CNN sues for public release of Comey’s Trump memos

Published June 15, 2017 2:41pm ET



CNN filed a lawsuit in federal court Thursday to force the FBI to make former Director James Comey’s memos documenting his interactions with President Trump about the Russia investigation public.

“Despite high public interest in the content of the memos, Comey’s testimony that the records are not classified and a ruling from the Justice Department that the FBI should expedite CNN’s FOIA request for the memos, the FBI has not provided either the documents or a reason to withhold them,” according to the lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

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