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NEW: We obtained further evidence of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao's preferential treatment of requests from her home state of Kentucky, as well as coordination with the office of her husband, Sen. Mitch McConnell: americanoversight.org/more-evidence-…
We filed a lawsuit to uncover additional records that could shed light on coordination between the Transportation Department and McConnell’s office: americanoversight.org/document/compl… 
Secretary Chao has recently faced scrutiny for her failure to divest from stock she agreed to sell, as well as for her contacts with her family's shipping company: americanoversight.org/elaine-chao-ca…
In March 2017, McConnell's state director forwarded Inman a request from a Kentucky bank for Chao to speak at an event. “From an employee at Luther Deaton’s bank,” he wrote, referring to an executive who had donated to McConnell’s Senate campaign: documentcloud.org/documents/5700…
The new records contain an email from Transportation official Todd Inman, in which he told a staffer that certain requests from McConnell’s state director could “bypass” the schedulers and be forwarded directly to Chao: documentcloud.org/documents/5700…
In September 2017, a new counsel in McConnell’s office emailed Inman to tell him that she had just been in Kentucky and that “Everyone is very appreciative of the great work you are doing up here” documentcloud.org/documents/5700…
In February, we uncovered records showing preferential handling of requests from Kentucky politicians and business leaders in Kentucky. politico.com/story/2019/02/…
Those records include an early 2017 email from Inman instructing staff in McConnell’s office to notify him directly of Kentucky-specific requests “so we can monitor or follow up as necessary.” americanoversight.org/more-evidence-…
