US COURT REJECTS BID TO OBTAIN EVIDENCE FROM TINUBU, DCI GROUP IN FOIA CASE

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By: Muftau Fatimo

A United States federal court has rejected a request by Aaron Greenspan to obtain evidence from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and DCI Group in an ongoing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit involving federal law enforcement agencies.

The US District Court for the District of Columbia, in a ruling delivered on October 30, 2026, held that Greenspan’s proposed discovery relating to alleged cyberattacks on his website was not sufficiently relevant to the FOIA dispute involving the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).

The court also dismissed a request by Karl Von Batten, who is not a party to the lawsuit, to submit an amicus curiae brief, a legal document filed by a non-party to offer additional perspectives to the court.

Additionally, the court denied Greenspan’s request for judicial notice and his motion for summary judgment, dealing another setback to his efforts in the litigation.

Reacting to the decision, attorney Christopher W. Carmichael said the ruling reinforced the principle that the FOIA proceedings could not be used to pursue matters beyond the legal issues before the court.

“The Court’s decision makes clear that this Freedom of Information Act proceeding cannot be used to pursue discovery unrelated to the legal questions before it,” Carmichael said.

Another attorney, Oluwole Afolabi, also confirmed that the court had rejected Greenspan’s motion for summary judgment and declined the request to introduce an amicus curiae brief.

Despite the latest ruling, the underlying FOIA lawsuit involving the FBI and DEA remains ongoing.