Late last year, attorney Cleta Mitchell — who aided in the former president's efforts to overturn his election loss — was appointed to a federal election agency’s advisory board. Records obtained by American Oversight reveal that election-fraud activist J. Christian Adams had also proposed nominating Hans von Spakovsky, another election fraud conspiracist.

FOIA request to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights seeking the sent external emails of John Mashburn, assistant to Commissioner J. Christian Adams.

Records from the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights in response to American Oversight’s request for communications and records with or about Cleta Mitchell concerning her potential appointment to the Election Assistance Commission Board of Advisors, as well as all materials used to assess Mitchell’s eligibility for the position.