Yesterday, Ken Bennett — the former Arizona secretary of state and spokesperson of the state’s partisan “audit” — said he is considering resigning as spokesperson because of “serious issues” with Cyber Ninjas’ processes. yahoo.com/news/republica…
Last week, Cyber Ninjas barred Bennett from the building where the “audit” was ongoing after Bennett shared information that indicated Maricopa County’s certified vote count was accurate.
Bennett’s criticism is yet another warning sign that the sham process will not produce credible findings. Last week, we released a report that identifies key issues that undermine the credibility of the Arizona Senate’s partisan election review. americanoversight.org/new-report-how…
Bennett’s statements also further indicate why transparency is vital. The public has a right to know how Cyber Ninjas is conducting the ballot recount. We’re currently in court for records that could shed light on Cyber Ninjas’ “audit” procedures. americanoversight.org/court-rejects-…
NEW: We obtained more of former Attorney General William Barr’s call logs and text messages from 2019 and 2020. Here’s what we learned from the documents: americanoversight.org/document/doj-t…
On Sept. 17, 2019, just days before House Speaker Pelosi’s announcement of a formal impeachment inquiry, Barr had a 35-minute call with Sen. Pat Toomey’s office. americanoversight.org/document/attor…
On Sept. 18, Barr texted DOJ Public Affairs Director Kerri Kupec: “Please get DOJ statement about me not talking to Ukrainians to Lindsay G. ASAP. He called me because he is going on talk shows,” likely referring to Sen. Lindsey Graham. documentcloud.org/documents/2052…
NEW: We obtained additional records that shed light on the potential influence wielded in spring 2020 by members of the private sector on the federal government’s pandemic response. americanoversight.org/records-reveal…
Last spring, members of the private sector had easy access to top officials, including former White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner and former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.
Records we obtained show Mnuchin exchanged emails with top executives at large corporations, including General Electric and Ford.
Mnuchin also fielded requests from Carnival, Walmart, Gap, and Vogue.
NEW: We obtained new records that offer additional insight into the pandemic’s spread in prisons. The records include communications between the GEO Group, one of the largest private prison contractors in the country, and Florida officials. americanoversight.org/in-the-documen…
On May 1, the Florida Department of Management Services’ Office of Inspector General received an anonymous complaint from someone at the Blackwater River Correctional Facility in Santa Rosa County, Fla. documentcloud.org/documents/2098…
The complainant alleged that inmates displaying Covid-19 symptoms were being tested for Covid-19 and returned to the general population before their test results came back.
As Covid-19 spread through crowded and already dangerous meatpacking plants, companies sought to avoid closures and to reduce important safety regulations. We’re investigating the meat industry's influence at federal agencies during the pandemic. americanoversight.org/investigation/…
The Trump administration frequently conceded to demands from the meatpacking and food industry, taking actions that allowed plants to stay open as coronavirus cases rose. As of this month, more than 90,000 meat and food processing workers have tested positive for Covid-19.
On April 28, then-President Trump signed an executive order labeling meat-processing plants “critical infrastructure,” which allowed plants to remain open during the pandemic.
We recently published an in-depth report that looks at why potential findings of Arizona’s sham “audit” are compromised.
One key issue is contact between “audit” leaders, Donald Trump, and Rudy Giuliani after the November election. americanoversight.org/how-the-arizon…
Arizona Senate President Karen Fann’s was in contact with with Giuliani and the Trump campaign during the time when the campaign and its allies were launching dozens of long-shot election-undermining lawsuits —revealing the early partisan orientation of the operation.
On Dec. 28, 2020, Fann responded to a constituent’s email by writing that she had “been in numerous conversations” with Giuliani “over the past weeks trying to get this [forensic audit] done.”
NEW: Records we obtained show that top Department of Justice officials circulated materials related to invoking the Insurrection Act during nationwide protests following the murder of George Floyd. americanoversight.org/document/doj-r…
In the days following George Floyd’s murder by a police officer on May 25, 2020, in Minneapolis, protests against police brutality spread nationwide. These records provide further insight into the Trump administration DOJ’s response.
We obtained an email sent on May 31, 2020, in advance of DOJ meetings. The attached documents included background materials on the Insurrection Act, a law that allows the president to deploy federal troops within the U.S. in response to particular circumstances.