Background on this transcript of Obama's off the record discussion w/reporters I obtained via #FOIA
This arguably would be considered a presidential record. But b/c it was forwarded via email to DOJ by Obama's press office in 2017 it was stored in DOJ record keeping system
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This arguably would be considered a presidential record. But b/c it was forwarded via email to DOJ by Obama's press office in 2017 it was stored in DOJ record keeping system
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https://twitter.com/JasonLeopold/status/1575909757340114944
And therefore became subject to FOIA when it turned up during a search DOJ conducted for records I requested in 2017 on Rex Tillerson because Tillerson is mentioned once in the transcript.
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Normally, any eop.gov emails that are requested from exec branch agenciew go through a review with the WH to determine what can be released. It's unclear who reviewed what here and when. DOJ has been sitting on this request of mine for 5.5 years.
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And since DOJ now processed wnd released the transcript in accordance with FOIA I wrote about it!
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