Cases
CCDH-State communications
Agency: State Department Case #: F-2023-13154
America First Legal filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the Department of State, seeking its communications with Imran Ahmed and his group, the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH).
First Amendment
CCDH-DHS communications
Agency: DHS Case #: 2023-HQFO-02156
America First Legal filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the Department of Homeland Security, seeking its communications with Imran Ahmed and his group, the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH).
First Amendment
March 24, 2021 Letter to Jack Dorsey and Mark Zuckerberg Regarding “Vaccine Disinformation"
Agency: Office of the New York State Attorney General Case #: G000554-081523
America First Legal Launches Nationwide Investigation into State Attorneys General Collusion with Pro-Censorship Foreign Organization the Center for Countering Digital Hate to Censor the American People
First Amendment
Rules and Procedures Governing Presidential Records
Agency: NARA Case #: NGC23-269
DOJ Politicization
General Government Oversight
Biden White House “Special Access Request” for Trump Mar-a-Lago Records
Agency: NARA Case #: NGC23-323
AFL filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the National Archives and Records Administration’s (NARA) Office of the Inspector General to obtain records related to the Biden White House’s “Special Access Request” for President Trump’s records located at Mar-a-Lago. https://aflegal.org/america-first-legals-investigation-reveals-the-biden-white-house-was-involved-with-the-mar-a-lago-raid-and-that-nara-misled-congress-afl-launches-additional-investigation/
DOJ Politicization
General Government Oversight
Clinton Archives' Records on Alejandro Mayorkas
Agency: NARA Case #: 2023-0128-F
AFL filed a FOIA seeking records on Alejandro Mayorkas relating to his nomination for United States Attorney for the Central District of California.
General Government Oversight
Immigration
Political Appointees
Communications Relating to Presidential Records Located at Mar-a-Lago
Agency: NARA Case #: NGC22-727
AFL filed a FOIA seeking records from the National Archives relating to communications relating to the Presidential Records located at Mar-A-Lago. This request was formerly assigned tracking code: NARA-NGC-2022-001529. https://aflegal.org/afl-initiates-investigations-into-biden-doj-national-archives-and-records-administration-over-politically-motivated-and-weaponized-raid-of-president-trumps-home-2/
DOJ Politicization
General Government Oversight
State Department Interagency Censorship
Agency: State Department Case #: F-2023-05374
AFL filed a FOIA with the State Department to obtain records on how the State Department has worked with the rest of the U.S. Government to “combat” so-called “misinformation” and “disinformation” domestically.
First Amendment
DHS Parole Authority Memo
Agency: DHS Case #: 2023-HQFO-00820
AFL filed a FOIA request with DHS seeking the Parole Authority Memo the Biden Administration is using as justification for the free release of illegal aliens into the United States.
Immigration
FDA Meme FOIA
Agency: FDA Case #: 2022-8184
AFL sent the Food and Drug Administration a FOIA for all records on the COVID memes it has been posting to Twitter
First Amendment
General Government Oversight
ICE Communications with NGOs
Agency: ICE Case #: 2022-ICFO-22582
AFL filed a FOIA request for ICE’s communications with non-government organizations related to illegal aliens being transported around the country after illegally entering the country through the southwest border.
Foreign Affairs & National Security
Immigration
IRS-Escobar Communications Regarding AFL
Agency: IRS Case #: 2023-01427
Following Representative Escobar’s announcement that she filed a complaint with the IRS against AFL, AFL filed a FOIA for all those communications.
First Amendment
General Government Oversight
POLITICAL LEADERSHIP - HOMELAND SECURITY
Agency: DHS Case #: 2021-HQFO-01216
AFL requested documents regarding political appointees, their qualifications for the positions they hold, their ethics pledges, and any conflict of interest waivers they have received.
Political Appointees
Biden NARA VP Foreign Business Dealings
Agency: NARA Case #: NARA-2022-0121-F
AFL FOIA to the National Archives for Biden Vice Presidential era documents related to the Biden Family Foreign Business Dealings.
Biden Family Corruption
Foreign Affairs & National Security
General Government Oversight
DOJ Judicial Nominations Process Change
Agency: DOJ Case #: EMRUFOIA072021
AFL requested documents related to change in vetting process for judicial nominees
General Government Oversight
State Department GEC MDM
Agency: State Department Case #: F-2022-06835
AFL FOIA for records from the State Department’s Global Engagement Center’s censorship activities, communications with the Poynter Institute and International Fact-Checking Network organizations, including on topics relating to “Hunter Biden Disinformation” in the 2020 Election.
Biden Family Corruption
First Amendment
Foreign Affairs & National Security
General Government Oversight
CISA MDM Team
Agency: CISA Case #: 2022-NPFO-00105
AFL FOIA Request to the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) for records related to CISA’s Mis-, Dis-, and Malinformation (MDM) Team, and specifically records related to the suppression of Hunter Biden news stories ahead of the 2020 Election.
Biden Family Corruption
First Amendment
Foreign Affairs & National Security
General Government Oversight
HHS Abortion Task Force
Agency: HHS Case #: 2022-00603-FOIA-OS
AFL sent a FOIA request to HHS seeking records that show the Biden Administration’s radical push to expand abortion access through HHS’s recently formed “Task Force on Reproductive Healthcare Access.”
General Government Oversight
Biden Administration Efforts to Undermine Israel and Advance BDS
Agency: State Case #: F-2022-06035
AFL sent a FOIA to the State Department seeking records related to efforts to fund BDS activities and undermine Israel.
Foreign Affairs & National Security
State Department Efforts to Materially Support Palestinian Terrorism
Agency: State Case #: F-2022-06040
AFL sent a FOIA to the State Department for records from Hady Amr and George Noll related to support for Palestinian terrorism.
Foreign Affairs & National Security
DOJ Records on Justice Clarence and Virginia Thomas
Agency: DOJ Case #: FOIA-2022-00899
AFL sent a FOIA request to DOJ seeking records regarding the Biden Administration’s coordinated smear campaign against U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife, Virginia Thomas.
DOJ Politicization
DHS Processing of AFL FOIA Requests
Agency: DHS Case #: DHS Processing of AFL FOIA Requests
AFL filed a request with DHS for documents related to DHS’s processing of AFL’s previous FOIA requests.
General Government Oversight
Political Leadership at the Department of Justice - Part 2
Agency: DOJ Case #: 127724
AFL refiled its request for documents on political leadership at DOJ after the Department closed its original request.
Political Appointees
DOJ Sentencing Memo for BLM Rioter Part 2
Agency: DOJ Case #: FOIA-2022-00775
AFL re-filed its request for documents related to the DOJ sentencing memo for a BLM rioter due to the Department’s inappropriate closure of AFL’s original request.
DOJ Politicization
