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There's less than a week until the Trump administration faces congressional subpoena power. We're counting down with a look back at what we uncovered in 2018 and a look ahead at what comes next: americanoversight.org/countdown-to-o…
American Oversight represented Maine Secretary of State Dunlap in his lawsuit seeking documents from Trump’s now-defunct voter fraud commission — documents that revealed the commission found no evidence of widespread fraud. americanoversight.org/voter-fraud-co…
Our FOIA requests revealed the true cost of Scott Pruitt’s $43,000 phone booth and caught Ben Carson in a lie about his $31,000 dining set. This oversight may have saved taxpayers hundreds of thousands in FEMA office renovations: americanoversight.org/accountability…
We’ve been digging out the resumes of political loyalists and industry insiders who have been appointed to serve in the administration’s top ranks. americanoversight.org/resumes-show-u…
In November, the Washington Post reported that an American Oversight lawsuit had triggered a White House investigation that found that Ivanka Trump had used personal email for government business on hundreds of occasions. washingtonpost.com/politics/ivank…
When news broke that Acting AG Matt Whitaker had accepted campaign contributions while a federal employee, we called for an investigation — just as we did in the spring when FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly violated the Hatch Act. cnn.com/2018/11/21/pol… 
We’ve been investigating — and will continue to investigate — improper influence within the federal government, from the role three members of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club have in shaping VA policy to Ben Carson’s family’s involvement at HUD: motherjones.com/politics/2018/…
We still have multiple open lawsuits seeking information about the administration’s family-separation policy, and we launched an investigation into Trump’s politicization of the “migrant caravan” and the use of tear gas at the border: americanoversight.org/american-overs…
Two days after we FOIA’d for records of the use of #CatchOfTheDay to describe arrested immigrants, a CBP media officer reminded employees to treat people “with dignity and respect.” buzzfeednews.com/article/adolfo…
Trump has repeatedly demonstrated his willingness to politicize the Justice Department. We’re investigating the ethics determinations for Acting AG Whitaker and AG nominee William Barr regarding their involvement in the Mueller investigation: americanoversight.org/news-round-up-…
We also discovered that Trump shut down the federal government over a project that isn’t even shovel-ready — our report reveals that his calls for a border wall are little more than another rhetorical tool used to rally his base: americanoversight.org/border-wall-in…
In 2019, there will be a new Congress that plans to use its subpoena power. We'll be filing FOIAs that mirror Congress' requests, and we’re prepared to go to court to prevent the administration from ducking accountability: americanoversight.org/investigation/…
