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FOIA News: BuzzFeed Sues DOJ For Names In Ex-US Atty's Office Affair

BuzzFeed Sues DOJ For Names In Ex-US Atty's Office Affair

By Dave Simpson, Law360, Oct. 16, 2017

BuzzFeed hit the U.S. Department of Justice with a Freedom of Information Act complaint in New York federal court Monday, urging the government agency to reveal the names of the former U.S. attorney and a subordinate who were involved in an affair.

BuzzFeed Inc. claims that the DOJ did not address any of the arguments the media company made in its appeal for the names, which were redacted from a May investigation report, to be made public.

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