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12 Oct, 4 tweets, 2 min read
In response to our public records requests, the Arkansas Department of the Military sent us documents that show this political stunt has cost Arkansas taxpayers $115,083.26.
We also received payroll-type sheets, indicating the two week costs for about 13 individuals was about $29,000.
americanoversight.org/document/dod-r… ImageImage
We recently obtained records that show the cost of Texas’ Operation Lone Star. Texas has been arresting and detaining migrants so Texas Gov. Abbott can act tough on immigration.

The weekly cost of this stunt: an estimated $2.3 million. washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/09…
Learn more about our ongoing investigation into states deploying armed personnel to the U.S.-Mexico border here:
americanoversight.org/documents?docu…

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15 Oct
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13 Oct
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Citing supporting documents we obtained, the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis released new evidence that the Trump White House may have played a direct role in helping a trucking company secure a massive pandemic loan.
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13 Oct
Records we obtained, reported on by @JessicaHuseman at @VotebeatUS, reveal a U.S. Election Assistance Commission member’s early support for Arizona’s partisan “audit.”
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NEW LAWSUIT: Today, we are suing the Wisconsin Assembly and Speaker Robin Vos for failing to release records related to the Assembly’s baseless efforts to investigate the 2020 general election.
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