Documents recently obtained by American Oversight add further color to reports of private individuals and groups — some with ties to the president — being granted privileged access to propose pandemic actions.

The lawsuit was filed the same week as news outlets reported that over the summer the administration turned down an offer from Pfizer to purchase additional doses of its vaccine.

American Oversight lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and the Food and Drug Administration seeking the release of agencies’ communications with the pharmaceutical company Pfizer regarding a Covid-19 vaccine.

See the latest in our investigations into the Trump administration’s compliance with document preservation laws, law enforcement’s response to social unrest, and Covid-19 precautions at the state level.

FOIA request to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services seeking communications of key agency officials, including emails, attachments, complete email chains, text messages, and messages on electronic messaging platforms. American Oversight seeks these communications in order to create a broad historical record for evaluating politicization during the Trump administration.

See the latest in our investigations of the Justice Department’s voter fraud probes, the rush to finish the census, and criminal charges against protesters.

FOIA request to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services seeking emails containing key terms related to Georgia’s recently approved 1332 waiver.

See the latest in our investigations into state elections operations, political interference in the pandemic response, and the executive order to cease federal diversity and inclusion training.

FOIA request to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services seeking communications with Pfizer about a potential Covid-19 vaccine.

See the latest in our investigations into outside influence in the judicial nominations process, foreign disinformation campaigns, and Trump administration’s continued meddling with the 2020 census.