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Records: Fringe Election Deniers Leverage White House Access, Enlist Commerce Department to Target Voting Machines

Internal Emails Show Susie Wiles Connecting Election Deniers — One Now Facing Charges for Violating State Election Laws — with Top Admin Officials

election denial

September 10, 2026

American Oversight Investigating CDC’s Apparent Manipulation of Measles Death Data At Kennedy’s Command

We’re seeking CDC and HHS records on the decision to alter data on Pennsylvania measles deaths, including one involving a newborn.

September 3, 2026

Bombshell: DHS Memo Lays Out Dubious Legal Roadmap for Sidestepping Posse Comitatus Act to Deploy National Guard

Records we obtained raise alarm as consequential midterm election approaches.

militarypolicing

August 28, 2026

In the News

New Docs Show DHS Gathering Driver’s License Data in Voter Fraud Crusade

Mother Jones

According to a summary of the conference call American Oversight obtained through public records requests and shared with Mother Jones, Broderick d…

November 14, 2025

Georgia election board settles ethics lawsuit over private emails for $50,000

The Guardian

American Oversight launched the suit in October 2024 after a request through the Georgia Open Records Act revealed that board member Janice Johnsto…

November 12, 2025

A Look Into the Early Days of Migrant Detentions at Guantánamo

The New York Times

Government employees distributed Bibles and prepared materials “commonly used in Hinduism, Sikhism and Rastafarianism,” according to emails.

November 12, 2025

Jack Smith’s Final Dossier of Defiance — His Secret Report on Mar-a-Lago Prosecution of Trump — Finds New Champions Pushing Publication

The New York Sun

The special counsel failed to convict the 47th president, but his report could amount to a political embarrassment.

October 1, 2025

Watchdog launches records lawsuit to obtain Emil Bove communications

The Hill

A watchdog group launched a records lawsuit Thursday to obtain communications involving Emil Bove, a senior Justice Department (DOJ) leader at the …

‘Ripe for adjudication’: Judge Cannon nudged to hurry up and rule on whether group can help bring Jack Smith’s full Mar-a-Lago report to light

Law&Crime

In March, the Trump administration’s DOJ argued that the proposed interventions of the Knight Institute and American Oversight should be rejected a…

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