FOIA request to the Department of Justice seeking a copy of a Federal Bureau of Investigation memorandum written about the protests following the 2020 police killing of George Floyd.

There are still many unanswered questions about that dark day for U.S. democracy. Here is a look at what we’ve uncovered through public records requests and litigation, as well as what we’re still seeking to learn.

Communications records released by the Department of Justice in response to American Oversight’s request for former acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker's emails.

Records from the U.S. Department of Justice in response to American Oversight's request for communications and directives about the events at the U.S. Capitol during the Congressional certification of the 2020 election results on Jan. 6, 2021.

“If the [acting attorney general] gets fired for not publicly espousing a falsehood, I walk,” texted top DOJ official Claire Murray on Jan. 3, 2021.

Records from the U.S. Department of Justice in response to American Oversight's request for a brief drafted by a personal lawyer to Trump, not an agency employee, for the agency to file with the Supreme Court.

Records from the U.S. Department of Justice in response to American Oversight's request for emails and text communications of Patrick Hovakimian, chief of staff to then-Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, concerning challenging the results of the 2020 presidential election.

The U.S. Justice Department withheld records responsive to American Oversight's request for a talking points memorandum regarding former President Donald Trump’s request that the agency file a case in the Supreme Court challenging the election outcome.

The lawsuit is the seventh American Oversight has filed seeking public information related to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and calls for the release of officials’ communications with vocal Trump allies in the weeks after the 2020 election.