FOIA to State requesting any records reflecting legal analysis supporting or relied on for Secretary Pompeo's determination that an emergency exists requiring the immediate sale of arms to Middle Eastern countries, including analysis regarding the legality of using such an emergency declaration or State Department's ability to use a declaration to waive congressional review requirements.

Supreme Court decisions, limits on FOIA, and Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner's D.C. landlord.

Department of State records in response to our FOIA seeking communications with Trump associates and lobbyists, including Avenue Strategies and Turnberry Solutions.

The president seized the notes illegally — federal law requires the secretary of state to preserve agency records and refer illegal conduct to the Justice Department.

Lawsuit filed by American Oversight and 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.

Like many norms in the Trump era, the prohibition on federal employees engaging in political activity while at work has been routinely tested by this administration.

FOIA to the Department of State seeking final talking points including any discussion of any potential or completed transfer of value—monetary or otherwise—in exchange for the U.S. person imprisoned in North Korea, Otto Warmbier.

FOIA to the Department of State seeking records of a transfer of value—monetary or otherwise—in exchange for the U.S. person imprisoned in North Korea, Otto Warmbier.

FOIA to the Department of State seeking records of a transfer of value—monetary or otherwise—in exchange for the U.S. person imprisoned in North Korea, Otto Warmbier.

American Oversight filed numerous FOIA requests for records of outside influence on American foreign policy and information about a high-level appointee.