TOPEKA — A lawsuit filed by Attorney General Kris Kobach to force Kansas leaders to turn over data requested by the federal government heated up this week with sharply worded filings.

Kobach sued Gov. Laura Kelly and Department for Children and Family secretary Laura Howard on Sept. 9, demanding they turn over personal information of more than 700,000 Kansans who applied for or received food aid through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Kobach announced the lawsuit in a news conference the day before.

In a motion to dismiss filed Monday, Kelly and Howard’s attorneys called the action “a sad political stunt.”

“Respondents are following the law, and this case is a sad political stunt by the Attorney General as evidenced by the fact that he chose to litigate via press conferen

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