American Oversight obtained documents that shed light on the aggressive response to protests as well as the lack of coordination between federal and local officials regarding the politicized Operation Legend program.

Records from the Department of Homeland Security in response to American Oversight's request for the number of federal personnel deployed to American cities as part of Operation Legend.

See the latest in our investigations of the Trump administration's attacks on the U.S. Postal Service, the struggling federal response to the coronavirus pandemic, and the taxpayer resources used to deploy federal agents to suppress racial justice protests in Portland.

FOIA request to the Department of Homeland Security seeking records regarding the number of federal personnel deployed to American cities as part of Operation Legend. American Oversight seeks these records to shed light on the strategy behind the activities of agency personnel deployed in American cities under Operation Legend.