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FOIA News: Liberal Activists Are Bombarding Trump With New FOIA Lawsuits

Liberal Activists Are Bombarding Trump With New FOIA Lawsuits

Ethan Barton, The Daily Caller, May 31, 2017

Liberal activists are bombarding President Donald Trump with Freedom of Information (FOIA) lawsuits seeking to force the executive branch to release documents The Daily Caller News Foundation’s (TheDCNF) Investigative Group has learned.

More than 250 FOIA lawsuits have been filed against the Trump administration since the President’s Jan. 20, 2017, inauguration – a 27 percent increase from last year and a 61 percent increase compared to the same timeframe following former President Barack Obama’s 2013 inauguration, TheDCNF analysis found.

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