NEW LAWSUIT: We sued the Department of Justice to compel the release of records related to former President Trump’s post-election efforts to pressure top department officials to back his baseless voter-fraud claims. americanoversight.org/american-overs…
Among the records sought are notes from White House meetings during the presidential transition period, a time when Trump and his allies were engaged in a pressure campaign to get DOJ to aid efforts that Trump believed would reverse his election loss.
We are also seeking documents from Jeffrey Clark, the Justice Department official whom Trump wanted to install as acting attorney general in early January thanks to Clark’s support for Trump’s claims of election fraud.
Last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee released a report that provided more details about Trump’s plan to oust acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen and replace him with Clark. judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…
This lawsuit is part of our ongoing investigation into former President Donald Trump and his allies’ attempts to undermine the 2020 presidential election. Learn more here: americanoversight.org/investigation/…
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This #FOIAFriday, we’re talking about taxpayer spending at properties owned by former president Donald Trump. Here’s some highlights of what we’ve uncovered using FOIA and state open records laws so far.
Last December, @MartynMcL of the @TheScotsman reported on records we obtained regarding 4 trips made by Eric Trump. Turnberry — a Trump resort in Scotland — charged U.S. taxpayers $32,742 for the accompanying Secret Service members’ hotel costs.
We uncovered that billionaire and former U.S. Ambassador to the U.K. Woody Johnson paid £1,143 (about $1,500) for a single day of activities at Trump’s golf course in Scotland in July 2018. scotsman.com/news/politics/…
Last week, Arizona Senate “audit” liaison Ken Bennett testified before the House Oversight Committee. Now he’s headlining “audit” town halls with a group that organized rallies to support Jan. 6 insurrectionists. Here’s what we’ve uncovered about Bennett. azmirror.com/blog/bennett-h…
In his testimony, Bennett told Congress he "never witnessed any evidence" the audit was looking for bamboo fibers in ballots. Except we've got his text messages — in which “audit” officials discuss the hunt for "bamboo threads."
We also uncovered records that show Bennett sent a letter with misleading information about the election and “audit” to individuals who were working to undermine faith in the 2020 election. americanoversight.org/document/arizo…
BREAKING: The Superior Court of Maricopa County rejected the Arizona Senate’s blanket claim that legislative privilege allows it to withhold most substantive records relating to the partisan “audit” of Maricopa County ballots. This is a big win for transparency.
The judge ruled that the public interest in shining light on the “audit” eclipses the Arizona Senate’s insistence on secrecy, writing: “[American Oversight]’s interest, on behalf of the public at large, significantly outweighs the Senate Defendants’ interest in non-disclosure.”
"The audit challenges whether there was an election free of fraud, corruption or incompetence,” the court wrote. “The stakes could not be higher and transparency ... substantially outweighs any concern regarding chilling future legislative deliberations.”
On Friday, we sued to compel the release of records related to the Wisconsin Assembly’s partisan election investigation. Just hours later, a Wisconsin court ordered the Assembly to produce the records or to show cause for why the records aren’t released. americanoversight.org/court-orders-w…
In May, Wisconsin’s top Republican lawmaker, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, announced a new investigation of Wisconsin’s general election results, joining a growing list of states pursuing “investigations” in an effort to perpetuate the Big Lie.
The investigation was initially going to be conducted by retired police officers and an attorney, former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman. It is now being run solely by Gableman.
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. americanoversight.org/house-pandemic…
The subcommittee obtained emails suggesting that in 2020, top White House officials were involved in approving a $700 million loan to defense contractor Yellow Corporation, previously known as YRC Worldwide.
Yellow’s loan came through a CARES Act program meant to provide financial support to businesses “critical to maintaining national security,” and made up a whopping 95 percent of the total funds disbursed under that program. home.treasury.gov/news/press-rel…
On Jan. 28, 2021, Arizona Sen. Warren Peterson told Senate President Karen Fann that Christy McCormick, an EAC member, was willing to be mentioned in a press release.
The EAC is the federal agency tasked with helping states administer secure elections.
So won’t she [McCormick] be in deep dodo [sic] for saying this public[ly]?” Fann asked. “Nope, it’s a fact,” Petersen replied.