Notes from the Resistance
Biden administration sued under FOIA about rules cracking down on charter schools; withholds 570 of 574 pages in release [More]
So much for “trust and transparency [and] “shar[ing] the truth even when it’s hard to hear.”
As for FOIA redactions, welcome to the party, pals.
[Via JR]
It took over one year of wrangling and a lawsuit, but the Michigan Grassroots Alliance (MGA), an election integrity watchdog group, has gotten what it sought—a segment of video surveillance tape that may serve as evidence in an investigation of the handling of voting results on election night in 2022 by some county election officials. [More]
So who are the election-interfering seditious conspirators again …?
[Via Michael G]
In a report that just broke on Fox digital, the Air Force is taking “full responsibility” for the unauthorized release of LtCol Jennifer-Ruth Green’s personal military records… [More]
It says something about her when you realize she didn’t want her victimization put out there yet the knowledge would probably work in her favor politically. That tells me there are some things she won’t exploit just to win, and that’s a mark of character.
The other thing this tells me is those releasing Air Force information sure are selective– I had to file a damn lawsuit to get them to cough up that mass-murdering @$$hole’s court-martial records after it refused to comply with my FOIA.
[Via Michael G]
The Second Amendment Foundation’s Investigative Journalism Project (SAF/IJP) has filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the White House, seeking copies of documents, both digital and print, “that show interactions between White House staff and members of gun control and gun safety groups.” [More]
It won’t be the first time we’ve seen leftists colluding with the government…
I haven’t seen the FOIA request itself, so don’t know how they plan on working around this:
By its terms, the FOIA applies to “the Executive Office of the President,” 5 U.S.C. § 552(f), but this term does not include either “the President’s immediate personal staff” or any part of the Executive Office of the President “whose sole function is to advise and assist the President.” Meyer v. Bush, 981 F.2d 1288, 1291 n.1 (D.C. Cir. 1993) (quoting H.R. Rep. No. 1380, 93d Cong., 2d Sess. 14 (1974)); see also, e.g., Soucie v. David, 448 F.2d 1067, 1075 (D.C. Cir. 1971). This means, among other things, that the parts of the Executive Office of the President that are known as the “White House Office” are not subject to the FOIA; certain other parts of the Executive Office of the President are.
