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May 23 • 6 tweets • 3 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
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We use public records requests to fight corruption, drive accountability, and defend democracy.

Here’s a roundup of requests we’ve recently filed. #FOIA We use public records reque...
Records request to the Office of the Missouri Attorney General seeking communication records and analyses concerning AG Bailey’s emergency regulations restricting gender-affirming care.
americanoversight.org/document/recor… Records request to the Offi...
Records request to the Florida Department of Health asking for email communications with external groups advocating to restrict gender-affirming healthcare.
americanoversight.org/document/recor… Records request to the Flor...
Records request to the Virginia Department of Education asking for communications with the College Board and about the AP African American Studies course.
americanoversight.org/document/recor… Records request to the Virg...
Records request to North Carolina Rep. Tricia Cotham seeking records of communications about anti-choice and anti-LGBTQ legislation.
americanoversight.org/document/recor… Records request to North Ca...
Records request to the Virginia Office of the Attorney General seeking Solicitor General Andrew Ferguson’s communications with Ginni Thomas and Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
americanoversight.org/document/recor… Records request to the Virg...

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May 26
On Thursday, a Texas House committee recommended that state Attorney General Ken Paxton be impeached. Paxton, who was reelected last year, claimed the call for impeachment amounts to an effort “to overturn the results of a free and fair election.”
motherjones.com/politics/2023/…
As @MotherJones points out, the statement is particularly ironic given Paxton’s role in trying to overturn the 2020 election. The article also mentions emails from December 2020 that we obtained from the Florida attorney general’s office.
The emails show lawyers in the office ridiculed Paxton’s lawsuit as “batshit insane” and “weird,” and speculated about Paxton’s motivations for filing it.
americanoversight.org/lawyers-in-flo…
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May 26
After leaving the Trump administration, Jared Kushner and Steve Mnuchin secured billions in investments from Middle East nations.

We obtained travel records related to their trips to Persian Gulf states during the final weeks of the admin. #FoiaFriday Records show details about ...
The documents, released through our ongoing lawsuit against the Treasury Department and the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, include flight itineraries, travel authorizations, and expense records from three separate trips.
In 2020, Kushner launched the Abraham Fund, a U.S.-sponsored program purportedly intended to raise $3 billion for projects in the Middle East.

In the final weeks of the administration, Kushner and Mnuchin met with Gulf nation officials, ostensibly to discuss the fund.
Read 7 tweets
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May 23
A national rise in anti-LGBTQ legislation is threatening the rights of millions of people. We’re seeking public records that could shed light on the activist groups and networks pushing those policies across the U.S.
americanoversight.org/investigation/…
Conservative lawmakers across the United States have in recent years advanced hundreds of bills targeting the rights of LGBTQ individuals, including more than 480 new anti-LGBTQ bills during the 2023 legislative session alone.
aclu.org/legislative-at…
In dozens of states, conservative leaders have enacted restrictions on gender-affirming medical care, pushed to allow discrimination for religious reasons, and advanced other measures designed to marginalize LGBTQ people.
19thnews.org/2022/12/respec…
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May 12
NEW: A court filing tonight suggests the Durham investigation has closed.

The DOJ just dropped a key objection to the release of over 4,500 pages of records related to the Trump-era investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia inquiry.
americanoversight.org/american-overs…
In our FOIA suit, DOJ had previously claimed that releasing these records would interfere with an ongoing law enforcement investigation. Today, DOJ withdrew its assertion of the “ongoing investigation” exemption—strongly suggesting that the Durham investigation has been closed.
The Durham investigation remains an alarming example of former President Trump’s politicization of the DOJ. Tasked by former AG Bill Barr with proving Trump’s allegations of a “deep state” plot against him – and given nearly four years to do so – Durham came up empty.
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May 12
NEW: We obtained emails between top Trump administration DHS officials and Ginni Thomas, a conservative activist and wife of the Supreme Court justice.

The emails show Thomas sharing election conspiracies in the days before the 2020 election.
americanoversight.org/document/dhs-c… Screenshot of an email sent...
On Oct. 28, 2020 — less than a week before the election — Ginni Thomas sent more than a dozen links to a Google Group called “20024.” “[Redacted] asked me for links we have all been sharing about the coming insurrection, chaos, and violence,” she wrote. Screenshot of an email sent...
“It is not random. It appears very organized if you have the eyes to see and read and hear,” she continued. Thomas asked recipients to add more links and to organize the articles.

An individual (name redacted) created a Google document that organized the various links. Screenshot of an email.
Read 5 tweets
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May 11
NEW: Harlan Crow — whose extravagant gifts to Justice Clarence Thomas have drawn major scrutiny— attended at least one of the controversial taxpayer-funded “Madison Dinners” hosted by former Secretary Mike Pompeo at the State Dept. in 2019.
americanoversight.org/harlan-crow-am…
The records, obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, are another indication of the level of access Crow has had with powerful conservative officials, including Trump administration cabinet members.
documentcloud.org/documents/2332…
The Madison Dinners, which were not publicized or disclosed on Pompeo’s public schedules, were first reported on by NBC News in 2020 and immediately raised concerns about the potential misuse of funds to build a base of political supporters for Pompeo.
nbcnews.com/politics/polit…
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