City claps back at RNC's lawsuit claiming FOIA violation over deleted video from voting drop box location
Source: Law & Crime
Oct 20th, 2024, 2:42 pm
The Republican National Committee this week filed a lawsuit against the City of Detroit Department of Elections, claiming officials from Michigan’s largest city violated the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by deleting surveillance video from a voting drop box location. But Detroit officials fired back, saying the suit is “designed to cause embarrassment and to undermine faith in our ability to run a problem free election.”
Lawyers for the RNC say Kent County resident Jonathan Koch filed a FOIA with Detroit on Aug. 20, requesting surveillance footage from a drop box location after “being alerted to a potential election integrity concern during the primary election,” a press release said.
It did not specify the concern, but said it occurred Aug. 8. City officials acknowledged receipt of the request the next day. But on Sept. 16, the city said it had no records related to the request because the video had been “automatically” deleted after 30 days.
In the lawsuit, the RNC says Detroit violated Michigan FOIA laws by not preserving and producing the video since it had yet to be deleted at the time of the request.
Read more: https://lawandcrime.com/lawsuit/no-nefarious-activity-city-claps-back-at-rncs-lawsuit-claiming-foia-violation-over-deleted-video-from-voting-drop-box-location/
Full headline: ‘No nefarious activity:’ City claps back at RNC’s lawsuit claiming FOIA violation over deleted video from voting drop box location
The GrOPers plan on picayune nonsense like this.
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