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‘A Possible Discreet Assignment’: American Oversight Obtains DOJ Emails Regarding ‘Intake Process’ for Giuliani Ukraine Information

Apr 30, 2021

‘Does Not Offer Any Opposing Viewpoints’: Inside Florida’s Reviews of AP African American Studies Course

Aug 30, 2023

Jeffery Rosen and Donald Trump, the text messages on top.

‘Justice Is Our Client’: DOJ Texts Reveal Officials’ Response to Trump’s Election-Overturning Schemes

Dec 20, 2021

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Investigations

Go inside our investigations and see how we’re uncovering the facts.

Conservative Efforts to Sabotage Ballot Initiatives

In the wake of the overturning of Roe v. Wade, people across the country have gathered signatures in support of ballot initiatives that would ensure access to abortion. In response, state legislators, public officials and anti-choice groups have taken aim at these citizen-led examples of direct democracy.

Civil rights

Investigating State Support for Anti-Abortion Centers

American Oversight is investigating the proliferation of “crisis pregnancy centers,” which have received increased support from state governments since the fall of Roe v. Wade.

Reproductive rights

The Constitutional Sheriffs Movement and Election Denial

Election-denial activists have encouraged “constitutional sheriffs” to bolster partisan election investigations and further undermine faith in U.S. democracy. American Oversight is investigating the movement and its adherents’ ties to election denial and voter-fraud alarmism.

Constitutional sheriffs movement

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Litigation

In courtrooms across the country, American Oversight’s legal team is fighting to uphold the public’s right to hold our leaders accountable.

American Oversight v. Gov. DeSantis — Delay in Release of Public Records

Lawsuit filed by American Oversight against the office of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis alleging it has engaged in a pattern or practice of failing to properly respond to public records requests in violation of state law.

Attacks on education

Government transparency

American Oversight v. Cochise County, Ariz. — Records Regarding Election Administration Changes

Lawsuit filed by American Oversight against Cochise County, Ariz., concerning the county’s certification of 2022 election results.

2020 election interference

American Oversight v. Arizona Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb – Communications and Records

Complaint filed by American Oversight against Pinal County, Ariz., Sheriff Mark Lamb to compel the release of specific records, including communications with organizations and individuals who falsely claim widespread voter fraud, documents related to his attendance at a Federation for American Immigration Reform rally in 2022, and records that shed light on his connections to the “constitutional sheriffs” movement. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU is serving as co-counsel in this complaint).

2020 election interference

Constitutional sheriffs movement

Election denial

Voting rights

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Featured Documents

Follow the paper trail and read the public records uncovered by American Oversight’s requests and litigation.

ICE Records Released in Response to Request for Reports on the Deaths of Individuals Held in ICE Custody

Orange County, Fla., Public Schools Documents Concerning Book Bans

Virginia Department of Education Records from Review of African American History Elective Course

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Resources and Reports

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Sep 23, 2021