Entity: Department of Justice

Co-Defendants and Unindicted Co-Conspirators: What Public Records Reveal About Trump Allies’ Election Denial Activities

August 28, 2023
American Oversight compiled a guide to public records it has obtained that shed light on the activities and communications of individuals named or likely referred to in the recent DOJ and Fulton County indictments.

‘Reasonable Minds Can Differ’: American Oversight Publishes Messages from ‘Co-Conspirator 4’ Jeffrey Clark from January 2021

August 3, 2023
“It appears he still does not recognize how harmful his actions and proposals were,” wrote then acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, referring to an email from Clark sent on Jan. 8, 2021.

American Oversight Statement on Indictment of Former President Trump for Efforts to Overturn 2020 Election

August 2, 2023
American Oversight has obtained thousands of pages of public records that shed light on the effort to upend U.S. democracy, from the fake-electors plot to post-election partisan ballot reviews.

Congress Cites Records Obtained by American Oversight that Show Durham Investigation’s Politicization

June 21, 2023
In a hearing on Wednesday, members of the House Judiciary Committee referred to several sets of records that provide further evidence of the Durham investigation’s politicized roots.

DOJ Communications Between the Office of the Attorney General and John Durham

June 1, 2023
Department of Justice records reflecting meetings with U.S. Attorney John Durham. These records were in response to American Oversight's request for DOJ communications between the Offices of the Attorney General and the Deputy Attorney General and Durham or his first assistant.

FOIA to DOJ Seeking Witness Interviews from Durham Investigation

May 24, 2023
Records request to the Department of Justice seeking any records summarizing, memorializing, or recording witness interviews or statements in connection with the recently closed Durham investigation.

FOIA to EOUSA Seeking Witness Interviews from Durham Investigation

May 24, 2023
Records request to the Office of U.S. Attorneys seeking any records summarizing, memorializing, or recording witness interviews or statements in connection with the recently closed Durham investigation.

FOIA to DOJ OIG Seeking Witness Interviews from Durham Investigation

May 24, 2023
Records request to the Department of Justice's Office of the Inspector General seeking any records summarizing, memorializing, or recording witness interviews or statements in connection with the recently closed Durham Investigation.

American Oversight Receives Indication That Durham Investigation Has Closed

May 12, 2023
The Department of Justice dropped a key objection to the release of more than 4,500 pages of documents related to the Durham investigation, the Trump-era inquiry into the origins of the FBI’s probe of the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia.

FOIA to FBI Seeking Witness Interviews from the Investigation into Congressman Matt Gaetz

March 8, 2023
FOIA request to the Department of Justice’s Federal Bureau of Investigation seeking any records summarizing, memorializing, or recording witness interviews or statements in connection with the recently closed investigation into Congressman Matt Gaetz.