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DonViejo

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Mon May 15, 2017, 03:15 PM May 2017

ACLU Files FOIA Request For Docs On Comey Firing

Source: Talking Points Memo



By MATT SHUHAM Published MAY 15, 2017 3:09 PM

The ACLU announced Monday that it had filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the Justice Department and FBI for records related to Donald Trump’s abrupt firing of former FBI Director James Comey.

“White House interference with any FBI investigation is incompatible with democratic safeguards, and that’s especially the case when the investigation involves the President or his associates,” the director of the group’s National Security Project, Hina Shamsi, said in a statement. “Political meddling with law enforcement investigations is a recipe for abuse of power.”

She added: “It’s impossible to know the truth right now because the Trump administration has issued shifting explanations, each of which is increasingly troubling.”

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Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/aclu-foia-request-comey-firing-records

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ACLU Files FOIA Request For Docs On Comey Firing (Original Post) DonViejo May 2017 OP
Go after them. The Last Dem. May 2017 #1
K&R red dog 1 May 2017 #2
Yes! Go at this from every angle. Don't let up. nt Honeycombe8 May 2017 #3
GFL Demonaut May 2017 #4
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