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FOIA News: One for the dogs

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Biden Family Dogs, Champ and Major, Trigger Conservative Group Lawsuit

By Benjamin Fearnow, Newsweek, May 4, 2021

The conservative activist group Judicial Watch filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit in federal court Monday that names the "Biden family dogs" and accuses the U.S. Secret Service of not reporting an alleged March biting incident.

Judicial Watch announced the lawsuit today against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). It seeks compliance in a filing listed as "JW v DHS Biden dogs complaint 01194." The federal complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia demands the Secret Service respond in a timely fashion to FOIA requests for details about an early March dog biting debacle. Judicial Watch claims it's been "irreparably harmed" by the Secret Service's reluctance to report the incident, which reportedly involved one of the two Biden family German Shepherds, Champ and Major.

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