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FOIA News: FAA grounds FOIA request for VIP flight data

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FAA accused of stonewalling demand for Buttigieg private flight data

By Josh Christenson, NY Post, Aug. 30, 2023  

The Department of Transportation is refusing to hand over private flight records for Secretary Pete Buttigieg, according to a conservative watchdog group suing for the files.

Americans for Public Trust (APT) said Wednesday that the Federal Aviation Administration has repeatedly missed deadlines to share Buttigieg’s flight logs and passenger records since the group first sought them this past November.

Fox News first reported the FAA’s foot-dragging.

APT also sent follow-up requests in January for the names of members of Congress and the White House or other Biden administration officials who flew on FAA planes and for a list of the agency’s jets, The Post has confirmed.

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