Two hours after the press conference and five hours after an open records lawsuit was filed in district court, the Treasurer’s office responded to the requestor with an unsigned email that included a few documents dated between 2011 and 2019—none from this decade—along with a note describing the request as “overly broad.”
“Public record belongs to the public,” said Deck. “It shouldn’t take a legislator, a press conference, and a lawsuit to achieve transparency. This isn’t about speculation, it’s about documentation, and it is my hope is that the full release of the current contractual documents will provide the answers the public deserves.”
The initial request for documents and communications related to this matter was sent on March 16, 2026. A follow-up was sent on March 24, 2026. On March 25, 2026, a formal letter was sent to the Office of the State Treasurer. And on April 9, 2026, another follow-up was sent along with a statutory notice of potential legal action. The Attorney General’s Public Access Office was copied on all said correspondence. On April 29, 2026, a lawsuit was filed by Oklahomans For Transparency In Government. Until the afternoon of April 29, 2026, no acknowledgment or response had been provided by the Office of the State Treasurer.
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