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We appear to be in a fight over whether revealing Trump's name or his businesses in the FBI files of a Russian vor (top-level gangster) would infringe on his privacy rights.— Seth Hettena (@seth_hettena) July 5, 2020
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After foreign government information, the #FOIA exemption cited most often on the 150 withheld pages involved "names and identifying information of third parties who were of investigative interest to the FBI."— Seth Hettena (@seth_hettena) July 5, 2020
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The DOJ wants to submit a short declaration for Judge Jackson's eyes only.— Seth Hettena (@seth_hettena) July 5, 2020
The declaration will provide additional support for withholding under #FOIA exemption 7(E) -- "highly sensitive law enforcement techniques and procedures."
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Worth noting that these documents are 25 years old and were produced between Ivankov's US arrival in 1992 and his 1995 arrest.— Seth Hettena (@seth_hettena) July 5, 2020
During that time, he was spotted at Trump's Taj Mahal casino. The FBI found Trump Org and Trump Tower personal residence numbers in his address book.