"Furthermore, an analysis by the website Influence Watch, a project of the conservative leaning Capital Research Center, determined that at "the end of 2018, at least 11 of American Oversight's 17 staffers and three of its four board members have known career histories with major left-wing organizations, Democratic Party campaigns, or Democratic officials."
https://freebeacon.com/politics/democracy-alliance-members-fund-american-oversight-investigations-of-trump/
So based on this evidence, this is nothing more than leftist/Democrat operatives trying to get a head start on dismissing the results of the audit by attacking the methods and credibility of the auditors. This request should be ignored, whether its legal or not to do so. Eff them. Time to play to win.