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A watchdog group accused Trump's administration of breaking FOIA law by refusing to release documents from a USPS whistleblower tied to Trump's mail-in ballot takeover scheme. The administration called the request 'uncertain and opaque.'
A watchdog group accused Trump's administration of breaking the Freedom of Information Act by refusing to release documents from a USPS whistleblower connected to Trump's effort to take over mail-in ballot processing. The administration dismissed the FOIA request as 'uncertain and opaque,' essentially arguing the request was too vague to process, which is a standard deflection tactic.
FOIA requests for government documents are supposed to be released unless there's a specific legal exemption—national security, privacy, ongoing litigation, and a few others. Simply refusing to hand over documents about a whistleblower and a program the administration itself initiated suggests the documents may be embarrassing rather than legitimately protected. The watchdog group can go to court, but that takes time, and by then the midterms will have happened.
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