Covid-19 Delays State Department’s Documents in Media FOIA Suit

By Daniel Seiden, Bloomberg Law, Apr. 8, 2020

• Parties agree to 60-day stay of production

• FOIA compliance ability ‘severely compromised’

The Covid-19 outbreak requires the U.S. State Department to delay production of documents in a lawsuit seeking information about communications with Fox News and other media outlets, parties told a Washington federal court.

Plaintiff Democracy Forward Foundation has agreed to a 60-day stay in production of documents in the Freedom of Information Act suit, and the department will provide an update on document production in 30 days, they told the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in a Tuesday joint status report.

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