Records from the Department of Veterans Affairs in response to American Oversight's request for instructions by former Secretary Shulkin or former Acting Secretary O’Rourke directing subordinates to use personal email accounts for official communications or otherwise providing personal contact information.

The high-level influence within the Trump administration of the Koch-funded Concerned Veterans for America — which pushes for privatization of the VA — is evident in hundreds of pages of public records.

With so much attention trained on tackling federal misconduct in the Trump administration, corruption at the state and local levels has flourished and often gone unchecked.

American Oversight is demanding that the Department of Veterans Affairs recover former Secretary David Shulkin’s personal emails with Trump associates who have exerted high-profile influence on the nation’s veteran policy.

FOIA to VA seeking any instruction by former Secretary Shulkin or former Acting Secretary O'Rourke directing subordinates to use personal email accounts for official communications or otherwise providing personal contact information.