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NEW: We’re suing to uncover work emails that Education Secretary Betsy DeVos sent from her personal account: americanoversight.org/american-overs…
On Monday, the House Oversight and Reform Committee demanded that DeVos turn over emails from her personal account that relate to official government business: thehill.com/regulation/oth…
Today’s lawsuit is part of our ongoing Parallel Investigations Initiative, which uses public records requests and litigation to prevent the Trump administration from stonewalling Congress: americanoversight.org/investigation/…
Betsy DeVos isn’t the first senior Trump administration official to use personal email accounts for government business. We filed FOIAs to find out more: americanoversight.org/documents?fwp_…
We've been investigating senior officials' attempts to avoid scrutiny for more than two years. Our FOIA and litigation sparked a White House investigation into Ivanka Trump's widespread use of personal email for official business: americanoversight.org/ivanka-emails
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NEW: We want to know whether real-estate developers and investors Tom Barrack, Richard LeFrak, and Steven Roth have been using their ties to President Trump to influence federal housing policy — and are suing to find out: americanoversight.org/lawsuit-seeks-…
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A legal defense fund created by Trump supporters had refused to disclose who it was helping. But documents reported on by @CREWcrew revealed that the fund had paid legal bills for Stephen Miller, Kushner aide Avi Berkowitz, and Dan Scavino: thedailybeast.com/trump-legal-de…
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