On November 17, 2022, the Federal Election Committee announced that it had agreed to pay $23.5 in attorney’s fees to settle a FOIA lawsuit brought by Senator Josh Hawley’s campaign in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The “plaintiff had a right to the requested documents under FOIA, and the Commission was wrong to try to withhold them,” stated Commissioner Sean Cooksey. Hawley’s campaign had sought records related to FEC enforcement actions against it. Related court documents are available here.