American Oversight (AO) is an activist and litigation organization focusing on filing open records requests targeting Republican interests, especially the administrations of President Donald Trump. The organization was launched in March 2017, following and in response to the first election of President Donald Trump, and is headquartered in Washington, D.C. ¹

Background

In January 2017, multiple left-of-center political donors reportedly met at a Florida resort to hear about a proposal to produce a “steady stream of open records requests” and lawsuits against President Donald Trump, his administration, and his family, as the means to generate “anti-Trump media coverage.” ² The overall strategy was defined as “resist the normalization of Donald Trump” with the ultimate goal to defeat him in the 2020 election or “through impeachment. ²

The creation of new organizations, such as American Oversight, was not suggested in the document. AO’s agenda bore a striking similarity to what the document proposed, and at least two of AO’s top staff had work histories with two of the main organizations mentioned in the proposal: Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) and American Bridge 21st Century. ³

A November 2017 report in the Washington Free Beacon referenced “confidential documents” it had obtained relating to a January 2017 meeting at a “posh resort” with more than 100 “liberal mega-donors” in which Clinton family-aligned operative David Brock proposed an aggressive open records effort to be aimed at the incoming Trump administration. ⁴

AO claimed to be “the top Freedom of Information Act litigator investigating the Trump administration,” with more than 1,000 open records requests filed in 2018 – an average of four requests made every business day. In addition, it reported 56 lawsuits filed during the year (more than one per week). ^{3 5} The website also provided searchable databases for both the open records documents and the overall investigations to which those documents pertain.^{6 7}

Senior advisor Melanie Sloan, a former Democratic congressional aide, co-founded CREW and worked as the organization’s executive director until 2014. ⁸ She is also on the advisory board of Restore Public Trust, another left-wing advocacy organization involved in ethics activities against the Trump administration.⁹

Sarah Studley, AO’s investigative counsel, is a former employee of American Bridge 21st Century, a Brock-associated political committee which conducts opposition research against Republican politicians.³

First Trump Administration

American Oversight filed its first open records request on March 1, 2017, seeking employment records from the University of Florida for Alexander Acosta, then the nominee for U.S. Secretary of Labor. ¹⁰ On March 13, American Oversight issued a news release announcing its launch as a supposedly “non-partisan ethics organization.”¹

Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker

AO demanded an investigation into whether recently-named acting U.S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker had violated the Hatch Act, a federal law that precludes certain government officials from active participation in partisan political campaigns.¹¹ Earlier in 2018, a campaign account left over from Whitaker’s failed 2014 campaign for U.S. Senate from Iowa had received $8,800 in contributions. As of late 2018, Whitaker had an outstanding debt of $49,187 from the campaign (covered by a personal loan). ^{12 13}

Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump

AO filed open records requests for personal emails between two members of the Trump family, both of whom were formal advisors to President Trump, and federal employees with whom they are communicating. Aside from speculations regarding “violations of records rules” for using private email accounts, AO does not assert any specific law breaking that may have occurred.¹⁴

Prohibition on Transgender Military Service

AO filed freedom of information requests seeking the details behind the July 2018 announcement from President Trump that transgender individuals would not be permitted to serve in the military. The President had cited consultations with “my Generals” and military experts as the basis for his change in policy. AO was not citing a law violation by the President, but instead seeking proof the consultation with military officers took place. ¹⁵

Second Trump Administration

In April 2025, American Oversight announced that it would be launching an investigation into the second Trump administration through FOIA requests regarding the administration’s Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) intention to audit spending by the Social Security Administration (SSA). AO stated the investigation was prompted by a report from National Public Radio (NPR) that DOGE was considering job cuts, office closures, and identity verification policies, which AO criticized as potentially leading to fewer benefits being paid. ¹⁶ The NPR report also claimed that employees from SSA were struggling to process claims and that employees reported that they have found cases where they cannot explain why eligible persons were unable to receive benefits after months of processing. ¹⁷

In response to initial attempts by DOGE to improve SSA efficiency, AO published a response criticizing DOGE by arguing that it is “undermining” SSA and accusing DOGE of pursuing policy changes that would cause delays in benefits. ¹⁸ AO’s reporting on accusations that DOGE attempted to close SSA field offices also came three weeks after it released a statement addressing such accusations, stating: “Field sites remain open, and Social Security has no plans to close any public-facing sites nationwide.”  ¹⁹

In April 2025, AO reported that it had submitted FOIA requests questioning DOGE’s and the Trump administration’s compliance with federal records retention requirements. In a request to confirm that DOGE had been complying with the requirements, it stated that it pursued “all reasonable efforts” to comply and that it would continue to do so, but AO responded by accusing it of “evading” the request. It also accused the administration of having “grossly inadequate” compliance with retention compliance rules by using the Signal app for certain communications. Based on these findings, AO concluded that the administration refuses to address “serious security failures and systemic violations of federal records laws,” and instead, it argued that the administration “has been focused on rooting out instances of perceived disloyalty and abusing its power to weaponize the government against certain groups, including immigrants.” ²⁰

Not Above the Law Coalition

In November 2024, following Donald Trump winning the 2024 presidential election, AO announced that it would be joining the Democracy Forward-organized Not Above the Law Coalition, consisting of over 280 organizations that had agreed to pursue legal action against the second Trump administration related to its allegedly “far-right” activities. ²¹ The coalition also organizes protests, which it calls the “Trump Indictment Rapid Response Events” that it organizes in partnership with The Indivisible Project. It has organized protests outside Tesla dealerships in opposition to Elon Musk’s involvement with DOGE. ^{22 23}

Government Investigations

By the end of 2018, American Oversight claimed to have filed more than 50 public records lawsuits against government agencies, was filing an average of four new public records requests every business day (more than 1000 for the year), and had already published “tens of thousands of documents” from these activities. Many such investigations were allegedly directed at the First Trump administration, which AO claimed was “plagued by scandal, misconduct, and conflicts of interest,” or Republicans generally. ³

In February 2025, AO filed a Bar complaint against acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove for dismissing criminal charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D). The complaint specifically accused Bove of dropping the charges in connection to Mayor Adams’s “cooperation with the Trump Administration.” ²⁴

Uranium One (Hillary Clinton) Lawsuit

In February 2018, American Oversight sued the U.S. Department of Justice, seeking to “uncover the facts behind Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ decision to reopen an investigation into Uranium One and Hillary Clinton.” AO pursued the matter to find out whether “Sessions’ participation in this matter was consistent with his recusal from all matters related to the 2016 presidential campaign.” AO stipulated this as part of its overall investigation of “the Trump administration’s attempts to politicize the Justice Department. ²⁵

In early 2013 Rosatom, the Russian atomic energy agency, obtained majority ownership of Uranium One, a Canadian uranium mining company with assets in the United States. The deal made the Russian agency one of the world’s largest sources of uranium and – according to a 2015 New York Times report – brought Russian President Vladimir Putin “closer to his goal of controlling much of the global uranium supply chain.” Because of its mining interests in the U.S., approval for the deal also required oversight from the U.S. Department of State during the period when Hillary Clinton was the U.S. Secretary of State.²⁶

During the period of this oversight and in the years leading up to the deal, the chairman of Uranium One made $2.35 million in donations through his family foundation to a Canadian nonprofit affiliated with the Clinton Foundation – donations not disclosed while the U.S. Department of State, then headed by Hillary Clinton, was involved in approval of the sale of uranium. Also during this period, a $500,000 fee for a Moscow speech by former President Bill Clinton was paid by a Russian investment bank with both close relations to the Russian government and a “buy” recommendation on Uranium One stock.²⁶

The FBI had begun to investigate Uranium One and other matters regarding the Clinton Foundation in August 2016, during the final months of the Obama administration. Citing a meeting between the U.S. Justice Department and “senior FBI officials,” the New York Times reports they had a concern that following up further at that time “could influence the presidential race and suggest they were favoring Mr. Trump.” A decision was made to “keep the case open but wait until after the election to determine their next steps” – a decision that reportedly “infuriated” some FBI agents who argued “politics” had influenced it.²⁷

Parallel Investigations Initiative

In April 2018 American Oversight introduced its Parallel Investigations Initiative. Anticipating the potential for Democratic control of the U.S. House of Representatives in January 2019 and a “surge in congressional oversight activity” against the Trump administration that would follow, AO announced its plan to track the investigations that might be launched by Democrats, and then to file open records requests for the same information so as to duplicate the public scrutiny applied to the executive branch.²⁸ “The Trump administration has no idea what’s coming,” begins AO’s announcement of the parallel investigations explicitly intended to be done in tandem with Democratic-controlled congressional committees.²⁸

Brett Kavanaugh Confirmation Process

During the confirmation hearings regarding future U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh taking place during summer and early fall 2018, American Oversight filed several lawsuits, legal motions and freedom of information requests seeking documents regarding Kavanaugh’s previous federal employment within the White House under President George W. Bush, and while working on the investigations of President Bill Clinton by then-independent counsel Ken Starr. AO filed its lawsuits on behalf of six Democratic U.S. Senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee, and a group seeking greater transparency from the Supreme Court. The requests and lawsuits were sent to the Central Intelligence Agency, the Office of Management and Budget, the U.S. Department of Justice, the Office of Independent Counsel, and the National Archives and Records Administration. ²⁹

One concern was an allegation that Kavanaugh had leaked grand jury secrets to the media while working on the investigation of President Clinton for the Office of Independent Counsel (OIC) Ken Starr. The report was released shortly thereafter, but made no reference to Kavanaugh and stated the investigation had turned up no evidence of misconduct by the OIC, saying Starr’s team had “rebutted the prima facie showing that it was the source of the disclosures.”³⁰

After learning the report it had demanded did not implicate Kavanaugh in wrongdoing by the OIC, and furthermore did not implicate the OIC in wrongdoing either, American Oversight responded by stating the document still did not “exonerate Judge Kavanaugh because it largely addressed a narrow time period when he was not working for the Starr Commission.”²⁹

Matt Bevin’s Stay at Trump Hotel

In November 2019, the Washington Post reported that then-Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (R) had used taxpayer money to stay at a hotel then managed by President Donald Trump’s company in Washington, D.C. according to documents that American Oversight had obtained. While the Kentucky Republican Party had reimbursed the Kentucky state government two months after the governor’s stay, legal experts suggested that the incident violated a provision in the U.S. Constitution that prohibits states from giving the president any form of emolument. ³¹

Wisconsin State Assembly Speaker Robin Vos firing Michael Gableman

In August 2022, Wisconsin State Wisconsin State Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R) fired former Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman a year after being hired to probe the results of the 2020 presidential election to check for signs of fraud. A report concluded that no significant evidence of fraud had been found, finding that Joe Biden had won the state vote by over 20,000 votes, though the probe cost the state over $1 million. ³² Shortly after, Vos claimed that Gableman might lose his law license over his conduct during the election probe, with Dane County Circuit Judge Frank Remington fining Gableman $2,000 each day previously in June 2022 until he had, “produced all records…requested related to his review of the 2020 election” that had been requested by Remington and attorneys from AO. ³² On August 17, 2022, Remmington ordered Gableman to pay $24,000 for 12 days for, “failing to properly search for and produce the records requested by American Oversight.” ³² However, through an affidavit from the Office of Special Counsel, Remmington argued that, “It is true, as American Oversight points out, that ambiguities remain…I am nevertheless satisfied to the ‘reasonable degree of certainty’ required by my order that OSC has, finally, complied with the Court’s order to produce records.” ³²

In December 2024, a Waukesha County-based District II Court of Appeals upheld a previous ruling that AO must be awarded $241,000 in legal fees by the state regarding the two lawsuits brought against Vos by AO over his investigations into the 2020 election investigation in which he hired and later fired Michael Gableman following a lack of results. The appeals court also reversed a contempt order as well as a $24,000 fine imposed on Gableman by Dane County Circuit Judge Frank Remington over allegedly refusing to comply with a court order ordering Gableman and the state Office of Special Counsel to turn over public records requested by AO during both lawsuits. In response, AO interim executive director Chioma Chukwu, released a statement claiming “[t]his decision, based merely on procedural grounds, does nothing to absolve OSC of its well-documented history of destroying public records and dismal record-keeping practices.” ³³

Trump Election Interference Case

In December 2023, American Oversight filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in U.S. v. Donald Trump where the former president was accused of attempting to “subvert” the 2020 election while investigating the validity of the results. AO’s brief stated, “Trump’s goal is to delay the trial until after the 2024 presidential election under the theory that if he wins the presidency, he may never be held accountable for his effort to overturn the 2020 election.” It accused him of seeking to use public office to circumvent prosecution and asserts that U.S. Supreme Court precedent required him to wait until his trial was over to appeal the decision. ³⁴

Campaign Against Corporate Complicity

After the end of the first Trump administration, Accountable.US and American Oversight announced the Campaign Against Corporate Complicity, calling on American businesses to withdraw business engagements with any former Trump administration officials and to promise to never hire them. In its initial statements, the campaign denounces the administration and its officials for allegedly violating commitments of “diversity, equal justice, and integrity” as well as for endorsing “violent extremism” and “white supremacy.” ³⁵

The campaign claimed that former President Donald Trump cited “baseless” claims to pressure political allies to overturn the results of the 2020 election and claims his “incendiary” speech incited the riot at the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021. It also claimed that Trump “enabled” white supremacy, citing his remarks about the 2017 Charlottesville Confederate statue protests. ³⁶³⁷

In an open letter to America’s CEOs, the campaign called on American businesses as “the first line of defense against normalizing hate and misconduct” to request that they “vet” former senior-level Trump administration officials to see if they were openly critical enough of Trump’s alleged transgressions against America. The letter claimed that this was also necessary because the Trump administration was disgraceful to America and attempted to undo America’s democracy. ³⁸

On Feb. 22, 2021, the Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform sent a letter to the Campaign Against Corporate Complicity requesting documents to fully disclose the reasoning of the Campaign Against Corporate Complicity, stating that it is discriminating against Trump administration officials by mischaracterizing them and that it is making “inaccurate partisan characterizations.” ³⁸

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Cases

AAs of Feb. 25, 2021, American Oversight has issued 158 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) cases through the FOIA Project, all of which targeted the Trump administration. ³⁹ The FOIA project claims to be a “shaming mechanism” that allows people to hold government officials who break the law accountable. ⁴⁰

The following were all FOIA cases filed by American Oversight between 2017 and 2020: ⁴¹

Year	Defendents	Description
2020	Department of State	A request seeking all briefing materials to then Vice President Mike Pence for his meeting with Ukranian President Zelensky in Warsaw, Poland as well as their phone call.
2020	Department of State, Central Intelligence Agency	A request to produce all whistleblower complaints submitted to the CIA Inspector General related to former Director Mike Pompeo.
2020	Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management	A request seeking email communications between Solicitor of the Interior Daniel Jorjani and named external entities.
2020	Department of Energy, Department of Transportation, Department of State	A request to produce email communications between the specifed agency officials and Senator Mitch McConnell.
2020	Department of Labor, Department of Agriculture, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services	A request seeking all email communications between the specified officials and members of the Trump administration.
2020	Election Assistance Commission	A request to produce all non-exempt records responsive to a previous American Oversight FOIA request and any justifying the witholding of responsive records held under claim of exemption.
2020	Department of Homeland Security, Citizenship and Immigration Services	A request to produce training materials related to a 2019 pilot program for conducting asylum interviews.
2020	Department of the Treasury, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency	A request seeking communication records with members of Congress regarding high-risk, leveraged loans.
2020	Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration	A request seeking "all final directives, orders, decision memoranda, or guidance regarding testing for severe acute resipratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes COVID-19."
2020	Department of State	A request seeking a copy of Standard Form 86 prepared by Ambassador Richard Grenell, seeking the contacts with Moldovan government officials.
2020	Central Intelligence Agency, National Security Agency	Seeking all records reflecting any guidance from the Trump administration that instructing them not to produce or share materials.
2020	Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services	A request seeking all final directives and guidance from the Trump administration regarding public statements about COVID-19.
2020	Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration	A request to produce all email communication sent by the specified HHS and FDA officials that populate from a search including 34 individual search terms regarding coronavirus testing.
2020	Department of the Treasury, Department of State, Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services	A request seeking all email communications sent by named agency officials containing key terms related to COVID-19.
2020	Department of Justice	A request seeking documents with the potential to reveal improper political influence on the DOJ prosecution of National Security Advisor Michael Flynn.
2020	Department of Agriculture, General Services Administration	Seeking records regarding the relocation of the Economic Research Service and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture
2020	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services	Request for all final directives from the Trump administration regrading public statements about COVID-19.
2020	Department of Health and Human Services, Department of the Treasury, Department of State, Office of Management and Budget	A request seeking all email communications between specified agency officieals and Representative Mark Meadows (R-NC) and his staff.
2020	Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Justicce, Federal Bureau of Prisons	A request seeking records related to the agencies' response to COVID-19 in regards to vulnerable populations in detention centers and prisons.
2020	Department of Justice	A request seeking calendar and communication records from then Attorney General William Barr that may shed light on troubling reports.
2020	Postal Service	A request to produce all email communications between USPS Postmaster General Megan Brennan and White House officials.
2020	Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Defense, International Development Finance Corporation	A request seeking materials related to the agencies response and readiness in regards to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020	Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement	A request seeking record related to the named agency's COVID-19 response within detention centers.
2020	Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement	A request seeking memoranda regarding enforcement of the Trump administration's zero tolerance family separation policy.
2020	Department of State	A request to produce all email communications that populate from a search containing specifically listed terms.
2020	Department of the Treasury	A request to produce all planning materials of key officials related to the coronavirus stimulus package.
2020	Office of the Director of National Intelligence	A request seeking all decision memoranda or policy interpretations adopted by Acting Director Ric Grenell.
2020	Department of State	A request to produce records related to Susan Pompeo's activities.
2020	Department of State, General Services Administration, Army, Navy	A request to produce all email communications regarding Mike Pompeo's arrangements for military housing.
2020	Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement	A request seeking records related to the specified agencies' responses to the death of thirteen detainees.
2020	Census Bureau, Department of Commerce	A request seeking records related to the COVID-19 response, specifically for its planning of the decennial census.
2020	Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Defense, National Guard Bureau	A request seeking all records reflecting any order placing then Attorney General Barr in charge of coordinating the federal response to the 2020 George Floyd, Black Lives Matter protests.
2020	Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Defense	A request to produce all decision memoranda related to specified instances of the agencies diverting or commandeering materials.
2020	Agency for International Development	A request to produce any calendars used by John Barsa related to his USAID positions.
2020	Department of Education	A request to produce performance agreements from the Education Secretary with the Chief Operating Officer of Federal Student Aid from Fiscal Year 2018, 2019, and 2020.
2020	Department of Justice	A request to produceall complaints submitted to the Office of the Inspector General or the Office of Professional Responsibility containing allegations regarding the conduct of then Attorney General William Bar.
2020	Postal Service	A request for all calendars or planning materials maintained by Louis DeJoy since June 15, 2020.
2020	Postal Service	A request to produce all email communications sent by Louis DeJoy or his staff that populate from a list of named search terms.
2020	Department of Justice	A request for records reflecting communications between the Trump administration and former Justice Anthony Kennedy and any document intended to convey individuals that former Justice Kennedy was preferred to be nominated to the Supreme Court.
2020	Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service	A request seeking information regarding possible ethics violations of political appointees.
2020	Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services	A request to produce communications between specified agency officials regarding COVID-19.
2020	Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services	A request to produce all communications between agency officials and Pfizer.
2020	Department of Justice	A request for the approval from the Attorney General's office for the Western District of Pennsylvania Scott Brady's process for receiving investigatory information from Rudy Giuliani related to former Vice President Biden. Also, a copy of the Attorney General's order directing Scott Brady to condact an investigation of information received from Rudy Giuliani that concernes former Vice President Joe Biden.
2019	Consumer Financial Protection Bureau	A request to produce all non-exempt records responsive to a previous American Oversight FOIA request and any justifying the witholding of responsive records held under claim of exemption.
2019	Department of Justice	A request seeking all email communication to or from the then Acting Assistant Attorney General John Gore.
2019	General Services Administration, National Park Services	A request for any communication records concerning the operations of the Old Post Office Tower during the government shutdown that started on December 22, 2018.
2019	Department of State	A request to produce all communications between Steve Bannon, Sean Hannitty, Raheem Kassam, and other named individuals.
2019	Department of Health and Human Services	A request seeking access to communications between specified employees of the Office for Civil Rights and specified outside groups.
2019	Department of Commerce	A request to produce records between high ranking officials and records regording Secretary Ross's ethics agreement.
2019	Department of Defense	A request seeking communications between Boeing and Trump administration officials who were previous employees of Boeing regarding ethics requirements.
2019	Department of Agriculture	A request seeking communications between USDA officials and lobbyists.
2019	Department of Health and Human Services	A request to produce all communications between the firm Hager sharp and HHS.
2019	Department of the Interior	A request seeking email communications between then Deputy Secretary Bernhardt and his former clients.
2019	Department of Justice, Department of State, Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Citizenship and Immigration Services	A request reflecting all communications with or about Stephen Miller or addressing a specific phone number.
2019	Department of Justice	A request seeking all communications regarding the interpretation of the Wire Act.
2019	Department of Commerce, Department of Education, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of the Interior, Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of State, Department of the Treasury	A request to produce any calendars and schuduling records for a number of ranking officials.
2019	Department of Justice	A request for all communications with external parties regarding judicial nominations and specified agency officials.
2019	Department of Agriculture	A request seeking records related to USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue's potential conflict of interests and ethics disclosures.
2019	Department of Housing and Urban Development	A request seeking all communications and planning materials sent or received by any polical appointee at HUD regarding the sale of the Starrett City housing complex in 2018.
2019	Department of State, Department of Justice	A request to produce any final legal analyses or opeions related to the Office of Foreign Missions' review of any foreign government business conducted by the Trump Organization.
2019	Department of Commerce, Department of State, Department of the Treasury	A request for records of communication with and about Sheldon Adelson that reveals the extent of his influence over federal policy.
2019	Department of Labor, Department of Justice	A request seeking all communications records related to Steve Wynn for possible conflicts of interest between his business and federal rule changes.
2019	Department of Commerce, Department of State, Department of the Treasury	A reqeust for all email communications between the White House and Jared Kushner related to lobbying for casino taxes.
2019	Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice	A request seeking email communications between former Senior Counselor to the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Counselor to the Attorney General Gene Hamilton.
2019	Department of Health and Human Services	A request seeking all calendars and entries for HHS Director Shannon Royce.
2019	Department of Transportation	A request to produce planning materials for specified date ranges and individuals.
2019	Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border Protection	A request seeking communications for specified officials related to detainees who died during or following detention by ICE or CBP.
2019	Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border Protection	A request seeking documents related to individuals who died during or following detention by ICE or CBP.
2019	Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Department of Agriculture, Forest Service	A request to produce all communications records between named individuals, regarding the renewal of mining leases of Twin Metals Minnesota.
2019	Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border Protection	A request to produce training documents regarding the treatment of transgender, pregnant, and juvenile detainees.
2019	Department of Justice	A request for all communications between Muel Miranda and political appointees within certain DOJ offices.
2019	Department of Education	A request to produce personal email communications pertaining to government businesses by Secretary Betsy DeVos.
2019	Department of State, Central Intelligence Agency	A request reflecting all email communications with non-governmental email addresses attributed to then Secretary Mike Pompeo.
2019	U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	A request seeking all calendars and entries for CDC Director Robert Redfield since he joined the CDC.
2019	Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	A request for the CDC director Robert Redfield's calendar and planning materials.
2019	Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice	A request to produce documents related to the response of a heat and power outage in a Brooklyn prison.
2019	Department of the Treasury	A request seeking all email communications between Secretary Mnuchin, Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner, and representatives of them regarding their presence on Air Force planes.
2019	Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Finance Agency	A request seeking communication records between agency officials and individuals with influence over the Trump administration and involved in real estate investing.
2019	Department of Homeland Security	A request to produce all calendar entries for Katharine Gorka.
2019	Department of Justice	A request for access to records reflecting communications between then Attorney General Jeff Sessions, his staff members, and U.S. Attorney for the District of Utah John Huber.
2019	Department of Justice	A request for access to communication records between the then Office of the Attorney General of Deputy Attorney General and U.S. Attorney for the District of Connectiut John Durham and his staff.
2019	Department of Health and Human Services	A request seeking all records of communication between HHS Secretary Alex Azar, former employees, and affiliated individuals.
2019	Department of State	A request seeking all communications sent by State department officials while traveling with U.S. delegates to the Middle East in late February 2019.
2019	Department of Justice	A request for all communication records between DOJ politicall appointees and named White House Counsel staff regarding the oversight of the executive branch.
2019	Department of the Treasury, Department of Commerce, General Services Administration, Department of Housing and Urban Development	A request seeking all communications between political appointees from the Department of the Treasury and White House Counsel staff regarding congressional oversight of the executive branch.
2019	Department of State	A request to produce all communication records between Rudolph Giuliani, victoria Toensing, Joseph diGenova, and named State department officials.
2019	Department of Education	A request seeking any conflict of interests for former President Donald Trump's nominee for the U.S. Court of Appeals Steven Menashi.
2019	Department of State	All records reflecting communications between Rudolph Giuliani, Victoria Toensing, Jospeh diGenova, and Kurt Volker.
2019	Department of Energy	A request to produce any information regarding whistleblower complaints from the intelligence community regarding a July 25, 2019 telephone calls with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
2019	Office of Management and Budget	Expedite the the processing of a previous FOIA request and provide updated results of the search. Additionally, it is A request to produce all non-exempt records responsive to a previous American Oversight FOIA request and any justifying the witholding of responsive records held under claim of exemption.
2019	Department of Agriculture	A request to produce communications and meeting records between USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue and her affiliates.
2019	Department of Defense, Office of Management and Budget	A request to produce any communications between agency employees and acting comptroller Elaine McCusker or officials realted to the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative.
2019	Department of State	A request to produce all communications between Rudolph Giuliani, Sam Kislin, Victoria Toensing, Jospeh diGenova, and Gordon Sondland.
2019	Citizenship and Immigration Services	A request seeking planning, calendar, and other communications from USCIS Director Kenneth Cuccinelli.
2019	Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Office of Management and Budget, Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of State, and Department of Agriculture	A request to produce all non-exempt records responsive to a previous American Oversight FOIA request and any justifying the witholding of responsive records held under claim of exemption.
2019	Department of Justice	A request for all records reflecting communications between specified DOJ officials and Rudolph Giuliani, Sam Kislin, Victoria Toensing, or Joseph diGenova.
2019	Department of the Treasury	A request seeking all communications of political appointees in the Office of the Secreatary.
2019	Department of the Treasury	A request seeking all communications between the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control and specified external organizations.
2019	Department of State	A request to produce records that reveal to what extent State department activities or policies have been affected by the business interest of then President Donal Trump.
2018	Department of Health and Human Services	A request seeking any records that are required by polical apointees or career employees to sign prior to employment.
2018	General Services Administration	A request to produce any documentation of possible conflicts of interest between My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell, his donations to the Trump presidential campaign, and his contract with the GSA.
2018	Department of Justice	A request seeking all communications from Chief of Staff Jody Hunt that discusses the then ongoing investigation where he could be expresssing views about the outcome.
2018	Department of Justice	A request for access to records related to the decision to grant media members access to private text messages of former Secretar of State Hillary Clinton when she was under investigation for her private email use.
2018	Department of Housing and Urban Development	A request for all documentation regarding expenditures related to office renovations.
2018	Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection	A request to produce all communications pertaining to the construction of the U.S.-Mexico border wall per Executive Order 13767.
2018	Department of Justice	A request for records reflecting any ethics or recusal obligations to the Attorney General's particpation in connection with the investigation of Congressman Robert Goodlatte's letters.
2018	Department of Justice	A request seeking all communications and records between Jesse Panuccio and any party regarding the specified cases.
2018	Environmental Protection Agency	A request for communication records from Scott Pruitt for potential wrongdoing.
2018	Department of Housing and Urban Development	A request seeking documents that would shed light on matters of significant public concern regarding HUD's expenditures on office renovations.
2018	Department of Housing and Urban Development	A request to produce documents related to the travel expenses of HUD Secretary Ben Carson's family members that would shed light on matters of public concern on the effects of personal relationships within the Trump administration on government activities.
2018	Department of Commerce, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Environemntal Protection Agency, Department of Homeland Security, Department of the Interior, Department of Transportation, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Small Business Administration, Department of State, Department of the Treasury, Department of Agriculture	A request to produce any calendars and schuduling records for a number of ranking officials.
2018	Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services	A request to produce materials that could potentially reveal conflicts of interests for CMS Administrator Seema Verma.
2018	Department of Agriculture, Department of Commerce, Department of Defense, Department of Education, Department of Energy, General Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Homeland Security	A request to produce records and communications related to potential renovations.
2018	Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Agriculture, Department of Commerce, Department of Defense, Department of Education, Department of Energy, General Services Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of the Interior, Department of Justice, Department of Labor, Department of Trasnportation, Department of the Treasury, Office of Management and Budget	A request seeking records to identify any employees who were politically appointed by the president, career employees in leadership positions, individuals who joined the agency at the beginning of the Trump administration, and any ethics waivers.
2018	Department of Defense, Department of the Air Force, Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, General Services Administration	A request seeking documents regarding concerns of travel expenses paid for at the expense of taxpayers.
2018	Department of Housing and Urban Development	A request seeking all records of communication between Secretary Ben Carson, political appointees, career staff, and specified private companies.
2018	Environmental Protection Agency	A request seeking records of waivers for final determinations either approving or denying EPA Adminstrator Scott pruitt's first class airplane travel.
2018	Department of the Interior	A request to produce all records reflecting communications regarding offshore drilling between named officials.
2018	Department of Transportation	A request to produce all recoreds of communications between members of the Immediate Office of the Secretary and Senator Mitch McConnell regarding the drafting of legislation.
2018	Department of State	A request seeking all email communications between North Korea and top U.S. officials.
2018	Customs and Border Protection	A request to produce emails related to social media posts with the hashtage "CatchOfTheDay.
2018	Department of Homeland Security	A request to produce materials related to a #CatchOfTheDay post by U.S. Customs and Border Protection offical Twitter account.
2018	Department of Education	A request seeking documents that reveal conflict of interests regarding Secretary Bets DeVos' confirmation.
2018	Department of Justice	A request for a copy of the Attorney General William Barr's order directing U.S. Attorney John Durham to conduct an investigation of any matters outside his ordinary jurisdiction.
2018	Department of Justice, Department of the Treasury, Department of State, Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services, Federal Communications Commission, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services	A request seeking all communication records between political appointees and stated agency officials.
2018	Department of the Interior	A request for the Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke to produce documentation of compliance with ethics standards.
2018	Federal Bureau of Investigation	A request to produce all non-exempt records responsive to a previous American Oversight FOIA request and any justifying the witholding of responsive records held under claim of exemption.
2018	Department of Justice	A request to have documents related to the Trump administration blocking the OIG from learning statements made by the president in meetings regarding the FBI Headquarters project.
2018	General Services Administration	A request to produce all records of communications between specified individuals regarding the FBI headquearters consolidation project.
2018	General Services Administration, Office of Management and Budget, Department of Justice, and Federal Bureau of Investigation	A request for all meeting notes and follow-up notes related to the FBI Headquarters Consolidation Project from White House Meetings.
2018	Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Defense	A request for communication records that reveal any influence of private associates of former President Trump and the advocacy group Concerned Veternas for America.
2018	Department of State	A request seeking documents that define to what extent high-ranking State department officials were targeting career civil service employees for ideological differences.
2018	Department of State	A request seeking all records of guidance from the Trump administration, Kushner Companies, or affiliated organizations.
2018	Department of Education	A request seeking records regarding certain top Department of Education policy decisions.
2018	Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Justice, Department of State, Department of the Treasury, and Department of Homeland Security	A request seeking emails to or from Jared Kushner's personal email and those acting on his behalf.
2018	Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children & Families, Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services	A request seeking access to to record regarding the "Capacity Report Update" from January 2017.
2018	Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection, Immigration & Customs Enforcement, Citizenship and Immigration Services	A request seeking all email communications with specified organizations and people where people were carbon copied.
2018	Department of Justice	A request for access to all email communications between a number of groups and individuals who allegedly were carbon copied or blind carbon copied.
2018	Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review, Marshals Service, Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Protections, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Citizenship and Immigration Services, Office of Management and Budget	A request for records to identify total costs of implementing the family separation policy for FY 2018 and 2019. Also, a request seeking records that identify the programs from which funds for housing and reuniting children separated from their parents have been diverted.
2018	Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Citizenship and Immigration Services	A request for all email communications to or form specific senior Trump administration officials that populate under a number of search terms.
2017	Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation	Requesting documents showing evidence of the FBI wiretapping former President Donald Trump under the direction of former president Barack Obama.
2017	Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation	A request to produce all non-exempt records responsive to a previous American Oversight FOIA request and any justifying the witholding of responsive records held under claim of exemption.
2017	Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Management and Budget	A request to produce all communications between HHS and Congress about health care reform, regarding the repeal of the Affordable Care Act.
2017	Department of Justice	A request seeking access to records reflecting any disqualifications of former president Donald Trump's nominee Noel Francisco and any documents revealing ethics conflicts.
2017	Department of Commerce, Department of Education, Department of Labor, Department of Treasury, Small Business Administration	A request for documents that demonstrate Ivanka Trump's role in the Trump Administration.
2017	Department of the Interior, Department of Commerce, Department of Health and Human Services, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Agriculture, Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Energy, Department of the Treasury	A request to produce all records that identify employees who were named as polical appointees since Jamuary 20, 2017.
2017	Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection, Department of the Interior, Office Management and Budget	A request to produce records pertaining to the construction of the U.S.-Mexico border wall per Executive Order 13767.
2017	Environmental Protection Agency	A request seeking all comunications between named individuals and any trade group with an interest in pesticides.
2017	Environmental Protection Agency	A request for communication and planning records of Scott Pruitt for potential conflicts of interests with conventional energy firms.
2017	General Services Administration	A request to produce any communications between then President Donald Trump during his presidential campaign regarding the impact of his candidacy for the lease of the Old Post Office Building.
2017	Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Management and Budget	A request seeking an alleged document sent by former President Trump and congressional Republicans regarding regulatory action for the Affordable Care Act.
2017	Department of the Treasury	A request seeking access to all communications between the Treasury and Congressman Jeb Hensarling and other key staff related to financial regulation.
2017	Department of the Treasury, Office of Management and Budget	Expedite the the processing of a previous FOIA request and provide updated results of the search. Additionally, it is A request to produce all non-exempt records responsive to a previous American Oversight FOIA request and any justifying the witholding of responsive records held under claim of exemption.
2017	Department of Housing and Urban Development	A request seeking documents that would shed light on matters of significant public concern regarding HUD's activities and operations, including any of the agency's official decisions on policies and procedures.
2017	Department of Labor	A request seeking all Calendar and materials related to former President Donald Trump reversing Obama-era regulations.
2017	Department of State	A request seeking all diplomatic communications with Mexico regarding the U.S.-Mexico border wall.
2017	Environmental Protection Agency	A request seeking access to records of expenditures for renovations by individuals in Senate-confirmed postitions as well as pertaining communications.
2017	Department of Defense, Department of the Air Force, Department of the Army, Department of the Navy	A request seeking any reccomedations from top Trump administration and military officials regarding his decision to ban transgender persons from the military.

Leadership

Founder

Austin Evers was the founder and former executive director for AO until roughly 2022. He is a former senior counsel to the Obama administration’s State Department. ³ Board member and attorney Kyle Herrig worked as the interim executive director from January through July 2022, during which time Heather Sawyer was appointed to the position. ^{42 43}

Executive Director

As of December 2024, Chioma Chukwu works as the interim executive director of AO. ³³

Heather Sawyer was the previous executive director of AO, being appointed in May 2022. As of December 2024, she no longer works in the position ^{44 45 43 33} Prior to AO, she worked in several positions for the U.S House and Senate including Minority Staff Director and Chief Counsel for the Senate Judiciary Committee. ⁴⁶ Beforehand, she worked at the Georgetown Law Center’s Legislative Law Clinic from 2005-2007 as well as Lambda Legal‘s Chicago office. ⁴⁶

Senior Advisor

Melanie Sloan, AO’s senior advisor, is a former congressional staffer and the founder of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). She previously worked for U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY), former U.S. Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE), and former U.S. Rep. John Conyers (D-MI). She is also on the advisory board of Restore Public Trust. ⁹

Other Positions

Dan Schwager has worked as the chief counsel for AO since 2022. Prior to this, he served as general counsel to the Secretary of the Senate in the U.S Senate. Beforehand, he was a prosecutor in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office and the U.S. Department of Justice’s Public Integrity Section. In addition, he was an ethics enforcement and advisory counsel to the Senate Ethics Committee, and previously worked as a staff director and chief counsel to the Ethics Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives. ⁴⁴

Amanda Teuscher is the communications director for AO. Prior to working at AO, she was a managing editor at publication The American Prospect. ⁴⁴

Chloe Dennison is a researcher for AO. Beforehand she worked at the left-of-center New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC). ⁴⁴

Board of Directors

Caroline Fredrickson is a Senior Fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice. She is the former president of the American Constitution Society and the former general counsel for NARAL Pro-Choice America. ⁴⁷

Kyle Herrig is a senior advisor and former president for watchdog group Accountable.US as well as the former managing director for New Venture Fund. He is also a major donor to left-wing organizations. ^{47 48}

Kathleen Clark is a law professor at Washington University. She was formerly a counsel to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee as well as a former ethics lawyer for the District of Columbia government. ⁴⁷

Dominique Bravo is the former General Counsel of the Roosevelt Institute, a left-of-center think tank allegedly aligned with Democracy Alliance. ^{47 49}

Financials

In 2023, American Oversight reported $6.5 million in total revenue, including $6.2 million in direct contributions and $161,568 in settlement revenues. ⁵⁰ It also reported $5.8 million in total expenses, including $4.2 million in salaries and compensation of employees. ⁵¹

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