Legal Opinion
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington v. U.S. Department of Justice
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided February 11, 2015No. Civil Action No. 2011-0374PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
CHRISTOPHER R. COOPER, United States District Judge
In 2011, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (“CREW”) filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the U.S. Department of Justice for records related to the agency’s investigation and prosecution of Paul J. Magliocchetti, a prominent lobbyist who pled guilty to federal campaign finance law violations. After DOJ categorically withheld all potentially responsive records based on privacy grounds, CREW filed a lawsuit in this Court. As a result of that suit, DOJ released hundreds of pages of relevant…
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