Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI officials failed to respond as required by law to seven Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests filed by The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project, so the conservative think tank is taking the government to court.
“Biden’s DOJ and FBI made clear they are perfectly willing to selectively enforce the law. This double standard-driven war, particularly on conservatives, must stop,” Heritage President Kevin Roberts said in a statement announcing the seven lawsuits, which were filed on March 6 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
“When the top law enforcement agencies in the country refuse to comply with the very laws they’ve sworn to enforce, true accountability is necessary. This is precisely why the Heritage Oversight Project is filing these lawsuits. Americans have a right to know why and how the FBI is targeting everyday Americans and others whom Joe Biden, Merrick Garland, and their lieutenants smear as ‘domestic terrorists.’”…