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FOIA News: Court urges FBI to release Mueller docs quickly

Federal judge presses Justice Department to release Mueller interview summaries in CNN lawsuit

By Katelyn Polantz, CNN, Nov. 13, 2019

After CNN's major win getting access to witness memos from the Mueller investigation earlier this month, a federal judge has prioritized CNN's request for Mueller interview summaries over BuzzFeed News' lawsuit asking for millions of Mueller documents.

Judge Reggie Walton indicated at a court hearing Wednesday morning that he wants the Justice Department to release some of the most newsworthy FBI narratives of witness interviews as soon as possible, such as those related to the prosecution of Roger Stone.

Read more here. Story updated here following objections by Jason Leopold of BuzzFeed News via tweets he has since deleted.