Records from the Department of Justice in response to American Oversight's request for Attorney General William Barr's order directing U.S. Attorney John Durham to investigate sensitive issues related to investigations of the president and the Trump campaign. These records contain a letter signed by Barr appointing Durham as Special Attorney to the Attorney General in order to conduct a review into "certain activities involving the campaigns in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and certain related matters." The letter is dated February 6, 2020.

The Department of Justice's Office of Information Policy stated that it had no records relating to American Oversight's request for the Attorney General's order directing U.S. Attorney John Durham to investigate sensitive issues related to investigations of the president and the 2016 Trump campaign.

Lawsuit filed by American Oversight against the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) for records of directives and guidance from U.S. Attorney General William Barr to U.S. Attorney John Durham regarding DOJ's inquiry into the origins of the Russia investigation. This investigation was ordered by DOJ following repeated demands from President Trump and his allies in Congress, and has raised serious concerns about the misuse of federal law enforcement for political purposes. American Oversight initially sought these records to shed light on the scope of Durham’s investigation.

New lawsuits seek documents from the Huber and Durham inquiries into two of President Trump's political targets.

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

FOIA to DOJ seeking the Attorney General's order directing U.S. Attorney John Durham to investigate sensitive issues related to investigations of the president and the Trump campaign.