{"id":106862,"date":"2017-05-15T14:54:25","date_gmt":"2017-05-15T18:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=106862"},"modified":"2017-05-15T14:54:59","modified_gmt":"2017-05-15T18:54:59","slug":"just-aclu-files-foia-request-information-comey-firing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/just-aclu-files-foia-request-information-comey-firing\/","title":{"rendered":"ACLU Files FOIA Request For Information on Comey Firing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK \u2014 The American Civil Liberties Union today filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the Justice Department and FBI asking for all records related to President Trump\u2019s dismissal of FBI Director James Comey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhite House interference with any FBI investigation is incompatible with democratic safeguards, and that\u2019s especially the case when the investigation involves the president or his associates. Political meddling with law enforcement investigations is a recipe for abuse of power,\u201d said ACLU Hina Shamsi, director of the ACLU National Security Project. \u201cThe public has a right to know why Comey was fired so the president can be held accountable for any abuse of his position. It\u2019s impossible to know the truth right now because the Trump administration has issued shifting explanations, each of which is increasingly troubling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ACLU has called for the appointment of a special prosecutor and the creation of a select congressional committee to investigate the Trump campaign\u2019s ties to Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s FOIA request is here:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/legal-document\/foia-request-comey-firing\">https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/legal-document\/foia-request-comey-firing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK \u2014 The American Civil Liberties Union today filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the Justice Department and FBI asking for all records related to President Trump\u2019s dismissal of FBI Director James Comey. \u201cWhite House interference with any FBI investigation is incompatible with democratic safeguards, and that\u2019s especially the case when the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5409,"featured_media":106863,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>ACLU Files FOIA Request For Information on Comey Firing - Breaking911<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/just-aclu-files-foia-request-information-comey-firing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ACLU Files FOIA Request For Information on Comey Firing - Breaking911\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"NEW YORK \u2014 The American Civil Liberties Union today filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the Justice Department and FBI asking for all records related to President Trump\u2019s dismissal of FBI Director James Comey. \u201cWhite House interference with any FBI investigation is incompatible with democratic safeguards, and that\u2019s especially the case when the [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/just-aclu-files-foia-request-information-comey-firing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Breaking911\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Breaking911\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-05-15T18:54:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-05-15T18:54:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/170224094831-comey-trump-split-0224-super-169.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1100\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"619\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"T. 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