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It’s been a week since the drone strike that killed Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani, but the justifications provided by the administration have not satisfied those concerned about the possibility of war without Congressional authorization: americanoversight.org/news-roundup-p…
We launched an investigation this week into the Trump administration’s management of foreign policy decisions regarding Iran: americanoversight.org/investigation/…
We're asking multiple agencies for legal analyses of the strike, talking points, communications with Congress, and senior officials' communications at the State Department and Department of Defense in the days just before and after the strike.
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BREAKING: Two minutes before midnight, OMB released 192 pages of Ukraine-related records to American Oversight, including emails that have not been previously released. americanoversight.org/omb-releases-u…
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As the Senate debates whether to subpoena OMB for documents related to the Trump administration's efforts to pressure Ukraine, we're expecting a production of records from OMB *tonight* in response to our FOIA lawsuit.

We'll post updates here and on AmericanOversight.org
On September 24, we filed several FOIA requests at OMB — the White House's budget office — asking for the public release of a range of Ukraine-related records.

One of those FOIAs sought emails sent by top officials with terms like "Biden" or "Burisma" americanoversight.org/document/foia-…
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The threads continue to unravel — even with the Trump administration’s unprecedented blockade of providing documents to Congress. americanoversight.org/news-roundup-t…
State Department records we obtained in November, showing phone calls between Pompeo and Giuliani in March 2019, call into question Pompeo’s knowledge of what was going on in Kyiv with regard to the former ambassador. americanoversight.org/messages-to-pa…
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