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@americanoversight.orgThis week, we compiled an overview of the ways Trump has profited off the presidency and used his power to protect his allies and interests – often at the expense of everyday Americans.
More in our newsletter about how we’re fighting back:
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@americanoversight.orgA bill currently making its way through Congress would eliminate the independent body that oversees federal inspectors general.
That’s a major threat to government accountability.
We explain why in this week’s newsletter:
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@americanoversight.orgICE has 287(g) partnerships with more than 2,600 law enforcement agencies across the country that allow local police to make immigration arrests.
Emails we obtained show ICE slashed the training for these officers from 4-5 weeks to just one.
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@americanoversight.orgDuring the first year of his second term, Trump made more than $2 billion. Meanwhile, more than half of Americans say they are struggling to afford gas and groceries
We’re investigating how Trump is putting his wealth over Americans’ best interests.
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@americanoversight.orgNPR reports ICE is detaining people in a New Jersey warehouse. Stephen Miller “did not want facilities that were humane,” said a government contractor.
We need to know the conditions inside.
We asked ICE for related planning documents and communications.
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@americanoversight.orgTrump allegedly took highly classified docs to Mar-A-Lago in 2021. There's a report about it but a judge is keeping it hidden. We’ve fought for the report’s release for more than year.
Now Trump is trying to delay our hearing until after the midterms.
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@americanoversight.orgLast year, we reached a settlement agreement with the Georgia Board of Elections that requires it to conduct business through official government email accounts.
Last week, the board revealed an unofficial account that’s still in use.
We need answers.
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@americanoversight.orgThis week, we broke two huge stories about this admin’s authoritarian immigration crackdowns.
We revealed details about ICE’s new shock gloves from an Army testing report, and we exposed that ICE slashed training time for police officers deputized by ICE.
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@americanoversight.orgAfter voters elected a Democratic governor in 2024, the Republican-led legislature moved control of the State Board of Elections from the governor to the Republican auditor. This is the latest instance of the auditor’s office focusing on partisan priorities.
@americanoversight.orgWe just published the texts and other documents that show how early voting plans were shaped by partisan pressure.
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@americanoversight.orgNEW: North Carolina State Auditor Dave Boliek’s staff sent texts vowing to “shove" a new "early voting plan down their throats” and to “tell the Democrats where to go stick it.”
They are supposed to be nonpartisan officials who help administer elections.
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@americanoversight.orgIn July, the DOD reduced the number of Iran war casualties listed on its website. Members of Congress raised concerns that the Trump administration isn’t being honest with Americans about the toll of the war. We FOIAed DOD for communications and legal analyses about the change.
@americanoversight.org“More power should come with more preparation,” said our Executive Director Chioma Chukwu. “When officers don’t understand the laws they’re enforcing, people can lose their freedom, be separated from their families, or even lose their lives.”
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@americanoversight.orgThese cuts came as the Trump admin revived the 287(g) “task force model,” under which local officers can interrogate, arrest and charge people suspected of being in the country unlawfully. Since Trump’s return to office, 287(g) partnerships have grown from 135 to more than 2,600.
@americanoversight.orgSpecifically, the documents show that ICE cut the training course from four-to-five-weeks to a single week, scaling back instruction on citizenship, immigration status, and removal charges. Training on scenarios officers might encounter in the field were also removed.
@americanoversight.orgNEW: Emails we obtained, first reported on by the Washington Post, show ICE cut training by 75-80% for local police making immigration arrests.
The emails reveal ICE cut instruction officers most need to understand people’s rights and legal status.
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@americanoversight.orgTheir proposals included strategies to force states to stop using voting machines.
The records also show White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles played a direct role in connecting election conspiracy theorists with senior administration officials.
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@americanoversight.orgElection deniers are reportedly pressuring Commerce Sec. Lutnick to seize voting machines.
Emails we obtained show Trump admin officials previously met with election denial activists about ways to use Commerce’s authority to change election procedures.
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@americanoversight.orgWe recently opened an investigation into how HHS is handling unaccompanied minors and their legal representation. We filed a suite of Freedom of Information Act requests to learn more.
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@americanoversight.orgHHS’s Office of Refugee Resettlement is responsible for unaccompanied children, but it slashed legal services for the kids.
Now, HHS says its lawyers will represent the kids — meaning the administration trying to deport the kids would be their lawyers.
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