Legal Opinion
Reporters Comm. for Freedom Press v. Fed. Bureau of Investigation
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 1, 2019No. Civil Action No.: 17-1701 (RC)PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUDOLPH CONTRERAS, United States District Judge
I. INTRODUCTION
In this lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"), 5 U.S.C. § 552, Plaintiff the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press ("RCFP") challenges the Federal Bureau of Investigation's ("FBI's") response to a request for records relating to the FBI's impersonation of documentary filmmakers and film crews. In early 2017, it was publicly disclosed that the FBI had impersonated a documentary film crew to investigate cattle rancher Cliven D. Bundy ("Bundy") and his followers following a 2014 armed standoff between Bundy and…
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