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NEW: After @ACLU filed a FOIA lawsuit seeking evidence of the "115 mile long" border wall contract that President Trump referenced in a tweet, @CBP issued a final response: "Unfortunately, we were unable to locate or identify any responsive records."
The ACLU wants the suit to go forward for several reasons, including that CBP for some reason looked for contracts related to the "Rio Grande Valley," even though Trump's tweet said "Texas." A court hearing is scheduled for Wednesday in Boston.
UPDATE: A lawyer for the Trump administration, pressed by a Boston judge on whether the "115 mile long" border wall contract the president tweeted about exists, just said in court: "Your honor, so far as I know, there is no such contract."
Judge William Young lets the lawsuit continue but says it seems “highly unlikely” that the contract exists. “It appears there is no credible evidence that there is any contract remotely like what was described in the tweet.”
Story: No Evidence Trump's Wall Contract Exists, Gov't Atty Says law360.com/articles/11332…
Here’s a transcript of the remarkable exchange between a Boston federal judge and a Trump administration lawyer:
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Aaron Leibowitz
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BREAKING: The US Attorney in Boston has unsealed indictments against at least 47 people in a nationwide college admissions cheating and recruitment scheme, including current and former D-1 coaches at Yale, Georgetown, USC, Wake Forest and Texas.
Now counting 49 people across 7 indictments. Stanford, UCLA, San Diego also involved. The scheme, according to one indictment, involved parents paying William Singer, founder of a college prep business, $15,000 to $75,000 to have someone take the SAT or ACT for their children.
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Aaron Leibowitz
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NEW: Here's the internal Insys video to the tune of A$AP Rocky's "F--kin' Problems" in which employees dance around former sales VP Alec Burlakoff, who is dressed as a life-size bottle of fentanyl spray. It was shown to a jury in Boston federal court today.
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Chris Geidner
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EXCLUSIVE: I finally obtained President Trump's memorandum designating Matthew Whitaker as the acting attorney general. Spoiler: It just raises more questions! buzzfeednews.com/article/chrisg… #FOIA
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- DOJ released a statement from "Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker" on Nov. 7.
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Trump declares 'national emergency' to pay for border wall
Now that President Trump has officially declared his plans to declare a 'national emergency' to authorize $8 billion for his promised border wall, here is what happens next ...

zerohedge.com/news/2019-02-1…
National emergency:

Carter: 2
Ronald Reagan: 6
George H.W. Bush: 4
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Barack Obama: 13
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NotMyPresident
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#Trump #TheWall #TrumpFraud
1.The Majority of the presumptive contractors for the #TheWall are companies with questionable records at best.

#Trump #TheWall #TrumpFraud
2. One of the contractors was deemed by the Army Corps of Engineers too risky to do future business with, according to public records, a whistleblower lawsuit and FOIA filed by the Project on Government Oversight

#Trump #TheWall #TrumpFraud
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Jason Leopold
@JasonLeopold
Been a pretty shitty year for #FOIA. Govt agencies continue to thwart the release of records. But I was still able to pry loose a few gems.

Here's a thread to highlight all of the news stories I published at @BuzzFeedNews in 2018 based on docs I obtained via #FOIA ICYMI 1/
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#FOIA 3/
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Jason Leopold
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Over the past couple of days, journalists have been reminded of steps we need to take to safeguard our comms and protect our sources while working on news reports

It's also impt to note what happens after news stories are published that are based on nonpublic/classified info 1/
Every government agency on a near daily basis scrutinizes news stories for classified, secret or non public information. 2/
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Zach Everson
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Trump Hotels' website still lists Trump SoHo New York among its properties in the Our Hotels menu. Select its name though to access its page and there's a message about it being renamed

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