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House Democrats are ready to investigate corruption in the administration, including the administration's family-separation policy, nepotism at HUD, and Trump's role in scrapping plans to relocate the FBI headquarters: huffingtonpost.com/entry/democrat…
We've already been investigating and have filed FOIAs and lawsuits to get documents on the same issues Congress hopes to investigate. We'll be ready to go to court if the administration tries to duck accountability: americanoversight.org/amplifying-ove…
We filed five lawsuits to find out if @realdonaldtrump interfered with plans to relocate the FBI headquarters in order to prevent competition with the Trump International Hotel: americanoversight.org/american-overs…
Ben Carson, former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, and the president himself have allowed friends and family to take roles in the administration and to influence policy. See our investigations: americanoversight.org/investigations
We sued to find out more about the Department of Education's decision to cut back on the borrower defense rule, which protects students from being defrauded: americanoversight.org/american-overs…
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After working at Boeing for three decades, Acting Defense Secretary Shanahan has reportedly been promoting his former employer at the Pentagon. We're investigating: americanoversight.org/investigating-…
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Ohhhhkay

I'd like to talk about this news article from Sunday with an eye-catching headline, and what the things described in it do and don't mean.

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