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New records released by American Oversight show an ICE officer fatally shot 23-year-old Ruben Ray Martinez on South Padre Island in March while directing traffic at a crash scene, a detail DHS had not disclosed publicly. Texas DPS is investigating; lawmakers are calling for oversight as critics say federal messaging about the immigration crackdown conflicted with the released documents.
A watchdog group, American Oversight, is urging Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche—Trump’s designated representative to the National Archives—to step aside as gatekeeper to Trump’s presidential records, citing a potential conflict from his attorney‑client relationship with the former president as large portions of first-term records approach public release under the Presidential Records Act.
An open records lawsuit against former Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Patience Roggensack has been dismissed after she turned over all records related to her work investigating possible impeachment of a sitting justice. The records she produced did not reveal the impeachment advice she gave to Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos. Two other former justices recommended against impeachment. The liberal watchdog group American Oversight sued Vos, Prosser, Wilcox, and Roggensack, alleging violations of the state's open meetings law. The open records claim against Vos remains, and a status hearing is scheduled for January 25.