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FOIA News: D.C. Circuit to hear FOIA case on Monday

On March 23rd, the D.C. Circuit will hear oral argument in Judicial Watch v. DOJ, which concerns the government’s reliance on the attorney work-product privilege to withhold FBI interviews with Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuel, and Valerie Jarrett about former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

The district court’s opinion dated June 25, 2019 is here. President Trump commuted Blagojevich’s prison sentence on February 18, 2020.