#RawStory 9:24pm ET Jun 6, 2026

Damning new details emerge about would-be Trump #assassin #ThomasCrooks

#FBI records obtained through a #FreedomOfInformationAct lawsuit reveal that a #ButlerCounty Sheriff's deputy exchanged 2 emails w/ Thomas Matthew Crooks — the gunman who shot & wounded President Donald #Trump at his Butler, #Pennsylvania rally on July 13, 2024 — prior to the attack. The content of those emails remains unknown. The records are heavily redacted

#FOIA

https://www.rawstory.com/maga-world-2677008020/

The all-to-regular reality of Freedom of Information requests in Ireland.

The names of the most senior civil servants in the State redacted from records released by the Department of the Taoiseach.

Find out how to fight back against decisions like this in my book Shining a Light:

https://www.kenfoxe.com

#ireland #politics #transparency #foia

#Ontario is now withholding information from its constituents regarding the #BillyBishop airport, days after ramming #FOIA through in a record time.

Folks, my friends, nothing to see here, move along now - as they are now off to a 5 month vacation.

https://www.torontotoday.ca/local/city-hall/billy-bishop-records-shielded-public-12358760?

ICE’s Plan to Let Cops Around the Country Scan Faces to Verify Immigration Status

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.404media.co/ices-plan-to-let-cops-around-the-country-scan-faces-to-verify-immigration-status/

Senior HSE official warned ambulance handover delays at emergency departments were a “significant patient safety risk.”

Documents show how plans for a liaison service to reduce such delays were not funded for four successive winters:

https://www.thestory.ie/2026/06/05/senior-hse-official-warned-ambulance-handover-delays-were-a-significant-patient-safety-risk-as-liaison-service-went-unfunded-for-four-winters/

#ireland #healthcare #health #foia

Unexpectedly received more #FOIA documents from the #FBI relating to “Flyhook”, FBI operation to lure two Russian #hackers to the U.S. so they could be arrested back in 2000.

If you separate the techniques of modern #ransomware from the malware itself, it was around a lot earlier than people think.

🚨 The FBI says Kash Patel was in Milan during the Winter Olympics for work.

I filed a FOIA for Public Citizen asking for proof.

The FBI said that’ll take 2,000 days.

Today PC sued the FBI to speed it up.

#news #uspol #politics #foia #Trump #kashpatel #FBI

https://www.citizen.org/news/was-kash-patels-winter-olympics-trip-for-work-or-play/

Got Epstein files? The hunt continues.

Here is a link to a detailed report I prepared on several lawsuits that seek to enforce freedom of information requests (FOIA) for various Epstein related records. Open PDF hosted on Google drive:
https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1TZOgQsLMeHnpYK0CaX8FZlCdLiSyyCeC

Remember when Pam Bondi said she had Epstein’s client list on her desk? Investigative reporter Jimmy Tobias FOIA’d for a copy.

A great document to read is docket entry 34 from the Tobias case. That document is in one of the zip files linked in my report but to make it easy I also uploaded that document by itself to Google drive. Open PDF hosted on Google drive:
https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=12U88tWVHS8uod3jl-k8wNkJFa6jIZF_7

#Epstein #EpsteinFiles #Legal #FOIA