Just weeks before the November presidential election, the Justice Department filed motions in U.S. District Court in Washington to prevent release of an FBI background investigation of President Obama’s loss of his American citizenship as a child growing up in Indonesia, which cleared the way for him to run for president in 2008.
On Aug. 31, a Justice Department trial unit defending the president in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit brought by Berryville resident George Archibald filed motions asking U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton to keep results of the FBI’s investigation under seal and to dismiss the case.
Archibald countered by asking Judge Walton to reject the administration’s legal arguments that the FBI records are exempt from release under the FOIA because they relate to FBI investigative methods that must remain secret.
“The administration’s motion to deny this FOIA appeal prior to the presidential election is a blatant effort to block release of documents perhaps maintained according to a numbered FBI “File Classification List” of which “56 Election Laws”
DOJ Seeks To Dismiss FOIA Request For FBI Records About Obama's Loss Of Citizenship | Birther Report: Obama Release Your Records: CLICK FOR MORE..On Aug. 31, a Justice Department trial unit defending the president in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit brought by Berryville resident George Archibald filed motions asking U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton to keep results of the FBI’s investigation under seal and to dismiss the case.
Archibald countered by asking Judge Walton to reject the administration’s legal arguments that the FBI records are exempt from release under the FOIA because they relate to FBI investigative methods that must remain secret.
“The administration’s motion to deny this FOIA appeal prior to the presidential election is a blatant effort to block release of documents perhaps maintained according to a numbered FBI “File Classification List” of which “56 Election Laws”
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