Thread by @JasonLeopold

🧵I'd like to separate the content revealed in this disclosure and explain why this news from the Mueller is important because I think there is a fundamental misunderstanding about the work I do on the #FOIA front

https://twitter.com/JasonLeopold/status/1492244335022120960

With @mvtopic, we challenged a slew of redactions in the Mueller report starting in 2019 ago and a federal judge twice ruled that DOJ had violated the FOIA by improperly invoking an exemption and ordered the material released

We also challenged DOJ's use of privacy exemptions that protected the identities of some people Mueller didn't charge, arguing that their privacy rights were diminished b/c of prior govt disclosures. The district judge ruled in favor of the govt & we appealed to the DC Circuit

Last Nov, the DC Circuit granted us a partial victory stating in its opinion: “BuzzFeed has identified a significant public interest and demonstrated how disclosure will advance that interest."

While the content of these newly unredacted passages from the Mueller report may be old news and may infuriate some members of the public who question my motivation govt secrcy never gets old and it is crucial to aggressively fight it no. That's what I do.

These victories help pave the way for historians, journalists and members of the public win their own battles when govt agencies try to make the same arguments to keep similar info secret

I'm not embarrassed for continuing to wage this battle because it happens to relate to Mueller and his investigation. I'm ecstatic I went to war against the govt and won. This info never should have been redacted.

I've fought for and won the release of all kinds of records on a wide range of subjects. Some days people love me, other days they hate me. I'll continue to battle govt secrecy even if the content I'm fighting for doesn't agree with your agenda

*from the Mueller report*

*no* should not be in that tweet above. Typed too fast