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Ex-US State Dept. Lawyer Forms Watchdog to Probe Trump Administration Conflicts

© REUTERS / Jonathan ErnstU.S. President Donald Trump (from L), joined by Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, Vice President Mike Pence, National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, Communications Director Sean Spicer and senior advisor Steve Bannon, speaks by phone with Russia's President Vladimir Putin in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S. January 28, 2017
U.S. President Donald Trump (from L), joined by Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, Vice President Mike Pence, National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, Communications Director Sean Spicer and senior advisor Steve Bannon, speaks by phone with Russia's President Vladimir Putin in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S. January 28, 2017 - Sputnik International
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Former US Department of State senior counsel Austin Evers joined by Melanie Sloan, founder of another ethics group, announced the forming of a new watchdog group to investigate conflicts of interest in President Donald Trump’s administration.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The group will rely on federal and state records as well as other investigative and legal tools to publish information about corruption by administration officials, the founders added.

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"American Oversight, a new, non-partisan, ethics organization launched today to hold the administration accountable to the American people," the two founders said in a statement on Monday.

Evers alleged Trump was creating a "culture of impunity across his administration" unchecked by Congress.

The group asked the Justice Department and US National Archives on Monday to investigate the use of non-official email and messaging applications — including some that automatically delete messages — by Trump administration officials.

US law requires federal officials to preserve official communications.

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