“If the [acting attorney general] gets fired for not publicly espousing a falsehood, I walk,” texted top DOJ official Claire Murray on Jan. 3, 2021.

The U.S. Justice Department withheld records responsive to American Oversight's request for a talking points memorandum regarding former President Donald Trump’s request that the agency file a case in the Supreme Court challenging the election outcome.

The lawsuit seeks details about the attempt to install a Trump loyalist as acting attorney general during the final days of the Trump administration.

Lawsuit filed by American Oversight against the Department of Justice seeking the release of communication records of high-ranking agency officials, including former acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen and his staff, pertaining to former President Donald Trump’s reported pressure on the DOJ to support in his allies’ attempts overturn the 2020 presidential election results.

See the latest in our investigations into Trump’s efforts to overturn the presidential election and multiple state lawmakers’ ties to the Capitol attack.

FOIA request to the Department of Justice seeking a talking points memorandum regarding Trump's request that DOJ file a case in the Supreme Court challenging the election outcome.