FOIA Advisor

Court opinion issued June 19, 2026

Court Opinions (2026)Allan BlutsteinComment

Heritage Found. v. DOJ (D.D.C.) -- in a reverse-FOIA challenge to DOJ's planned release of transcripts and audio recordings from Special Counsel Robert Hur's investigation of former President Biden, holding that: (1) the Privacy Act permitted APA review of the disclosure decision; (2) DOJ reasonably reversed its prior Exemptions 6 and 7(C) withholdings after further redactions; and (3) preliminary injunction was unwarranted because the public interest in understanding the basis for Hur's prosecutorial decision outweighed the remaining privacy interests in the records.

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