A judge has ordered the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department to release body-worn camera footage that will shed more light on how city police officers assisted the Trump administration’s takeover of the U.S. Institute of Peace last year.
During a hearing on Wednesday, Judge Darlene Soltys of the Superior Court for the District of Columbia ruled in favor of journalist Marisa Kabas, who sued the District of Columbia with free legal support from attorneys at the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. The judge rejected the city’s arguments that the recordings were protected from public disclosure and gave the government two weeks to turn them over.
“We’re proud to have represented Marisa in this case,” Reporters Committee legal fellow Allyson…
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