I’m Suing the FBI & DOJ

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[GoblinVolume]

If I had a dollar for every time the US Government broke their own legal process, I’d have enough money to pay back the national debt

[JPD]

I have an ongoing lawsuit against the United States Department of Labor in the Eastern District of Texas, Beaumont Division. DOL barely gave me any of the requested information and ignored the rest, so I sued them in early September 2023. They have provided some information, but more is on the way! All the best to the Eagle Team in your suit against DOJ.

[Dadwar_Real]

this man legit went "fine, ill do it myself" when the DOJ and FBI failed to do their jobs, go get em boys

[tamarawatson]

Thank you for using your platform to fight for us! 🎉

[BrandensMusicPage]

Don’t see why the president should even get special treatment from the law, kinda insane

[Atreides]

i love that your suit is, essentially, *follow the law or say with your whole chest that your department is willingly compromised*

[tasos_gr]

Guys just remember this man is relatively happy and NOT suicidal

[ThyMotherInSpirit]

I've never seen the need to donate before, but I hope more people do it here to show their support. You'll certainly need it.

[danielflorea]

There is absolutely no reason we should not see the evidence collected. Thanks for standing up for our country.

[maxspecs]

Man literally said “I’ll do it myself.”

[leetleshinigami]

Most Americans have no idea just how vital the Freedom of Information Act is to their ability to know things about their own government. Not only is it one of the lifebloods of journalism, it's the reason the public can access these documents at all.

[strelok]

No matter what side of the political isle you're on, going after the DOJ and FBI is absolutely based.

[moreanimals]

Another important point; the idea that the FBI thinks it can decide who is or isn't a journalist is disturbing and dangerous. This is how journalistic protections become violated and is also an attitude held by kings. That is why early modern art such as American Neo-classical was so punk and disruptive. Same too for some opera and classical music. The Monarchies one made the arbitrary decisions about who was and wasn't an artist and what did or didn't constitute art. We are not a monarchy.

[jonh]

As an attorney, thank you for trying to preserve the small shreds of integrity our judicial system retains at this time.

[christorrez]

So, I used to help handle FOIA requests in the Air Force. We were told in our training that it is our legal responsibility to get the requestor as much information as we can. We do make exceptions for several categories including personal information, ongoing legal cases, classified material, etc. However, that information can still be redacted and must have notes explaining why each redaction is made.
We also try to limit the scope of what the requestor asks, as having to edit material that isn't relevant is a big time sink that we try to avoid. However, they are entitled to what they ask as part of FOIA.
We can also work with the requestor to get vetted material out to them as it goes through. So, for example, rather than having to wait months for 100's of pages of documents, we'd send out a few dozen every week as they were finished, but the request remained open until the whole thing was fulfilled. (This is what is happening with his first request).
As someone who worked on the other side of this LegalEagle is asking for a lot (because the scope of these events is so large) but he clearly has made efforts to bring the scope down, and saying that he was willing to wait until after the report or case was finished does get around a lot of the exceptions for redacting material in ongoing litigation.
I can understand why the FBI and DOJ don't want to do this FOIA request, as at best it will be a lot of work for them at a time when they are going to be dealing with a massive shift in administration. However, I also agree that given Trump's history, there is a justified fear that these investigations will get destroyed, and that warrants an expedited request.

[Electriceye]

Someone with the means doing something good for a change. Thank you for your efforts.

[juances]

Most youtubers: I'm suing my haters to shut down criticism
Legal Eagle: I'm suing T H E G O V E R M E N T

[mirkorenerLT]

Hope more people will support you financially to get through this awful but very important legal battle 💪

[jess]

Thank you for standing up for justice and for being a voice of the people.

[notenricoh]

I'm Canadian and I have been watching LegalEagle for quite a while now. I'm glad to see LegalEagle to take it upon themselves to try and preserve whatever integrity the American Judicial System still has. I hope you receive the documents you seek before Donny takes office in January.