by Seton Motley Heartland Institute New York Democrat Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is the hack-est of hacks. A Leftist ideologue to the point of derangement – and complete dereliction of his actual duty.Rather than looking after the legal needs of the residents of the Empire State, Schneiderman has spent much of his time tilting at [...]
by Chris White April 12, 2017 A conservative legal group is seeking communications from EPA officials who may have used a cell phone encryption app to prevent government oversight. Judicial Watch filed a Freedom of Information Act request Wednesday to obtain communications from agency employees who allegedly used the encryption app “Signal” to undercut President [...]
by Chris White Daily Caller A conservative legal group is asking Vermont lawmakers to punish the state attorney general for his handling of a public records request regarding a high-profile investigation into Exxon Mobil. Attorney General T.J. Donovan’s office decides whether to respond to public records requests for partisan reasons, according to the D.C.-based legal [...]
For Immediate Release: April 11, 2017 Contact: David Sanders Sandersdavidg@gmail.com Montpellier, VT - This week, legislators on the Vermont House Appropriations Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee meet to consider the budget for each Vermont agency. However, as the legislature considers the Attorney General’s budget proposal for his own office, recent events confirm that lawmakers should take a close look at the [...]
Caledonian Record (VT) Editorial According to a report yesterday from VTDigger, “A national conservative group has taken the Vermont Attorney General’s office to court over allegations that state officials have blocked release of public records for political reasons.” The genesis of the dispute dates back to a time when Vermont and New York were sharing [...]
by Michael Bielawski VermontWatchdog.org The Vermont Attorney General’s office chooses which public records requests it will honor after Googling requesters’ political leanings, an attorney admitted during oral arguments in a recent transparency case. On June 13, 2016, attorneys for the Energy and Environment Legal Institute and Free Market Environmental Law Clinic sued Vermont’s attorney general for withholding public records [...]
by Alicia Freese Seven Days: Vermont's Independent Voice A lawsuit filed by a free-market nonprofit in Washington, D.C., is raising questions about how Vermont’s Office of the Attorney General responds to public records requests. Last summer, the Energy & Environment Legal Institute asked for information from multiple attorneys general about a potential multi-state investigation into [...]
by Anne Galloway VT Digger A national conservative group has taken the Vermont Attorney General’s office to court over allegations that state officials have blocked release of public records for political reasons. The Energy and Environment Legal Institute, a nonprofit based in Washington, D.C., has sued over communications between the attorneys general of Vermont and [...]
by Jeff Stier Heartland Institute A pair of foreign research organizations have gotten numerous grants for work of unclear value As Democrats and the scientific establishment howl over President Trump's proposed budget cuts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Congress is investigating whether that agency misspent U.S. tax dollars to fund two European cancer [...]
by Chris White The Daily Caller A conservative legal group claimed Monday that Vermont’s attorney general withholds public information requests from groups that appear friendly toward ExxonMobil. Vermont Attorney General T.J. Donovan questions the motives of groups seeking access to public information, E&E Legal told The Daily Caller News Foundation in a press statement. The [...]