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FOIA News: Redactions to Ukraine docs challenged

Media organization fights Trump administration over Ukraine documents FOIA

By Tal Axelrod, The Hill, Dec. 13, 2019

The Center for Public Integrity on Friday filed a motion in federal court to try to force the Trump administration to hand over documents regarding its decision to withhold military aid from Ukraine.

The motion, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, challenges redactions on more than 100 pages of documents released by the Pentagon in response to the center's Freedom of Information Act lawsuit.

“This is not a case of federal agencies asserting an aggressive, good-faith interpretation of the Freedom of Information Act,” the center said.

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