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NEW: We asked a federal court to allow for discovery – potentially including depositions of senior Department of Justice officials – as part of our FOIA lawsuit to shed light on the 2017 appointment of a federal prosecutor to investigate Hillary Clinton: americanoversight.org/document/motio…
In 2017, we sued for the release of documents related to Jeff Sessions’ appointment of a federal prosecutor to investigate Hillary Clinton and other executive branch officials. In a sworn declaration, DOJ said no written directive existed: americanoversight.org/we-want-to-kno…
But this February, DOJ found a letter from Sessions directing U.S. Attorney for Utah John Huber to undertake the investigation, calling into question not only the adequacy of DOJ's original search, but also whether the it has complied with its duties under FOIA.
Last week, DOJ said it had finished conducting a "supplemental search" for other related records and found none. But based on the limited information provided, this new search remained inadequate: americanoversight.org/we-want-to-kno…
FOIA litigation is usually resolved without discovery thanks to a presumption that government officials are properly carrying out their duties in good faith. But the belated production of Sessions’ letter calls all of that into question. americanoversight.org/we-want-to-kno…
American Oversight is continuing to seek answers about DOJ’s actions in support of @realdonaldtrump's unprecedented demands to investigate his perceived political rivals. americanoversight.org/investigation/…
