Court denies Greenspan discovery request involving Tinubu

A federal court in Washington denied Aaron Greenspan’s request to question Nigerian President Bola Tinubu and DCI Group about alleged attacks on Greenspan’s website, ruling that the proposed discovery was not sufficiently relevant to his Freedom of Information Act case. The US District Court for the District of Columbia issued the decision on October 30. The FOIA litigation concerns records sought from the FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration about an alleged investigation involving Tinubu and a Chicago heroin ring. The court found that investigating who may have carried out the alleged website attacks would not resolve whether the agencies adequately searched for records or lawfully withheld information. The ruling did not determine who was responsible for the alleged attacks. Greenspan argued that information about them could help identify their source, but the court concluded the proposed inquiry was not reasonably likely to produce evidence relevant to the underlying FOIA issues. Tinubu’s lawyers had opposed the request, saying the alleged attacks lacked independent verification. The court also denied Greenspan’s motion for summary judgment and his request for judicial...