In response to American Oversight’s litigation, the Defense Department and the Army have confirmed in court filings that the phones of certain former senior Trump administration officials had been wiped — and that any text messages from Jan. 6, 2021, were not preserved.
American Oversight letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland requesting an investigation of the Department of Defense's failure to preserve test messages and other communications from Jan. 6, 2021, the day of the attack on the U.S. Capitol.
“Kind of wild/creative” — that’s how a Trump-allied lawyer, in an early December 2020 email, characterized the scheme to submit fake electoral certificates in an attempt to overturn the election results.
American Oversight's lawsuit against Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton seeking the release of records of certain communications, including official messages sent using personal accounts or devices.
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.
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.
