Americans may have long taken for granted the reliability of the national mail service and the accuracy of the decennial census. But it seems the Trump administration is doing its best to make sure we won’t do so again.

Our latest investigations into the federal response to nationwide protests, political interference in the 2020 census, and other issues.

The lawsuit came amid new reports that the Census Bureau plans to end its door-knocking outreach earlier than planned, potentially decreasing the accuracy and benefiting Trump’s political party.

Lawsuit filed by American Oversight against the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Commerce for directives and communications regarding the implementation of the 2020 census in light of the coronavirus pandemic. This lawsuit also seeks records reflecting communications with the White House, the office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and non-government entities regarding the 2020 census.

FOIA request to the Census Bureau seeking email communications with the Executive Office of the President containing key terms relating to Covid-19.

FOIA request to the Census Bureau seeking directives and guidance relating to implementing the 2020 census in light of the Covid-19 outbreak.

FOIA request to the Census Bureau seeking email communications sent to external entities containing key terms relating to the coronavirus.

The Department of Commerce's Census Bureau stated that it had no records responsive to American Oversight's request for communications between high-ranking agency officials and White House Senior Advisor Stephen Miller.

FOIA request to the Census Bureau seeking officials’ sent email communications containing key terms relating to the coronavirus.

Trump is apparently counting on the public to be too distracted by the coronavirus to pay much attention to his continuing dictator-like purges of government officials and his brazen rejection of oversight.