{
  "id": 17445241,
  "title": "FOIA: US Court Refuses Discovery Request Against Tinubu, DCI Group",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/foia-us-court-refuses-discovery-request-against-tinubu-dci-group",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-31T17:38:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Day",
    "slug": "this-day",
    "url": "https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/10/31/foia-us-court-refuses-discovery-request-against-tinubu-dci-group/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Columbia District Court in the United States has denied a motion by Aaron Greenspan seeking limited discovery from President Bola Tinubu and the DCI Group in an ongoing litigation under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The court also rejected a proposed amicus curiae brief and denied Greenspan's motion for summary judgment. The court ruled that the proposed discovery concerning alleged cyberattacks on Greenspan's website was not sufficiently relevant to the underlying FOIA dispute involving the FBI and DEA. The court's decision reinforces the need to restrict the proceedings to matters directly relevant to the litigation.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}