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Privacy Group Sues Justice Department To Make Mueller Report Public

The Electronic Privacy Information Center filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit to obtain the full Robert Mueller report.

The Electronic Privacy Information Center or EPIC announced on its website that it filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit “to obtain the final report by Special Counsel Robert Mueller concerning Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.” EPIC submitted the lawsuit in November 2018 in anticipation of the report being released to the attorney general’s office. “EPIC, through its Democracy and Cybersecurity Project, has pursued multiple FOIA cases concerning Russian interference with the 2016 election, including EPIC v. FBI (response to Russian cyberattacks), EPIC v. ODNI (Russian hacking), EPIC v. IRS I (release of Trump's tax returns), EPIC v. IRS II (release of Trump's offers-in-compromise), and EPIC v. DHS (election cybersecurity),” the group wrote on its website. “The case for the release of the Muller Report is EPIC v. DOJ, No. 19-810 (D.D.C.).”