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American Oversight is a nonpartisan, nonprofit watchdog that advances truth, accountability, and democracy by enforcing the public’s right to government records. We act where corruption and government power overlap. From the federal Freedom of Information Act to state transparency laws, we use carefully crafted records requests to extract information from the government — information they often don’t want the public to have. When the government fails to respond as required by law, our team has the legal expertise to take them to court and enforce the public’s right to hold our leaders accountable.

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American Oversight Launches Investigation into “Interim” U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan’s Use of Signal to Discuss Political Prosecutions - American Oversight

American Oversight Launches Investigation into “Interim” U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan’s Use of Signal to Discuss Political Prosecutions American Oversight

American Oversight Investigating Potential Trump Administration Plans to Deploy Military, ICE at Polling Places - American Oversight

American Oversight Investigating Potential Trump Administration Plans to Deploy Military, ICE at Polling Places American Oversight

American Oversight Seeks Release of Pentagon Inspector General’s Report on Secretary Hegseth’s Signal Use - American Oversight

American Oversight Seeks Release of Pentagon Inspector General’s Report on Secretary Hegseth’s Signal Use American Oversight

American Oversight Seeks Emergency Court Relief Over Apparent DHS Cover-Up of Text Messages by Noem, Other Top Officials - American Oversight

American Oversight Seeks Emergency Court Relief Over Apparent DHS Cover-Up of Text Messages by Noem, Other Top Officials American Oversight

Opposition Filed Against DOJ Effort to Strike Context from Complaint About Qatar’s ‘Gifted’ Jet to Trump Administration - American Oversight

Opposition Filed Against DOJ Effort to Strike Context from Complaint About Qatar’s ‘Gifted’ Jet to Trump Administration American Oversight

Our Fight for Accountability Does Not Shut Down - American Oversight

Our Fight for Accountability Does Not Shut Down American Oversight

After Reports Trump Wants U.S. Attorney Out, American Oversight Probes DOJ Over Baseless Mortgage Fraud Claims - American Oversight

After Reports Trump Wants U.S. Attorney Out, American Oversight Probes DOJ Over Baseless Mortgage Fraud Claims American Oversight

American Oversight Petitions Court to Vacate Judge Cannon’s Gag Order Blocking Release of Special Counsel Report on Trump - American Oversight

American Oversight Petitions Court to Vacate Judge Cannon’s Gag Order Blocking Release of Special Counsel Report on Trump American Oversight

American Oversight Launches Investigation Into Politically Motivated Ousting of CDC Director Susan Monarez - American Oversight

American Oversight Launches Investigation Into Politically Motivated Ousting of CDC Director Susan Monarez American Oversight

American Oversight Sues DOJ for Video of Venezuelan Nationals’ Removal to El Salvador in Reported Defiance of Court Order - American Oversight

American Oversight Sues DOJ for Video of Venezuelan Nationals’ Removal to El Salvador in Reported Defiance of Court Order American Oversight

American Oversight Sues Trump Administration Over Unlawful Effort to Shut Down FOIA Requests - American Oversight

American Oversight Sues Trump Administration Over Unlawful Effort to Shut Down FOIA Requests American Oversight

American Oversight Calls on DHS and National Archives to Investigate Records Act Violations After DHS’s Backtracking - American Oversight

American Oversight Calls on DHS and National Archives to Investigate Records Act Violations After DHS’s Backtracking American Oversight

American Oversight Sues DOJ and FBI for Records of Any Trump Interviews in Epstein Investigation - American Oversight

American Oversight Sues DOJ and FBI for Records of Any Trump Interviews in Epstein Investigation American Oversight

Judge Rejects Boilerplate “Congressional Records” Label Used to Shield Agency Emails from Disclosure - American Oversight

Judge Rejects Boilerplate “Congressional Records” Label Used to Shield Agency Emails from Disclosure American Oversight

American Oversight Sues FHFA for Records on Weaponization of Agency Against Fed’s Independence, Targeting of Lisa Cook - American Oversight

American Oversight Sues FHFA for Records on Weaponization of Agency Against Fed’s Independence, Targeting of Lisa Cook American Oversight

Celebrating American Oversight’s Transparency Victories This Sunshine Week - American Oversight

Celebrating American Oversight’s Transparency Victories This Sunshine Week American Oversight

American Oversight Investigating Trump’s National Guard Deployment in Memphis, Other Cities - American Oversight

American Oversight Investigating Trump’s National Guard Deployment in Memphis, Other Cities American Oversight

Documents Reveal Trump Administration Helping Weapons Manufacturer Hurt By Its Reckless Tariffs - American Oversight

Documents Reveal Trump Administration Helping Weapons Manufacturer Hurt By Its Reckless Tariffs American Oversight

American Oversight Challenges Justice Department’s FOIA Processing Refusal - American Oversight

American Oversight Challenges Justice Department’s FOIA Processing Refusal American Oversight

Demanding Answers about the Trump Administration’s National Citizenship Data System - American Oversight

Demanding Answers about the Trump Administration’s National Citizenship Data System American Oversight

American Oversight Sues Trump Administration for Records on Politicized Review of Epstein Files - American Oversight

American Oversight Sues Trump Administration for Records on Politicized Review of Epstein Files American Oversight

American Oversight Applauds Court Ruling Blocking Trump Administration’s Unlawful Attack on Harvard Funding - American Oversight

American Oversight Applauds Court Ruling Blocking Trump Administration’s Unlawful Attack on Harvard Funding American Oversight

American Oversight Launches Epstein Records Investigation, Seeks Details on DOJ and FBI Review of Investigative Holdings - American Oversight

American Oversight Launches Epstein Records Investigation, Seeks Details on DOJ and FBI Review of Investigative Holdings American Oversight

American Oversight Sues for Records on Trump Policy Reviving WWII-Era Immigrant Registration Law - American Oversight

American Oversight Sues for Records on Trump Policy Reviving WWII-Era Immigrant Registration Law American Oversight

American Oversight Obtains Startling DHS Admission: It No Longer Preserves Text Messages for Noem, Other Top Officials - American Oversight

American Oversight Obtains Startling DHS Admission: It No Longer Preserves Text Messages for Noem, Other Top Officials American Oversight

American Oversight Demands Release of Purported Recording of Kennedy-Monarez Meeting Sparked by Potential Changes to Childhood Vaccine Recommendations - American Oversight

American Oversight Demands Release of Purported Recording of Kennedy-Monarez Meeting Sparked by Potential Changes to Childhood Vaccine Recommendations American Oversight

DOJ Sued for Withholding Legal Memo on Trump Administration’s $400 Million Jet Gifted by Qatar - American Oversight

DOJ Sued for Withholding Legal Memo on Trump Administration’s $400 Million Jet Gifted by Qatar American Oversight

American Oversight v. DOGE, Musk, Davis, Gleason, and Rubio — Use of Signal Messaging App and Google Docs to Circumvent Federal Records Laws - American Oversight

American Oversight v. DOGE, Musk, Davis, Gleason, and Rubio — Use of Signal Messaging App and Google Docs to Circumvent Federal Records Laws American Oversight

American Oversight Opposes Government’s Attempt to Delay DOGE Accountability - American Oversight

American Oversight Opposes Government’s Attempt to Delay DOGE Accountability American Oversight

Trump’s Hostile Takeover of the National Archives — and Our Nation’s History - American Oversight

Trump’s Hostile Takeover of the National Archives — and Our Nation’s History American Oversight

American Oversight Sues Trump Administration for Using Signal to Plan Military Operations - American Oversight

American Oversight Sues Trump Administration for Using Signal to Plan Military Operations American Oversight

American Oversight Sues for Records on Trump Judicial Nominee Emil Bove Amid Alarming Whistleblower Allegations - American Oversight

American Oversight Sues for Records on Trump Judicial Nominee Emil Bove Amid Alarming Whistleblower Allegations American Oversight

American Oversight Opposes Indefinite Freeze of DOGE Records Lawsuit - American Oversight

American Oversight Opposes Indefinite Freeze of DOGE Records Lawsuit American Oversight

American Oversight Asks Court to Reject Latest Trump Administration Attempt to Block DOGE Transparency - American Oversight

American Oversight Asks Court to Reject Latest Trump Administration Attempt to Block DOGE Transparency American Oversight

American Oversight Condemns Trump DOJ’s Politicized Probe Targeting Fed Governor Lisa Cook - American Oversight

American Oversight Condemns Trump DOJ’s Politicized Probe Targeting Fed Governor Lisa Cook American Oversight

American Oversight Sues More Than 20 Federal Agencies for Withholding Records on Secretive DOGE Teams - American Oversight

American Oversight Sues More Than 20 Federal Agencies for Withholding Records on Secretive DOGE Teams American Oversight

American Oversight Urges Congress to Protect and Strengthen FOIA During Unprecedented Attacks on Transparency - American Oversight

American Oversight Urges Congress to Protect and Strengthen FOIA During Unprecedented Attacks on Transparency American Oversight

American Oversight Files Bar Complaint Against Deputy AG Bove for Corrupt Actions in Dismissal of Eric Adams Charges - American Oversight

American Oversight Files Bar Complaint Against Deputy AG Bove for Corrupt Actions in Dismissal of Eric Adams Charges American Oversight

American Oversight v. DHS and ICE — Militarized Immigration Enforcement - American Oversight

American Oversight v. DHS and ICE — Militarized Immigration Enforcement American Oversight

American Oversight Files Final Brief Before Friday Hearing on Emergency Motion in Signalgate Lawsuit - American Oversight

American Oversight Files Final Brief Before Friday Hearing on Emergency Motion in Signalgate Lawsuit American Oversight

American Oversight v. Treasury and SSA — DOGE Interference and Access to Americans' Personal Data - American Oversight

American Oversight v. Treasury and SSA — DOGE Interference and Access to Americans' Personal Data American Oversight

As DOGE Cuts Harm Millions, Americans Are Denied Basic Information About the Agency - American Oversight

As DOGE Cuts Harm Millions, Americans Are Denied Basic Information About the Agency American Oversight

American Oversight Reacts to SCOTUS Shielding DOGE and Musk from Transparency - American Oversight

American Oversight Reacts to SCOTUS Shielding DOGE and Musk from Transparency American Oversight

American Oversight Challenges IRS’s “Ridiculous” Attempt to Dismiss Lawsuit Over Its Targeting of Harvard University - American Oversight

American Oversight Challenges IRS’s “Ridiculous” Attempt to Dismiss Lawsuit Over Its Targeting of Harvard University American Oversight

American Oversight v. DHS, CBP, ICE, USCIS, and DOL — Immigration Enforcement Policy Directives and Communications - American Oversight

American Oversight v. DHS, CBP, ICE, USCIS, and DOL — Immigration Enforcement Policy Directives and Communications American Oversight

American Oversight Sues DHS for Records on Corey Lewandowski’s Shadow Role - American Oversight

American Oversight Sues DHS for Records on Corey Lewandowski’s Shadow Role American Oversight

American Oversight v. HHS, CMS, DOL, Treasury, IRS, and CFPB — Records Identifying Members of DOGE Teams - American Oversight

American Oversight v. HHS, CMS, DOL, Treasury, IRS, and CFPB — Records Identifying Members of DOGE Teams American Oversight

American Oversight Denounces USAID’s Closure as Politically Motivated Sabotage ‘Behind Closed Doors’ - American Oversight

American Oversight Denounces USAID’s Closure as Politically Motivated Sabotage ‘Behind Closed Doors’ American Oversight

Trump’s Illegal Firing of Inspectors General - American Oversight

Trump’s Illegal Firing of Inspectors General American Oversight

Members of Congress Sue Trump-Vance Administration for Blocking Lawful Oversight of Federal Immigration Detention Facilities - American Oversight

Members of Congress Sue Trump-Vance Administration for Blocking Lawful Oversight of Federal Immigration Detention Facilities American Oversight

American Oversight v. ICE — Section 287(g) Program Records - American Oversight

American Oversight v. ICE — Section 287(g) Program Records American Oversight

American Oversight Opposes Pam Bondi’s Nomination for Attorney General - American Oversight

American Oversight Opposes Pam Bondi’s Nomination for Attorney General American Oversight

American Oversight Demands Records on Missouri AG’s Abuses of Power Amid FBI Appointment - American Oversight

American Oversight Demands Records on Missouri AG’s Abuses of Power Amid FBI Appointment American Oversight

Following American Oversight Court Win, Government Unseals Secretive IRS-ICE Agreement That Could Compromise Sensitive Taxpayer Data of Millions - American Oversight

Following American Oversight Court Win, Government Unseals Secretive IRS-ICE Agreement That Could Compromise Sensitive Taxpayer Data of Millions American Oversight

American Oversight Calls on DOJ’s Immigration Review Office to Remove Unlawful FOIA Barrier - American Oversight

American Oversight Calls on DOJ’s Immigration Review Office to Remove Unlawful FOIA Barrier American Oversight

American Oversight Files Administrative Appeal for Records on ICE’s New York City Detention Facilities - American Oversight

American Oversight Files Administrative Appeal for Records on ICE’s New York City Detention Facilities American Oversight

Newsletter: Investigating Threats to Crucial Social Services - American Oversight

Newsletter: Investigating Threats to Crucial Social Services American Oversight

American Oversight v. Commerce, DOD, DOE, HUD, STATE, USAID, and FBI — Records Identifying Members of DOGE Teams - American Oversight

American Oversight v. Commerce, DOD, DOE, HUD, STATE, USAID, and FBI — Records Identifying Members of DOGE Teams American Oversight

100 Days of Obstruction, Secrecy, and Lawlessness: American Oversight Holds Trump Administration Accountable on All Fronts - American Oversight

100 Days of Obstruction, Secrecy, and Lawlessness: American Oversight Holds Trump Administration Accountable on All Fronts American Oversight

DOGE’s Smoke and Mirrors: How the Agency Deliberately Avoids Transparency - American Oversight

DOGE’s Smoke and Mirrors: How the Agency Deliberately Avoids Transparency American Oversight

The Weaponization of the Government Against Civil Society - American Oversight

The Weaponization of the Government Against Civil Society American Oversight

American Oversight Asks Court to Uncover Truth Behind DOGE’s Sweeping, Shadowy Power - American Oversight

American Oversight Asks Court to Uncover Truth Behind DOGE’s Sweeping, Shadowy Power American Oversight

American Oversight Sues over Guantanamo Deportation Plan Amid Trump's Authoritarian Posturing - American Oversight

American Oversight Sues over Guantanamo Deportation Plan Amid Trump's Authoritarian Posturing American Oversight

American Oversight Sharply Criticizes New York State Attorney Grievance Committee for Refusing to Investigate Emil Bove - American Oversight

American Oversight Sharply Criticizes New York State Attorney Grievance Committee for Refusing to Investigate Emil Bove American Oversight

Freedom of the Press Foundation v. DOJ – Legal Memo on Qatari Jet Gift - American Oversight

Freedom of the Press Foundation v. DOJ – Legal Memo on Qatari Jet Gift American Oversight

American Oversight v. DHS, CBP, ICE, and USCIS — Immigrant Registration Requirements - American Oversight

American Oversight v. DHS, CBP, ICE, and USCIS — Immigrant Registration Requirements American Oversight

American Oversight v. ED, DHS, CISA, USCIS, DOT, USGS, OMB, OMP, and SEC — Records Identifying Members of DOGE Teams - American Oversight

American Oversight v. ED, DHS, CISA, USCIS, DOT, USGS, OMB, OMP, and SEC — Records Identifying Members of DOGE Teams American Oversight

Trump’s ‘Free’ Jet from Qatar and Corruption’s Slippery Slope - American Oversight

Trump’s ‘Free’ Jet from Qatar and Corruption’s Slippery Slope American Oversight

American Oversight v. Hegseth, Gabbard, Ratcliffe, Bessent, Rubio, and NARA - Military Actions Planned on Signal Messaging App - American Oversight

American Oversight v. Hegseth, Gabbard, Ratcliffe, Bessent, Rubio, and NARA - Military Actions Planned on Signal Messaging App American Oversight

Judge Orders Additional Declarations in American Oversight’s Case on Use of Signal by Top Trump Official - American Oversight

Judge Orders Additional Declarations in American Oversight’s Case on Use of Signal by Top Trump Official American Oversight

Pop Quiz! Can You Identify the Real Examples of Censorship? - American Oversight

Pop Quiz! Can You Identify the Real Examples of Censorship? American Oversight

American Oversight Demands Investigation Into Vulnerable Messaging App Use After Platform Reportedly Hacked - American Oversight

American Oversight Demands Investigation Into Vulnerable Messaging App Use After Platform Reportedly Hacked American Oversight

There’s a Solution for the Trump Administration’s Record-Keeping Failures — And It’s Not TeleMessage - American Oversight

There’s a Solution for the Trump Administration’s Record-Keeping Failures — And It’s Not TeleMessage American Oversight

American Oversight Lawsuit Forces CIA to Confirm Federal Records Were Destroyed in Signalgate Scandal - American Oversight

American Oversight Lawsuit Forces CIA to Confirm Federal Records Were Destroyed in Signalgate Scandal American Oversight

American Oversight Seeks Temporary Restraining Order Against Trump Administration to Stop Destruction of Signal Messages - American Oversight

American Oversight Seeks Temporary Restraining Order Against Trump Administration to Stop Destruction of Signal Messages American Oversight

American Oversight Chief Counsel Answers Law Students’ Questions About Government Transparency Work and Organization’s Mission - American Oversight

American Oversight Chief Counsel Answers Law Students’ Questions About Government Transparency Work and Organization’s Mission American Oversight

American Oversight v. ICE, DOD, and USSC — Detainment of Migrants at Guantánamo Bay - American Oversight

American Oversight v. ICE, DOD, and USSC — Detainment of Migrants at Guantánamo Bay American Oversight

American Oversight Slams DOGE for Evasive Response to Court’s Records Preservation Order - American Oversight

American Oversight Slams DOGE for Evasive Response to Court’s Records Preservation Order American Oversight

Following Weekend Hegseth Revelations, American Oversight Files Amended Complaint in Signalgate Lawsuit - American Oversight

Following Weekend Hegseth Revelations, American Oversight Files Amended Complaint in Signalgate Lawsuit American Oversight

Behind Texas’ Voter Citizenship Check Agreement with DHS - American Oversight

Behind Texas’ Voter Citizenship Check Agreement with DHS American Oversight

American Oversight Sues DOGE, Trump Officials for Violating Federal Records Act - American Oversight

American Oversight Sues DOGE, Trump Officials for Violating Federal Records Act American Oversight

Here’s What the Government Tried to Keep Hidden in the IRS-ICE Data-Sharing Agreement - American Oversight

Here’s What the Government Tried to Keep Hidden in the IRS-ICE Data-Sharing Agreement American Oversight

The Trump Administration’s Dismantling of Federal Agencies and Threats to Important Social Services - American Oversight

The Trump Administration’s Dismantling of Federal Agencies and Threats to Important Social Services American Oversight

Amicus Brief Opposing DOGE Challenge to Court Order Granting Limited Discovery to CREW - American Oversight

Amicus Brief Opposing DOGE Challenge to Court Order Granting Limited Discovery to CREW American Oversight

Statement: American Oversight Condemns Mass Firings of Inspectors General by Trump Administration - American Oversight

Statement: American Oversight Condemns Mass Firings of Inspectors General by Trump Administration American Oversight

American Oversight Sues Trump Administration for Directing Agency Staff to Shred and Burn Government Records - American Oversight

American Oversight Sues Trump Administration for Directing Agency Staff to Shred and Burn Government Records American Oversight

Public Education as a Political Weapon: The Rise of Ryan Walters - American Oversight

Public Education as a Political Weapon: The Rise of Ryan Walters American Oversight

The Expansion of Local Law Enforcement Power to Carry Out Trump’s Mass Deportations - American Oversight

The Expansion of Local Law Enforcement Power to Carry Out Trump’s Mass Deportations American Oversight

Court Grants American Oversight Initial Relief in Request to Unseal Documents on IRS-ICE Agreement to Share Taxpayer Data - American Oversight

Court Grants American Oversight Initial Relief in Request to Unseal Documents on IRS-ICE Agreement to Share Taxpayer Data American Oversight

American Oversight Seeks Preliminary Injunction in Signalgate Case Following New Hegseth Revelations - American Oversight

American Oversight Seeks Preliminary Injunction in Signalgate Case Following New Hegseth Revelations American Oversight

American Oversight Secures Major Transparency Victory in IRS-ICE Data-Sharing Case That Could Jeopardize Sensitive Taxpayer Info of Millions - American Oversight

American Oversight Secures Major Transparency Victory in IRS-ICE Data-Sharing Case That Could Jeopardize Sensitive Taxpayer Info of Millions American Oversight

American Oversight Seeks Information About DOGE Loyalty Surveillance and Newly Revealed Record-Keeping Failures - American Oversight

American Oversight Seeks Information About DOGE Loyalty Surveillance and Newly Revealed Record-Keeping Failures American Oversight

Statement on New Photo Revealing Trump Administration’s Continued Use of Signal - American Oversight

Statement on New Photo Revealing Trump Administration’s Continued Use of Signal American Oversight

American Oversight’s Lawsuit Forces Creation of New Records Retention Policy for DOGE - American Oversight

American Oversight’s Lawsuit Forces Creation of New Records Retention Policy for DOGE American Oversight

Statement: American Oversight Condemns Nomination of Emil Bove to Serve on United States Court of Appeals - American Oversight

Statement: American Oversight Condemns Nomination of Emil Bove to Serve on United States Court of Appeals American Oversight

American Oversight Calls for Hegseth's Resignation Following Washington Post Reporting on Signal Messages - American Oversight

American Oversight Calls for Hegseth's Resignation Following Washington Post Reporting on Signal Messages American Oversight

Following Reports of New Signal Chats, American Oversight Blasts ‘Grossly Inadequate’ Court-Ordered Declarations in Trump Administration's Signal Use - American Oversight

Following Reports of New Signal Chats, American Oversight Blasts ‘Grossly Inadequate’ Court-Ordered Declarations in Trump Administration's Signal Use American Oversight

Georgia Supreme Court Ruling Underscores Anti-Democratic Motivations of Trump-Aligned State Election Board - American Oversight

Georgia Supreme Court Ruling Underscores Anti-Democratic Motivations of Trump-Aligned State Election Board American Oversight

Investigating Texas’s Unprecedented Redistricting Scheme - American Oversight

Investigating Texas’s Unprecedented Redistricting Scheme American Oversight

Abuse of Power Comes as No Surprise — Including Trump’s Militarized Suppression of Protest - American Oversight

Abuse of Power Comes as No Surprise — Including Trump’s Militarized Suppression of Protest American Oversight

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