Nina Burleigh and Frequency Forward sued the Federal Communications Commission alleging wrongful withholding of records on DOGE activities under the Freedom of Information Act. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson denied the plaintiffs' preliminary injunction but ordered the FCC to make ongoing productions of responsive documents on September 15, 2025 and October 6, 2025, and to file a status report proposing a completion schedule by October 13, 2025. The FCC produced 35 pages of semi-redacted emails, which the judge found insufficient. The judge also criticized the FCC's July 23 status report that said it was "too early to predict" full compliance.
A judge yesterday chided the Federal Communications Commission for its "vague and uninformative" response to a DOGE-related lawsuit and ordered the commission to produce documents sought under the Freedom of Information Act (FoIA). The FCC was sued by journalist Nina Burleigh and Frequency Forward, a group that says it is investigating how Elon Musk's influence in government "is creating unmanageable conflicts of interest within the FCC." Burleigh and Frequency Forward alleged in an April 24 complaint that the FCC violated the Freedom of Information Act by wrongfully withholding records on DOGE's activities within the agency.
Jackson denied the preliminary injunction request but ordered the FCC to "make ongoing productions of responsive documents on September 15, 2025 and October 6, 2025," and to "file a status report proposing a schedule for the completion of its production of documents to plaintiff by October 13, 2025." Jackson, an Obama appointee, said the 35 pages of semi-redacted emails provided by the FCC aren't enough. She also criticized the FCC's July 23 status report that claimed it was "too early to predict" when the agency would be able to fully comply with the FoIA request.
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