Trump Might Declassify More Info Related to FISA Warrants, DOJ Says

By Ronn Blitzer, Law & Crime, Feb. 15, 2018

The Justice Department was keeping quiet during a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit regarding records related to FBI surveillance of President Donald Trump and his associates. They had claimed that any response to the FOIA request brought by USA Today’s Brad Heath and the James Madison Project would confirm or deny the existence of those records, which itself was sensitive information. Now that the president has declassified some of that information, which was contained in the infamous Nunes Memo, the DOJ recognizes that they can’t hide behind that excuse anymore. They also said that more declassifications could happen in the future.

“Declassification by the President of the existence of the Page FISA applications and orders identified in the Nunes Memo requires the government to carefully review those
materials,” the DOJ said in a Wednesday court filing, “to determine what information contained in them has been declassified and if they are responsive to Plaintiff’s request.”

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