Privacy advocates sue Justice Department, seeking to compel release of full Mueller report to public
Less than a day after Robert Mueller completed his two-year investigation into allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, the Department of Justice faces its first lawsuit seeking to compel the full, public release of the document.
The lawsuit accuses the DOJ of violating the Freedom of Information Act by failing to respond within the statutorily mandated timeline to EPIC's previous request for documents related to the Mueller investigation, and by failing to determine whether or not the document request merited expeditious release of the sought-after files.
Additionally, argues the complaint,"the requested records concern the potential involvement of the President in a foreign campaign to influence an election that he won; the possible obstruction of justice by the President while in office; the federal government’s capacity to defend U.S. election systems and democratic institutions against foreign attacks; and the discharge of a high-profile Special Counsel investigation.
EPIC appealed that decision in December 2018, but the DOJ has yet to make a determination, even though federal law states that a reply must be provided within 20 business days."Accordingly, EPIC has constructively exhausted all administrative remedies," under the law, contends the lawsuit.
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