No records and exempt responses from DOJ to our request for records that reflect the ways in which the Office of the Attorney General is shaping criminal investigations.

Amid new reports into President Trump’s attempts to influence -- and shut down -- investigations at the Department of Justice (DOJ), American Oversight filed a lawsuit on Friday to find out if senior political appointees at DOJ have tried to inappropriately steer criminal and national security investigations.

American Oversight sued DOJ in order to obtain records that reflect the ways in which the Office of the Attorney General is shaping criminal investigations, including the nature of the involvement of political appointees in the decisionmaking processes of particular open investigations.

FOIA to DOJ seeking records that reflect the ways in which the Office of the Attorney General is shaping criminal investigations, including the nature of the involvement of political appointees in the decision making processes of particular open investigations.