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30 Sep, 4 tweets, 2 min read
NEW: The Arizona Senate released more records in response to our lawsuit for “audit’ records.

The documents reveal yet more evidence of the partisan review’s roots in the anti-democratic efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
americanoversight.org/more-evidence-…
The records show, as reported on by the Arizona Mirror, how “audit” officials gave privileged access to biased news outlets like One America News that would provide favorable coverage of the flawed operation.
azmirror.com/2021/09/24/aud…
The documents also include new details about the running of the controversial and often belligerent Twitter accounts linked to the audit, which were reported on by the Arizona Republic.
azcentral.com/story/news/pol…
You can read more about what we’ve uncovered about the partisan roots of the Arizona Senate’s partisan ballot review here: americanoversight.org/how-the-arizon…

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1 Oct
The sham "audit" in Arizona was a partisan exercise aimed at spreading false claims of voter fraud to justify new restrictions on voting. But the “audit” isn’t the only example of this strategy. Here’s other instances we’ve helped expose using public records requests. #FoiaFriday Image
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First, #USPS refused to release Postmaster General Louis #DeJoy’s calendars.

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Last week, a federal judge ruled that USPS failed to “meet its burden” under #FOIA for its excessive redactions.
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30 Sep
New: Records we obtained show that in March 2020, the Trump administration planned to mail postcards to Americans with Covid-19 guidance, including mask-wearing for people with symptoms. The Trump White House eventually removed the mask guidance.
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30 Sep
Records we obtained show that the day after former President Trump issued an executive order winding down the family-separation policy, Stephen Miller emailed Chad Wolf, then the DHS chief of staff, saying “return to territory.”
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Today, the Superior Court of Fulton County in Georgia is considering whether Sec. of State Brad Raffensperger could potentially face questioning from us regarding his office’s repeated stonewalling of open records requests.
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To assess the extent to which Raffensperger had personal knowledge of his office’s failure to respond to our numerous open records requests, we are seeking his deposition. He has filed a motion to block that from happening.
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