Empower Oversight Announces New President Former Senate-Confirmed MSPB Member Tristan Leavitt Added to Leadership Team WASHINGTON — Empower Oversight today announced the hiring of Tristan Leavitt as the new President of the organization. Founder Jason Foster remains Chairman of the Board and will continue to serve a senior advisory role in the organization. “It’s truly an …
WASHINGTON — Jason Foster, Founder and President of Empower Oversight, issued the following statement after Roslyn Layton filed a motion with Judge Analisa Torres in the Southern District of New York to gain access to Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) documents pertaining to a controversial speech on cryptocurrencies that former SEC executive William Hinman delivered in 2018. “The …
WASHINGTON — Empower Oversight has filed an opposition to the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) motion to strike VA documents that Empower Oversight obtained—from another Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requestor and a confidential whistleblower involved in a lawsuit against the VA—and provided to the court. In support of its opposition, Empower Oversight submitted a declaration to the court explaining …
WASHINGTON — Empower Oversight has obtained documents the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) failed to provide pursuant to an August 2021 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. The documents were included with a notice filed with the court in related litigation and point to knowledge of conflicts of interest at the VA long before the Inspector General (VA-OIG) launched …
WASHINGTON — Empower Oversight filed a lawsuit against the Department of Justice (DOJ) in the Eastern District of Virginia to enforce a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request that the DOJ has refused to answer for 12 months. The request seeks documents related to the DOJ’s failure to require Al Jazeera to register under the Foreign Agents Registration …
WASHINGTON – Empower Oversight filed a notice informing the Court of its new request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) related to the ongoing lawsuit against the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding potential conflicts of interest surrounding cryptocurrency enforcement decisions. The notice explains that the new request is an effort to require the SEC to conduct searches necessary …
WASHINGTON – Empower Oversight has filed another records request with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) related to conflicts of interest in its cryptocurrency enforcement decisions. The move is an effort to end the SEC’s gamesmanship and delays in refusing to conduct searches for records of communications using a specific list of names that the SEC first asked Empower Oversight …
WASHINGTON – The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Office of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Services suggested recently that there may be an investigation in response to Empower Oversight’s referral to the SEC Inspector General (IG) regarding conflicts of interest and selective enforcement in cryptocurrency cases at the SEC. John Deaton, a lawyer and founder of crypto-law.us, …
WASHINGTON — Empower Oversight filed its opposition to the Veterans Administration’s (VA) motion for summary judgment in its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the agency. The VA is refusing to turn over factual information gathered in response to Senator Chuck Grassley’s (R-Iowa) oversight of conflicts of interest and leaks of market sensitive information prior the announcement …
WASHINGTON – Empower Oversight filed its opposition to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC)’s motion for summary judgment in the ongoing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit over documents related to conflicts of interest and selective enforcement in cryptocurrency cases. The filing demonstrates that the SEC intentionally misinterpreted the plain text of Empower Oversight’s request, …