Print this article The Justice Department notified the journalists earlier this month but did not state the reason for the seizure. (Getty Images)
Under former President Donald Trump, the Justice Department went after sources in unauthorized leak cases by obtaining phone records of journalists, a practice the Biden administration, which has sought to rebuke so much of the last White House s agenda, is now defending.
One case revealed last week was worse than Nixon because Nixon never actually seized any records, former White House Counsel John Dean told the
Washington Examiner, adding that this was because former President Richard Nixon could develop no real probable cause.
by Dara Lind ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Taylor Levy couldn’t understand why she’d been held for hours by Customs and Border Protection officials when crossing back into El Paso, Texas, after getting dinner with friends in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, in January 2019. And she didn’t know why she was being questioned by an agent who’d.
Oklahoma Watch sues Epic Charter Schools, seeking emails
A sign outside of 50 Penn Place in Oklahoma City, where Epic Charter Schools leases 40,000 square feet for administrative use. (Photo by Whitney Bryen/Oklahoma Watch)
Oklahoma Watch and reporter Jennifer Palmer have filed a lawsuit against Epic Charter Schools, asking the court to order the release of emails under the Oklahoma Open Records Act. The news organization first requested the documents on July 26.
Specifically, the lawsuit named Epic Blended Learning Centers, Epic One-on-One Charter School, and Superintendent Bart Banfield as defendants. Epic is a public charter school funded by taxpayers.
Palmer requested the emails to and from Epic co-founder Ben Harris dated Jan. 1, 2019 through July 25, 2020 that used his Epic Charter Schools address. Email, like traditional written correspondence, is treated as a document under the state’s Open Records Act.
May 12, 2021
On behalf of Oklahoma Watch and one of its reporters, attorneys from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press are suing the state’s largest school system and its superintendent over their refusal to provide access to email records requested by the nonprofit news organization.
The May 11 lawsuit the first filed as part of the Reporters Committee’s Local Legal Initiative in Oklahoma, which launched last November centers on a state Open Records Act request Oklahoma Watch reporter Jennifer Palmer submitted to Epic Charter Schools last July seeking emails sent to and from the school system’s co-founder, Ben Harris.