Topic: Government Transparency

News Roundup: Wisconsin Court Order, Trump Accountability, and State Anti-Immigration Measures

July 8, 2022
Amid another week of somber headlines, American Oversight achieved a victory for accountability in the world of bogus election reviews.

News Roundup: January 6 Hearing, Lawsuits in Wisconsin and Texas, and the Supreme Court

July 1, 2022
It was another week of blockbuster Jan. 6 testimony and earth-shattering Supreme Court decisions.

News Roundup: Pardons, Partisans and Our Endangered Democracy

June 24, 2022
It’s impossible to overstate the gravity of America’s current political situation.

News Roundup: Contempt of Court, Subversion of Democracy

June 17, 2022
As the select committee examined Trump’s stolen election lies, a court imposed sanctions on the Wisconsin Assembly’s ongoing partisan inquiry into the 2020 election.

Maryland Gov. Hogan’s Use of Self-Destructing Messaging App

June 15, 2022
Following reporting that Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan had communicated with staff via Wickr, a smartphone app that can be used to send self-destructing messages, American Oversight began investigating the office’s records retention practices.

News Roundup: January 6 Hearing, Wisconsin Assembly’s OSC Held in Contempt, and More Cyber Ninjas Documents

June 10, 2022
Thursday night was the first of several public hearings of the House select committee investigating Jan. 6.

News Roundup: The Coordinated Effort to Contest the Next Election

June 3, 2022
It’s not just faith in the last election that is being undermined.

DOJ Records Released in Response to Request for Communications Regarding the Release of Manafort, Cohen and Patten

June 3, 2022
Records released by the Department of Justice in response to American Oversight’s request for records reflecting communications about the release of Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen to home confinement, and W. Samuel Patten from the remainder of his probation sentence.

Complaint and Court Filings: American Oversight v. NARA — Communications and Documents Related to Mar-a-Lago Records Retrieved in January 2022

May 31, 2022
Lawsuit filed by American Oversight against the National Archives and Records Administration seeking the release of inventory documents, expenses, and communications related to the White House documents retrieved from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in January 2022.

News Roundup: Tightening the Net around the Fake Electors

May 27, 2022
The federal investigation into the scheme to create fake slates of pro-Trump electors has intensified in recent weeks.