FOIA to Department of State seeking all records reflecting communications between senior State officials in consular affairs and the President’s private attorney Rudy Giuliani and his associates.American Oversight seeks these records to shed light on whether and to what extent the political interests of the president have influenced the administration’s policies overseas.

FOIA to the Department of State seeking a complete email chain from January 2019 referenced in Deputy Assistant Secretary Kent’s October 19 testimony regarding Mr. Giuliani’s efforts to secure a visa for former Ukrainian prosecutor general Shokin. American Oversight seeks these records to shed light on whether and to what extent the political interests of the president have influenced the administration’s policies overseas.

FOIA to the Department of State records regarding a January 2019 call between senior State Department officials and White House Advisor Rob Blair that reportedly involved discussions about a visa for former Ukrainian prosecutor general Viktor Shokin. American Oversight seeks these records to shed light on whether and to what extent the political interests of the president have influenced the administration’s policies overseas.

FOIA to the Department of State seeking all records reflecting communications of senior State Department officials regarding Rudy Giuliani’s effort to secure a visa for former corrupt prosecutor general of Ukraine, Viktor Shokin. American Oversight seeks these records to shed light on whether and to what extent the political interests of the president have influenced the administration’s policies overseas.

FOIA to State seeking any threat assessment for former Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch in light of records released by the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee on January 14, 2020, that indicate Yovanovitch was under surveillance during the Spring of 2019.

This timeline is troubling.

Late on Friday night, the State Department released 71 pages of Ukraine-related records to American Oversight, including text messages of Kurt Volker, the former special envoy to Ukraine, and his calendars.

A lot has happened during the first week of 2020 — including the release of new Ukraine-related documents.

Documents obtained by American Oversight shed light on congressional attempts last summer to get clear answers from the administration on its perceived legal authority to use military force against Iran.

Answer filed by the government in response to the Federal Records Act lawsuit brought by American Oversight and the Democracy Forward Foundation against the State Department, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the National Archives, and Archivist David Ferriero under the Federal Records Act to compel the defendants to preserve and recover any records of meetings between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.