Judge Again Grants FBI Summary Judgment In FOIA Dispute With Associated Press

Mealey's (March 24, 2020, 1:18 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Three years after initially ruling in favor of the FBI in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit brought by the Associated Press (AP), a District of Columbia federal judge on March 20 again granted summary judgment to the bureau in a post-reversal and remand ruling, finding that the FBI properly withheld documents from four FOIA requests under the deliberative process privilege and other exemptions (The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, et al. v. Federal Bureau of Investigation, et al., No. 1:15-cv-01392 and 1:18-cv-00345, D. D.C., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 48925)....