Complaint: American Oversight v. CIA, NSA – Directives on Cooperation with Congress

Congressional oversight of executive branch officials is fundamental to our democracy and our constitutional system of checks and balances — a system the Trump administration appears determined to delegitimize. The Trump White House’s blanket refusal to comply with congressional requests and subpoenas isn’t just unprecedented. It signals a dangerous vision of a presidency left unchecked and unscrutinized. American Oversight is examining executive branch agencies’ defiance of congressional investigations — and whether those agencies have been acting at the direction of the White House.

The evidence quickly mounted of former President Trump's troubling attempts to coerce a foreign government into helping attack his political rivals. American Oversight is investigating the extent of those efforts as well as the involvement of Trump personal attorney Rudy Giuliani and administration officials like Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The paper trail will only get longer.