'Intimidation measure': Louisiana AG criticized for suing reporter over records request

[Zorro]

At first, Andrea Gallo’s quest for sexual harassment complaints against a top state justice official seemed like a typical public records battle. The investigative reporter heard a common refrain from agencies withholding information: There was an “ongoing investigation.”

“The records should be ready and released to you by early next week,” officials eventually told Gallo on Jan. 22, a few days after she reported the criminal division head of the Louisiana Attorney General’s office had his pay docked for participating in “inappropriate” conversations.

Then the attorney general’s office came back with new arguments — and a lawsuit.

“You have demanded information which will compromise the rights of our employees and could lead to litigation over the violation of those rights,” staff for Attorney General Jeff Landry (R) wrote Friday in a letter to Gallo, a 28-year-old reporter at the Advocate and the Times-Picayune.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2021/02/07/louisiana-attorney-general-public-records-lawsuit/

Seems like somebody has something to hide.

[ProfessorGAC]

1. Wonder What DU Lawyers Think About This!

Sounds like a suit that can't be won. I'd think the AG would know the 1A implications.
Probably does but is trying to intimidate, as stated.