A lawyer representing CNN in a battle for access to sealed records from the Mueller investigation told a federal judge in Washington on Monday that the Justice Department is intentionally delaying production of the documents.
Read morePresident Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani had multiple phone calls with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo weeks before the ouster of U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, according to State Department records released under court order Friday evening.
Read moreTwo impeachment-related FOIA complaints were filed Wednesday against the State Department: Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington wants records on U.S. security assistance and military aid for Ukraine; and the Democracy Forward Foundation wants information on State Department officials’ correspondence about Hunter Biden, both in D.C. Federal Court.
Read moreThe FBI cannot hide whether it uses powerful surveillance tools to monitor the social media activity of millions of Americans and noncitizens, a federal judge ruled Monday.
Read moreThe Center For Investigative Reporting sued the U.S. Department of Labor in federal court for records of complaints against the drug rehab company Synanon; it says the Glomar response it received is inadequate.
Read moreThe Electronic Frontier Foundation sued the Department of Homeland Security in federal court for information on the use of Rapid DNA testing on refuge-seekers entering the United States.
Read moreThe Kobre & Kim law office sued the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in federal court for information on its allegedly illegal gag order about a $16 million fine against Kraft Foods for manipulating commodities markets.
Read moreThe Sierra Club sued the SEC in federal court, claiming that under the Trump administration it has a pattern and practice of refusing to comply with FOIA law, making it increasingly difficult for shareholders of public companies to bring climate change issues to a vote at shareholder meetings.
Read moreInvestigative reporter Ray Bonner sued the CIA and FBI in federal court for information on “the al Qaeda Manual,” allegedly “recovered by British police, translated by the FBI, and used by the CIA to develop the ‘enhanced interrogation’ techniques it employed against detainees suspected of terrorism.”
Read moreA federal judge in Washington said Wednesday he plans to order the State Department to turn over documents related to Ukraine as part of a records fight with a government watchdog group.
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Presidential hopeful Kamala Harris and two of her Senate colleagues are trying to force the Trump administration to release documents related to Ukraine and investigations of the president’s political rivals through the federal Freedom of Information Act.
Read moreDid President Donald Trump and White House officials force federal meteorologists to alter their hurricane maps to bolster Trump’s prediction that Hurricane Dorian would hit Alabama when in fact it was never going to come anywhere near the Heart of Dixie? Inquiring minds – and FOIA complainant Ecological Rights Foundation – want to know.
Read moreThe Southern Environmental Law Center sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in federal court for information on “the conservation and management of North Carolina’s critically endangered red wolf,” which may have been reduced to only 14 animals.
Read moreThe Protect Democracy Project sued the State Department in federal court for information communications between it and Rudolph Giuliani regarding his interactions with Ukrainian officials.
Read moreThe New York Times sued the State Department, Department of Justice and FBI in federal court for records on their correspondence regarding Hunter Biden’s activities in Ukraine.
Read moreReporter Jason Leopold, a FOIA frequent flier, sued the Department of Homeland Security, ICE and Customs and Border Protection in federal court, for information on refuge-seekers who died in U.S. immigration prisons and holding tanks.
Read moreTired and frustrated, federal judges are strategically ordering government agencies to pick up the pace in responding to Freedom of Information Act requests to pressure Congress into allocating more funding to offices tasked with releasing records to the public.
Read moreInvestigative reporter Robert Moore sued Immigration and Customs Enforcement in federal court, seeking “critical records related to border enforcement, fundamental shifts in the treatment of asylum-seekers, and operation of immigration detention facilities.”
Read moreAmerican Oversight sued the State Department in federal court for records on Rudy Giuliani’s and attorneys Victoria Toensing’s and Joseph diGenova’s communications with State Department officials on “any … effort to encourage the Ukrainian government to investigate any matter related to former Vice President Joseph Biden or his son Hunter Biden.”
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