Tinubu Asks US Court to Block Release of FBI, DEA Records Sought by FOIA Activist
Wale Igbintade President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has asked a United States federal court to reject a bid seeking the release of records concerning him held by the Federal Bureau of
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has requested a US federal court to reject a bid by transparency activist Aaron Greenspan to release FBI and DEA records concerning him, arguing that such disclosure would violate his privacy rights. In a 16-page response filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Tinubu's legal team urged the court to deny transparency activist Aaron Greenspan's motion for summary judgment in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit.
Greenspan is seeking records, including the FBI's entire file on Tinubu and FBI Form 302 interview records from 1992 to 1993, as well as records related to a 1993 civil forfeiture proceeding involving approximately $460,000 allegedly linked to Tinubu. Tinubu's lawyers argue that FOIA is intended to promote transparency about government activities and not to obtain private information about individuals contained in government files.
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