The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stated it had no records responsive to our request for communications, including text messages or from other messaging apps, between top officials and incoming White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows.

During ordinary times, government transparency maintains a functioning democracy. But during the coronavirus outbreak, it can also save lives.

FOIA to multiple agencies seeking Rep. Mark Meadows’s text messages with agency officials in light of Meadows’s expected appointment to White House Chief of Staff.