GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) after the department failed to respond to his previously-filed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to uncover the communication between the White House, DOJ, and Special Counsel Jack Smith about the indictment in the classified documents case of former President Donald Trump.
I just filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice following its failure to substantively respond to my Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to uncover what White House officials including President Joe Biden communicated to Merrick Garland & Jack Smith about the… pic.twitter.com/7MPaLYrqHB
— Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) August 2, 2023
Ramaswamy filed the lawsuit on the same day that Trump was indicted on four counts as part of the Special Counsel’s investigation into his alleged role in the January 6 Capitol riot.
“I just filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice following its failure to substantively respond to my Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to uncover what White House officials including President Joe Biden communicated to Merrick Garland & Jack Smith about the unprecedented indictment in the classified documents case of a former U.S. President and one of Biden’s political opponents in the 2024 Presidential election,” Ramaswamy announced Tuesday evening.
The GOP presidential candidate is expected to share more details on his lawsuit during his scheduled press conference in Nashville, Tennessee, on Wednesday.
In addition to his lawsuit, Ramaswamy also announced his intent to file a separate FOIA request with the DOJ to uncover any similar communications between the White House, DOJ, and Special Counsel relating to Trump’s indictment relating to January 6.
In a separate video message, Ramaswamy defended Trump amid the former president’s latest indictment, saying, “Donald Trump isn’t the cause of what happened on Jan 6. The real cause was systematic & pervasive censorship of citizens in the year leading up to it.”
“If you tell people they can’t speak, that’s when they scream. If you tell people they can’t scream, that’s when they tear things down. If we fail to admit the truth, Jan 6 will just be a preview of far worse to come & I don’t want to see us get there,” Ramaswamy added.
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Kaitlin Housler is a reporter at The Tennessee Star and The Star News Network.
Photo “Vivek Ramaswamy” by Vivek Ramaswamy.
