424
16Jul 31, '24Yesterday, the Georgia State Election Board withdrew rules it approved in a recent illegal meeting, which was held without proper notice of a quorum. We’d sued the Board for violat46.2×36k1.1k40929
17Oct 25, '24BREAKING—We obtained the report from Trump’s August visit to Arlington National Cemetery, which a judge ordered the Army to release in response to our lawsuit. The heavily redacted37.3×29k1.5k39034
18Nov 23, '19BREAKING: State Department releases Ukraine documents to American Oversight Documents show links between Pompeo, Giuliani, Oval Office35.8×030k14k610
19Feb 4, '22Emails we obtained, reported on by @politico, suggest that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is in regular contact with Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. In a June 2021, Ginni Thomas 12.7×08.9k4.9k356
21Jan 22, '20BREAKING: Two minutes before midnight, OMB released 192 pages of Ukraine-related records to American Oversight, including emails that have not been previously released.9.6×06.6k4.4k205
22Jan 15, '20We lined up the newly released Parnas messages with the records we obtained from the State Department through FOIA litigation, as well as other records and reports. The timeline is8.3×06.1k3.3k453
23Jan 12, '22We obtained the fake "electoral certificates" submitted to Congress by Trump supporters in seven states as part of the failed attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election. 7.4×05.2k2.8k297
24May 11, '18AT&T Exec Bob Quinn just retired this morning following the Cohen payments scandal. Documents we uncovered show Quinn had a private dinner with Trump FCC Chair Ajit Pai just on7.3×05k3.4k35
25Mar 9, '19NEW: Jeff Sessions caved to Trump's authoritarian demands. We obtained the signed directive from Sessions to a federal prosecutor ordering a wide-ranging investigation of Hillary C7.2×04k3k113
26Oct 31, '17Former Mexican Ambassador to the US says State Department has been told to recommend Trump hotels. We will be FOIAing this. (h/t @Z_Everson)6.8×04.2k3.6k0
28Oct 21, '20We obtained nearly 400 pages of Mike Pompeo’s personal emails from his time as CIA director. These records reveal a problematic amount of official business conducted over private e5.2×03.7k2k136
29Sep 17, '20NEW: Through #FOIA, we obtained nearly 10,000 pages of #USPS documents, reports the @washingtonpost. The documents reveal a scrapped plan to send masks to Americans, a standoff wit4.7×03.4k2k219
30Nov 16, '18New Letter: Where are acting Attorney General Whitaker's financial disclosures? The public has a right to know:4.5×03.8k2k21
31Nov 22, '19On July 4, 2017, North Korea test-launched ICBMs. That same day, then-UN Ambassador Nikki Haley sent multiple emails with classified information over an unclassified system.4.4×03.2k2k43
32Aug 18, '19Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner regularly requested to fly on Air Force planes even when their presence was unnecessary or inappropriate. We're suing to find out more:3.8×03.7k1.5k11
33Nov 9, '19Trump continues to find new and creative ways to profit off the presidency. When the Republican Senate held their annual retreat at the Trump International Hotel this week, rates f3.7×02.5k1.9k20
34Mar 11, '21New: Records we obtained show an aide to then Chief of Staff Mark Meadows contacted Georgia’s Deputy Sec. of State Jordan Fuchs on Dec. 30 as the Trump White House was pressuring G3.4×02.8k1.5k51
35Mar 14, '21ICYMI: We obtained an email that shows the continued efforts by White House staff to pressure Georgia officials to overturn the 2020 election results. An aide to then Chief of Staf3.2×03k1.3k42
36Aug 3, '21BREAKING: An Arizona judge has ordered the Arizona Senate to immediately produce records in response to our requests for documents related to the partisan “audit” of the 2020 elect3.1×03.2k99154
37Oct 23, '20A new report says the parents of 545 children separated at the border can’t be found. We obtained a January 2018 memo from DHS highlighting problems with the early “pilot” family-s2.7×01.9k998116
39Dec 21, '19NEW: We just received DOD records relating to the Trump administration's withholding of aid to Ukraine -- including an email from Secretary Esper asking about the funding.2.6×02.2k1.1k43
40Oct 15, '21BREAKING: The Superior Court of Maricopa County rejected the Arizona Senate’s blanket claim that legislative privilege allows it to withhold most substantive records relating to th2.5×02.8k83530
41Jan 16, '20More Ukraine documents are coming. The next production deadlines in our #FOIA litigation are: - Jan 21: OMB - Jan 28: Energy - Feb 4: Energy - Feb 10: State - Feb 21: State - March2.5×02k1.1k53
43Jan 22, '20Meanwhile in Switzerland… U.S. taxpayers paid $34,000 to rent vehicles to shuttle the president’s daughter around Davos for the World Economic Forum. Nepotism in the White House ma2.3×01.6k1.1k15
44May 18, '20Today we requested an expedited release of records on Mike Pompeo's conduct as secretary of state, including whistleblower complaints that directly involve him.2.3×02.4k84114
45Feb 29, '20BREAKING: "Final decision rests with POTUS." New Ukraine emails released to American Oversight tonight reveal that Pompeo, Esper, and Bolton agreed Ukraine security assistance shou2.3×01.7k1.1k46
51Oct 17, '20Mike Pompeo and the State Department are simultaneously pledging to rush the release of Clinton emails before the election, while delaying the release of records of taxpayer funded1.7×01.3k81117
52Jan 11, '20NEW: The State Department just released 71 pages of former Ukraine envoy Kurt Volker's calendars and text messages to American Oversight in response to our lawsuit. We've posted th1.7×01.4k80336
53Nov 10, '21NEW: We obtained top Justice Department officials’ call logs from Jan. 6, the day of the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. The logs show frequent calls throughout the day, i1.7×01.4k73453
54Oct 10, '22Since leaving the Trump administration, Jared Kushner and Steve Mnuchin have secured billions in investments from members of the Saudi Arabian government. We’re suing for records r1.7×01.6k65724
55Nov 23, '19Due to high volume of traffic (we think we know why), our website is experiencing some issues. You can review the State Department documents here:1.6×01.4k75728
56Apr 6, '17As @twitter fights for @ALT_uscis 1st Amendment rights, we're investigating who at DHS tried to stifle dissent1.6×01.4k8000
58Jan 21, '20We've filed six lawsuits against the Trump administration for Ukraine-related records — including many records the administration refused to turn over to House investigators in the1.6×01.7k5848
59Jan 29, '20NEW: The Department of Energy just released 139 pages of records to American Oversight in response to our FOIA lawsuit — including what appears to be Secretary Rick Perry's briefin1.6×01.2k76730
60Jan 8, '20Today is the deadline for the State Department to produce records in response to our lawsuit seeking a range of documents related to the Trump administration’s dealings with Ukrain1.6×01.6k64410
62Mar 4, '21This is a big deal: Former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao misused her office – including to support her family's shipping business — an internal watchdog report found. The Tr1.6×01.3k65724
63Jan 21, '20We did. We also read the emails, calendars, phone logs, and letters — more than a hundred pages of records that the administration tried to conceal. And it doesn't look good.1.6×01.9k47414
65Feb 5, '20NEW Ukraine Documents: Tonight, less than a day before the Senate impeachment vote, the Department of Energy released 41 more pages of Ukraine-related records to American Oversight1.5×01.1k75724
66Oct 23, '19Breaking: Federal judge says he will order State Department to begin producing Ukraine documents requested by American Oversight within 30 days.1.5×01.7k4916
67Nov 24, '19It's not just Ukraine. We uncovered emails showing Trump's former UN ambassador Nikki Haley sent classified information over an unclassified email system. The topic: North Korea's 1.5×01.3k61015
68Feb 11, '20The president has been politicizing the Justice Department for three years. This is still shocking.1.5×01.4k5659
69Jan 17, '181/ In honor of @realdonaldtrump’s claim that he’ll be announcing “fake news” awards, here are the American Oversight awards for the most corrupt and dishonest members of the Trump 1.5×09857070
71Apr 27, '22NEW LAWSUIT: We sued the Central Intelligence Agency and the State Department for failing to release records related to the Trump administration’s controversial efforts to share nu1.4×01.3k57029
72Feb 8, '20We're investigating Vice President Mike Pence’s involvement in the Ukraine campaign and we sued the State Department for related records:1.4×01.3k5885
74Oct 27, '22We obtained emails regarding a June 23, 2021, lunch that included Gov. DeSantis, Justice Clarence Thomas, & four clerks. Previously, we obtained an email from that same month i1.3×01.1k59338
75Aug 14, '20We FOIA’d Postmaster General DeJoy’s calendars to investigate the undermining of #USPS. USPS rejected our #FOIA, saying the “calendar maintained on a USPS computer” was for DeJoy's1.3×01.1k56815
76Sep 14, '21BREAKING: The Arizona Supreme Court has denied a petition from the Arizona Senate, leaving in place two lower court rulings that records in the physical custody of “audit” election1.3×01.3k50218
77Jul 16, '22NEW: Arizona court orders the state Senate and Cyber Ninjas to immediately release documents related to the Senate’s partisan “audit” of 2020 presidential election ballots cast in 1.3×01.5k43713
78Nov 23, '19Want to help us uncover even more records the Trump administration would rather keep secret? If you can, please consider donating here to help us keep investigating and fighting in1.3×094363913
79Oct 6, '22NEW LAWSUIT: We’re suing Treasury and the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation for records related to Jared Kushner and former Treasury Sec. Steven Mnuchin’s late 2021.2×01.2k4797
80Mar 21, '18It begs the question: What other decisions about taxpayer dollars have Ben Carson's wife and son been making? We sued HUD to find out.1.2×01.5k3581
83Jul 12, '22NEW: We obtained whistleblower complaints from the Dept. of Defense’s Office of the Inspector General that show federal employees reported coworkers they believed participated in t1.1×01k46922
84Jun 10, '22BREAKING: In our lawsuit this morning, a Wisconsin judge ruled that the Wisconsin Assembly’s Office of Special Counsel, headed by Michael Gableman, is in contempt of court regardin1.1×01.2k3606
85Jun 15, '22BREAKING: A Wisc. court has now issued a written decision and order that the state Assembly’s Office of Special Counsel — which is conducting a partisan review of the 2020 election1.1×01.2k38617
86Aug 29, '18We've filed new FOIAs with USPS, NARA, and CIA this afternoon to find out exactly who approved releasing the SF-86 of a congressional candidate. If Trump administration political o1.1×01.1k4325
88Jun 23, '21We're investigating the sham “audit” in Arizona. Records we obtained, reported on by @maddow, show a group had gone door to door to more than 3,000 homes asking Arizonans about the1.1×095442318
91Oct 13Our elections are under threat. Trump is trying to settle old scores and tip the scales in his favor in future elections. Here’s what he is trying to do — and how groups like us ar1.0×7851592
92Jan 6, '22Arizona sham "audit" contractor Cyber Ninjas has been ordered to pay $50,000 a day, starting tomorrow, as long as it continues failing to comply with court orders to turn over docu1.0×01.1k33711
98Sep 27, '19Giuliani has confirmed that he texted about Ukraine with a State Department official. Those text conversations are public records and must be released to the public. We filed a FOI0.8×09302956

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