“It appears he still does not recognize how harmful his actions and proposals were,” wrote then acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, referring to an email from Clark sent on Jan. 8, 2021.

The Department of Homeland Security and its Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency told American Oversight that they cannot search for requested records because of the agency’s prior practice of deleting data from departing employees’ mobile devices.

Records released by the Department of Justice in response to American Oversight’s request and litigation for communications between agency officials and specific state and federal lawmakers. American Oversight seeks these records in light of reports indicating extensive efforts by the Trump administration to overturn the results of the November 2020 presidential election.

The lawsuit is the seventh American Oversight has filed seeking public information related to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and calls for the release of officials’ communications with vocal Trump allies in the weeks after the 2020 election.

Lawsuit filed by American Oversight against the Department of Homeland Security and the Justice Department seeking officials’ communications with Fox News hosts, Trump Campaign associates and allies, and proponents of the stolen-election lie from the weeks following the 2020 presidential election, as Trump allies sought to overturn the election’s results.

FOIA request to the U.S. Department of Justice seeking records of communications between agency officials and specific state and federal lawmakers. American Oversight seeks these records in light of reports indicating extensive efforts by the Trump administration to overturn the results of the November 2020 presidential election.