Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Edit-a-Thons for Democracy: Accountability for Lying to the Courts and Congress



Edit-a-Thon for Democracy: Accountability for Lying to the Courts and Congress presented by Protect Democracy with support from Wikimedia DC

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 * November 10, 2021

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Article Work List
Articles for creation
 * Christa Jones
 * Issue Area: Census - Citizenship Question
 * Description/Reason: Census official who aided strategists that used the Voting Rights Act as justification for adding a citizenship question to the Census


 * Death of Carlos Gregorio Hernandez Vasquez
 * Issue Area: Custodial deaths of "Unaccompanied Alien Children"
 * Description/Reason: CBP has refused to release the video and other records of Carlos’ death to the public or Congress


 * Hubbel Relat
 * Issue Area: Bernhardt Confirmation
 * Description/Reason: Relat instructed career officials to stop turning over responsive documents related to Bernhardt in a FOIA litigation once he was nominated for Secretary of DOI
 * Note:FOIA: Freedom of Information Act, which grants public access to federal agency records


 * James McCament
 * Issue Area: Immigration
 * Description/Reason: Testified that ICE would not have DACA information, despite it being the case


 * James Uthmeier
 * Issue Area: Census
 * Description/Reason: Wilbur Ross's counsel; he worked on drafts of the DOJ's letter giving legal explanations to add the citizenship question to the Census, and refused to answer Department of Commerce and Congress' questions


 * Jocelyn Ballantine
 * Issue Area: Flynn Investigation
 * Description/Reason: Ballantine has altered a number of responsive documents despite the directive of courts


 * Joseph Balash
 * Issue Area: Bureau of Land Management Relocation
 * Description/Reason: Inspector General found that Bureau of Land Management officials misled Congress and used a false explanation to justify relocating employees


 * Kathleen Molen
 * Issue Area: ICE FOIA Case
 * Description/Reason: Produced materials with excessive redactions, against Judge's prior ruling


 * Nancy Beck
 * Issue Area: PFAS
 * Description/Reason: Pushed to weaken regulatory rules around highly toxic chemicals (PFAS) without formal rulemaking process


 * Rahima Kandahari
 * State Dept. photo. Can be uploaded to Commons and added to article
 * Issue Area: Retribution Against Trump Critics
 * Description/Reason: Inspector General report found that the Acting Director of the Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues (S/GWI)


 * David Dunlap (lobbyist)
 * Issue Area: Formaldehyde Report
 * Description/Reason: Advocated for the removal of formaldehyde from IRIS consideration


 * Robert E. Perez]
 * Issue Area: Global Entry
 * Description/Reason: Made false statement about access DHS had to state driver records in attempt to punish New York to no longer granting access to DMV database


 * Gene Hamilton (lawyer)
 * Issue Area: Trump Campaigning NDA
 * Description/Reason: Testified under oath that that he has not spoken to the Trump Campaign's legal counsel regarding the NDA he signed, despite having done so prior to his testimony


 * John Gore (lawyer)
 * Issue Area: Census - Citizenship Question, Issued false testimony on Census case regarding a DOJ letter
 * Description/Reason: Issued false testimony on Census case regarding a DOJ letter
 * Issue Area: 2016 Election, Issued a misleading declaration
 * Description/Reason: Issued a misleading declaration


 * Ryan Jackson (government official)
 * Issue Area: Formaldahyde Report
 * Description/Reason: Suppressed EPA report about dangers of formaldahyde

Start class
 * Mark Neuman
 * Issue Area: Census
 * Description/Reason: Issued false testimony on Census case


 * Mary Elizabeth Taylor
 * Issue Area: Trump-Ukraine Scandal
 * Description/Reason: Authored misleading letter to Congress about the circumstances of Marie Yovanovich's recall


 * Robert Pence
 * Issue Area: Retribution Against Trump Critics
 * Description/Reason: Inspector General report found that the Ambassador lied to Congressional staff about circumstances regarding rescinding the award


 * John P. Sanders[
 * Issue Area: Custodial deaths of UACS
 * Description/Reason: Department of State refused to supply documents to Congress despirte their connection with the Ukraine impeachment investigation


 * Peter B. Davidson
 * Issue Area: Census - Citizenship Question
 * Description/Reason: Commerce General Counsel worked to draft the citizenship question as part of the Census, and connected Wilber Ross to individuals (such as Neuman) who would facilitate adding the question

C class
 * William Wehrum
 * Issue Area: Formaldehyde Report
 * Description/Reason: Canceled meetings to prevent report from becoming public


 * Kevin McAleenan
 * Issue Area: Family Separation
 * Description/Reason: Incorrectly informed Congress that families weren't separated on the basis of illegal border crossings, and that zero tolerance only lasted six weeks."


 * Makan Delrahim
 * Issue Area: Time Warner Merger
 * Description/Reason: Submitted an incorrect affidavit recounting a meeting between the DOJ and Time Warner executives


 * Mark Paoletta[
 * Issue Area: Trump-Ukraine Scandal
 * Description/Reason: Issued inappropriate levels of redaction in produced materials, and misled Congress about circumstances around the hold on funding for Ukraine


 * Pat Cipollone
 * Issue Area: Trump-Ukraine Scandal
 * Description/Reason: White House counsel & lead attorney during impeachment trials who obstructed proceedings and misled Congress


 * Thomas Hofeller
 * Issue Area: Census - Citizenship Question
 * Description/Reason: Hofeller developped the Voting Rights Act rationale for the Census' citizenship question


 * John J. Sullivan (diplomat)
 * Issue Area: Trump-Ukraine Scandal
 * Description/Reason: Department of State refused to supply documents to Congress despirte their connection with the Ukraine impeachment investigation

B class
 * 2020 United States census
 * Issue Area: Census - Citizenship Question
 * Description/Reason: DOJ did not produce hundreds of documents to the court, despite them being responsive

GA class
 * Chad Wolf
 * Issue Area: Immigration
 * Description/Reason: Provided false testimony to Congress regarding involvement in family separation policy


 * Don McGahn
 * Issue Area: Russia, Kavanaugh
 * Description/Reason: Russie - Ignored/defied a Congressional subpoena, Kavanaugh = White House Counsel when FBI turned over 4,500 tips relating to Brett Kavanaugh's background check that were never investigated


 * Joseph Dwyer
 * Issue Area: Black Lives Matter Protest
 * Description/Reason: Deleted a number of communication around state trooper response to Black Lives Matter protests despite laws stating police departments have to maintain a record of communications around official events


 * Louis DeJoy
 * Issue Area: USPS
 * Description/Reason: Lied regarding changes made to USPS


 * Matthew Whitaker
 * Issue Area: Huber Clinton Investigation
 * Description/Reason: Submitted a false sworn declaration to the court in FOIA lititgation.


 * Wilbur Ross
 * Issue Area: Census - Citizenship Question, Financial Disclosures
 * Description/Reason: Citizenship  - Incorrectly claimed that the census citizenship question was the DOJ's idea during Congressional testimony, Financial Disclosures -  Office of Government Ethics found that Ross submitted inaccurate financial disclosures


 * William Perry Pendley
 * Issue Area: Bureau of Land Management Relocation
 * Description/Reason: Inspector General found that Bureau of Land Management officials misled Congress and used a false explanation to justify relocating employees

FA class
 * These articles are protected. Experienced editors only.


 * Donald Trump
 * Issue Area: Immigration
 * Description/Reason: Lied to Congress about the number of terrorists apprehended at border


 * Jared Kushner
 * Issue Area: Mueller
 * Description/Reason: Kushner misled Congress regarding his relationships to Russian connections


 * Jeff Sessions
 * Issue Area: Huber Clinton Investigation
 * Description/Reason: Told FOIA official there was no directive regarding Clinton investigation, despite a directive being issued


 * Kirstjen Nielsen
 * Issue Area: Family Separation, Immigration
 * Description/Reason: Family Separation - Lies to court regarding amily separation policy and ability to stop metering at the border, Immigration - Misled by saying that "3,755 Known or suspected terrorists prevented from traveling to or entering the U.S" in FY17 despite not all of those being attempted land crossings


 * Trump-Ukraine Scandal
 * Description/Reason: State Department not responding to Congress' subpoena

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