A nonprofit group filed a lawsuit against the Justice Department Wednesday seeking records of any communications between President Trump’s transition team and federal investigators about potential investigations into Trump-tied individuals.
“The suit was filed after DOJ refused to reveal whether Trump-Pence transition officials sought information from federal prosecutors regarding politically sensitive investigations being conducted during the transition,” the group Democracy Forward Foundation said in a press release announcing the lawsuit Thursday.
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“These communications are of critical importance to the public’s understanding of any attempts by then-President-elect Trump’s Transition team to improperly influence law enforcement investigations of individuals with close ties to President Trump that were being conducted at the time the transition began.”