Topic: Government Transparency

News Roundup: Robin Vos and Michael Gableman’s Partisan Investigation

December 3, 2021
Wisconsin’s partisan election investigation got a dose of public accountability this week.

News Roundup: The Lasting Damage of Partisan Election Reviews

November 19, 2021
A new poll finds that the bogus Arizona “audit” reinforced doubts about the 2020 election. And the partisan investigation in Wisconsin has escalated into calls for a Republican takeover of elections in the state.

News Roundup: January 6, Wisconsin’s Partisan Election Review, and Transparency in Georgia

November 11, 2021
The investigation into the Jan. 6 insurrection — and, more specifically, into what Trump was doing when the mob overran the U.S. Capitol — accelerated this week, with new public documents, new subpoenas, and a new court ruling.

American Oversight Obtains Top Justice Dept. Officials’ Call Logs from Jan. 6

November 10, 2021
The call logs were released to American Oversight in response to litigation for records about the government’s response to the attack on the U.S. Capitol.
(Jeffrey Rosen, Richard Donoghue)

News Roundup: The Before, During — and After — of the Jan. 6 Attack

November 4, 2021
The Washington Post’s investigation into the Capitol insurrection, and the latest on partisan election reviews in Arizona, Wisconsin, and elsewhere.

Documents Obtained by American Oversight Cited in Washington Post’s Detailed Investigation of Jan. 6 Attack

November 2, 2021
The Post’s in-depth, three-part look at the Jan. 6 Capitol riot is a highly detailed, minute-by-minute account of what was neither “a spontaneous act nor an isolated event.”

Colorado House of Representatives Records Related to Rep. Hanks’ Attendance at Lindell Symposium

November 1, 2021
Records from the Colorado House of Representatives in response to American Oversight's request for records related to Representative Ron Hanks’ attendance at Mike Lindell’s Cyber Symposium.

News Roundup: Jan. 6 Accountability and Election ‘Audit’ Transparency

October 22, 2021
The Jan. 6 attack isn’t the only consequence of the Big Lie that Trump allies are trying to shield from public scrutiny.

Commerce Department Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration Lisa Casias’s Calendar

October 20, 2021
Commerce Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration Lisa Casias's Calendar from January 20, 2017- December 31, 2017.

News Roundup: Congressional Hearing on Arizona ‘Audit’; Lawsuit Against Wisconsin Assembly; and New Report on Trump’s DOJ Pressure Campaign

October 8, 2021
Arizona’s bogus election review continues to have far-reaching, democracy-undermining effects in Texas, Wisconsin, and elsewhere.