Anne Weismann, FOIA ‘Guru,’ Exits Watchdog Group

Weismann is no longer the chief FOIA counsel for Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, but will continue to serve as outside counsel in some of the group’s litigation.

By Jacqueline Thomsen, Nat’l Law Journal,  September 02, 2020

Anne Weismann, the chief FOIA counsel for the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, has stepped down from her full-time role at the organization.

In recent weeks, Weismann has filed motions withdrawing from several federal public records lawsuits filed by the organization. She was listed on a brief filed in a CREW case Wednesday, but without her affiliation with the group and using a personal email address. She is no longer listed on the organization’s staff page.

CREW spokesperson Jordan Libowitz confirmed Wednesday that Weismann is no longer with the group full-time, but is working as an outside counsel on certain cases. Weismann declined to comment further.

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