When we launched American Oversight three years ago this month, we believed that outside oversight would be essential to countering and exposing the misconduct and abuses of power of the administration. That work has proven to be more important than ever. americanoversight.org/three-years-of…
We’re still hard at work, but we took a look back at some of the key investigations of the past year, documents we uncovered through our Freedom of Information Act litigation, and the importance of transparency in government.
The Ukraine scandal and the impeachment inquiry proved how vital FOIA is. Our investigation into Trump's Ukraine scheme uncovered hundreds of pages that were withheld from Congress — and that showed links between Rudy Giuliani and top officials. americanoversight.org/three-years-of…
4/ Documents like this one we obtained in November were cited multiple times in the House Intelligence Committee’s impeachment report in support of both articles of impeachment — abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. #3yearsofAO americanoversight.org/behind-the-sce… 
5/ As the coronavirus outbreak spread across the globe — while the president downplayed the problem and misled the public — we opened an investigation into the administration’s response, filing more than 100 records requests. #3yearsofAO americanoversight.org/three-years-of…
6/ Days after the Senate voted to acquit him, President Trump launched a purge of government employees who and his aides deemed “disloyal.” We’ve asked more than two dozen federal agencies for records of the purge campaign. #3yearsofAO americanoversight.org/three-years-of…
