Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL) filed a formal administrative complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) against New York County District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr. and Joe Biden’s principal campaign committee, Biden for President, for violations of the Federal Election Campaign Act. In December 2022, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg reportedly […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL) filed a federal civil rights complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and a state law complaint with the New York Department of Labor against Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg for alleged racial and sex discrimination in hiring and recruitment in violation of the Civil […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL) filed a formal request with the State of New York Ethics Commission for the Unified Court System for the immediate release of Judge Juan Merchan’s financial disclosures. Under New York Law, judges are required to file annual financial disclosures which are required to be made available for […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL) and the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty (WILL) filed a Petition for a Writ of Certiorari with the Supreme Court of the United States in its ongoing litigation against the Eau Claire Area School District (ECASD) in Wisconsin.  ECASD has an explicit policy of hiding the […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL), partnering with co-counsel at Consovoy McCarthy, filed a lawsuit on behalf of its client against Ally Financial—a top 25 bank holding company in the United States. The lawsuit alleges that, in pursuit of its diversity goals, Ally engaged in illegal race- and sex-based hiring practices and discriminated […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL) launched the second phase of its comprehensive investigation into the credible allegations of improper collusion by the Biden White House and Department of Justice (DOJ) in the sham political show trial of President Trump conducted by Alvin Bragg, the New York County District Attorney’s Office, and Judge […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, as part of its ongoing probe into the partisan weaponization of the criminal justice system, America First Legal (AFL) opened a comprehensive new investigation of the Manhattan District Attorney’s abusive prosecution of President Donald J. Trump. Responding to credible allegations of improper collusion between District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office, the Biden […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL) sued the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to compel the immediate release of records requested under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) regarding Matthew Colangelo, a key figure in the partisan and political-motivated prosecution against President Trump in Manhattan. In December 2022, New York County District Attorney […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL) issued the following statements from AFL President Stephen Miller and AFL Executive Director, Executive Vice President, and General Counsel Gene Hamilton in response to the politically-motivated New York v. Trump verdict: Statement from America First Legal President Stephen Miller: “This is evil communist lawfare—a vile, hideous, disfiguring […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL) launched a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) investigation into the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) regarding the rollout of a blog post entitled “5 Ways Employers Can Make Workplaces More Menstruation-Friendly.” The blog post, written by Eleanor Delamater and Mathilde Roux — Policy Analysts in DOL’s Women’s […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, in light of shocking evidence of significant potential violations of law, America First Legal’s (AFL) Center for Legal Equality filed a series of complaints related to the employment practices of Tyson Foods. The complaints include: AFL also sent a cease and desist letter to Tyson’s CEO and Board of Directors demanding […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the National Institutes of Health (NIH), seeking official emails that Dr. Anthony Fauci sent or received through a private Gmail account.  New evidence uncovered by the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis shows that Dr. Morens (Dr. […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL) released a never-before-seen secretive memo established by the Obama Administration — and used through the Trump and Biden Administrations —  confirming the government may have already had originals of the alleged classified documents involved in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s sham prosecution against President Trump through the Presidential […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL) announced that it has initiated an investigation into the presence of politically biased employees within the Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG).  The DOJ OIG proclaims that it is “a statutorily created independent entity whose mission is to detect and deter waste, fraud, abuse, […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL) and Zimolong, LLC, filed a formal administrative complaint with the Pennsylvania Department of State regarding patent violations of Title III of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002 by allowing ineligible voters, and non-citizens, to vote.  Under HAVA, an individual registering to vote must supply a […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal’s (AFL) Executive Director Gene Hamilton is testifying before the House Judiciary’s Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government regarding the use of lawfare tactics to weaponize the rule of law.  Watch the hearing live here. Read his written testimony here. Follow us on social media for […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL) filed an amended complaint and a motion for a preliminary injunction with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton against President Biden’s Secretary of Education, Miguel Cardona, and others to stop the Biden Administration’s radical Title IX rules from wreaking havoc on women, children, and schools across the country. […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – America First Legal (AFL), with co-counsel Boyden Gray PLLC, has filed a petition for review in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on behalf of the National Religious Broadcasters and American Family Association against the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for its order unlawfully requiring television and radio stations in […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As a result of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit, America First Legal (AFL) obtained employment records, including resumes, SF-50s, ethics pledges, and more from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) detailing the appointees’ full names, salaries, titles, work histories, the agencies they worked for – together exposing critical information […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL), with its co-counsel, including Robert Barnes, filed a lawsuit on behalf of its client against the International Business Machines Corporation’s (IBM) subsidiary, Red Hat, for violating Civil Rights laws by allegedly engaging in discriminatory employment and termination practices against white males. AFL’s plaintiff is a white male […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL) achieved victory in its lawsuit on behalf of former Ambassador Ric Grenell against the Biden Administration’s so-called “Homeland Intelligence Experts Group.” Conceding defeat, the Biden Administration has agreed to disband this illegal Group and provide its records to AFL.  DHS formed the “Homeland Intelligence Experts Group” in […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL) notified Northwestern University President Michael Schill that his shameful decision to appease lawless, violent pro-Hamas protestors by entering into the “Agreement on Deering Meadow” violates multiple federal laws. As detailed in the letter, under this “agreement,” Northwestern violates: Northwestern University is one of many American higher education […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal revealed more shocking documents obtained from its lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), including internal emails from Assistant Secretary for Health “Rachel” Levine. These emails reveal that the Biden Administration has taken behind-the-scenes meetings with “gender affirming care providers” in states that have […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, America First Legal (AFL) filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for unlawfully concealing federal records about Dr. David Morens, former Senior Advisor to the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID), who used a personal email address to conduct official […]