Documents from DOJ in response to our FOIA request for records associated with the announcement seeking lawyer interested in working on investigations related to race-based university admissions.

The Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of Justice sought government attorneys on loan for its investigation into higher education affirmative action programs, an email released through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request revealed. 

Records from DOJ in response to our request for the "opinion cover sheet reflecting attorney sign-off and views on publication for the OLC Memorandum for Donald F. McGahn. Dated November 25, 2017, Re: Designating an Acting Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection."

DOJ denied American Oversight’s FOIA request for web browsing histories on the government-owned computers of senior political appointees at the Department.

FOIA to DOJ Office of Legal Counsel seeking any records reflecting legal or ethical advice regarding the appropriateness of sharing text messages between DOJ employees Peter Strzok and Lisa Page with Congress.

FOIA to DOJ Office of Legal Counsel seeking any records reflecting legal or ethical advice regarding the appropriateness of sharing text messages between DOJ employees Peter Strzok and Lisa Page with reporters.

FOIA to DOJ seeking communications relating to the decision to share text messages between DOJ employees Peter Strzok and Lisa Page with journalists and all communications with journalists and reporters.

FOIA to DOJ seeking communications relating to the decision to share text messages between DOJ employees Peter Strzok and Lisa Page with Congress even though OIG’s investigation was still ongoing.

FOIA seeking copies of text messages between Peter Strzok and Lisa Page that were shared with both reporters and Congress.

FOIA to DOJ seeking records related to the decision to share text messages exchanged between DOJ employees Peter Strzok and Lisa Page (which were obtained as part of the ongoing OIG investigation of the FBI’s handling of the Clinton email server investigation) with reporters.