FOIA Number: DOJ-19-1197

News Roundup: Power Failures and Power Plays

February 18, 2021
Severe winter weather swept across the nation this week, wiping out power for millions. And several states unleashed a new wave of voting-restriction measures.

DOJ Email Communications Regarding Ukraine

February 10, 2021
Records from the Department of Justice reflecting meetings of President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani with individuals of interest.

News Roundup: Transparency in Hospital Data, and Barr’s Meetings with Giuliani and Gowdy

July 17, 2020
The ongoing sidelining of science is especially harmful when it is accompanied by efforts to control public information.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Daniel R. Betancourt Jr.)

Newly Unearthed Documents Show Multiple Meetings Between Giuliani and Barr — and Gowdy — in 2019

July 16, 2020
In the two months between Trump’s infamous “do me a favor” call and the announcement of the impeachment investigation, Barr met with both Giuliani and Gowdy.
(Photo of Giuliani by Gage Skidmore)

Release of Trump–Zelensky Call Readout Raises Questions About Justice Department Involvement

September 25, 2019
If the president or his advisers thought the released summary transcript would be another supposed “total exoneration,” they were mistaken.
(White House Photo)

FOIA to DOJ Seeking Records Regarding a Whistleblower Complaint to Congress or the Withholding of Aid for Ukraine

September 24, 2019
FOIA to the Department of Justice (DOJ) seeking legal analyses of the decision to withhold a whistleblower complaint that reportedly concerns the president’s call with the President of Ukraine; or regarding the withholding of aid designated for Ukraine. This request was submitted in light of reports that President Trump sought to withhold aid to Ukraine before speaking with Ukraine’s president and potentially pressuring Ukraine to commence an investigation of one of the president’s political opponents.