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Updated December 9, 2020

Parallel Investigations Initiative: Amplifying Congressional Oversight

American Oversight is filing FOIAs and lawsuits that mirror the document requests sent by the chairs and ranking members of key congressional committees. With the Trump administration vowing to "fight all the subpoenas" and resisting Congressional oversight at every turn, we're using public records laws and the power of the courts to make sure that federal agencies can't thwart transparency.

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American Oversight’s Parallel Investigations Initiative is an ongoing project to ensure that the Trump administration can’t thwart accountability. Congress is conducting investigations into misconduct across the administration, but President Trump has vowed to “fight all the subpoenas” — and his administration is resisting congressional oversight at every turn.

Beginning in late October 2018, we have been filing lawsuits demanding the release of documents that are also the subjects of congressional investigations, including Trump’s interference in the redevelopment of the FBI headquarters building, the botched response to the hurricanes that struck Puerto Rico, and the involvement of Mar-a-Lago members in setting policy at the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Those lawsuits, along with many of the parallel FOIA requests we have filed, are posted below.

You can read more about American Oversight’s Parallel Investigations Initiative here.