DOJ balks at releasing Special Counsel Mueller’s budget
By Staff, World Tribune, Jan. 23, 2018
The Department of Justice has refused to release the proposed budget for special counsel Robert Mueller’s office, according to a government watchdog group which sought the records via a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit.
The DOJ, in notifying Judicial Watch on Jan. 19, said “We have determined that this material should be withheld in full because it is protected from disclosure under the FOIA.”
The DOJ said the release of Mueller’s budget information could interfere with “law enforcement proceedings” and the material is protected from disclosure by the “deliberative process privilege.”
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