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FOIA News: Senate Dems send FOIA to DOJ for Ukraine/Biden docs

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Senate Democrats submit FOIA request for Ukraine, Biden info

By Jordian Carney, The Hill, Oct. 23, 2019

A group of Senate Democrats is using a public records law to try to force the Department of Justice (DOJ) to hand over information on Ukraine or any attempt by the White House to investigate President Trump's potential political rivals.

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), who is running for the party's presidential nomination, and Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) submitted the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to Attorney General William Barr on Wednesday.

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