“The Presidential Records Act is critical to our democracy, in which the government is held accountable by the people,” Archivist of the United States David Ferriero said earlier this week. “Records matter.”
The brazen scheme to subvert the 2020 vote by having pro-Trump electors submit false electoral certificates — which American Oversight obtained through FOIA — has heightened demands for accountability.
FOIA request to the U.S. Election Assistance Commission seeking agency communications with and about board member Cleta Mitchell, including records related to Mitchell's possible conflicts of interest.
Records from the Texas Ethics Commission in response to American Oversight's request for Secretary of State John Scott's personal financial statement, conflicts of interest reports, and ethics disclosures from 2016. These records include Scott's 2016 personal financial statement and his 2016 lobbying registration.