The Department of the Interior stated that it had no records of communications with Trump Organization during December 2018, including communications about the Old Post Office Tower.

American Oversight filed FOIA requests to learn more about the decision to keep the Old Post Office tower open during the government shutdown.

FOIA request to the Department of the Interior seeking communications between Acting Secretary Bernhardt and the Trump Organization on or after December 15, 2018. The request seeks to learn whether DOI officials communicated with the Trump Organization about the operations of the Old Post Office Tower during the partial government shutdown that began on December 22, 2018.