FBI violates FOIA on “assassination attempt"
The FBI violated the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by failing to respond to the following request of August 11 for the version of “assassination attempt” bullet photograph (FBI tracking number 1643432-000) that was transmitted to the FBI:
On July 14, 2024, the New York Times published an article entitled "Photo Appears to Capture Path of Bullet Used in Assassination Attempt". The article is accompanied by a photograph with the caption "An annotated photo showing what appears to be a projectile passing by Donald J. Trump during a rally in Butler, Pa ..." The request is for the version of that photograph that was transmitted by the New York Times to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The request is limited to records received by the Federal Bureau of Investigation no earlier than July 14, 2024 and no later than August 11, 2024.
The assumption is that the photograph is a fraud as is any investigation of the “assassination attempt”.
Under federal law, the agency is required to respond to the request within 20 business days or to request an extension. The agency has provided no response to date. The status of the FBI processing of the request is stated as follows:
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The request was trivially simple and there is no plausible reason why this agency did not comply with the law. Thus the suspicion that the entire “assassination attempt” of July 13 was a hoax, remains unchallenged.