A First Amendment advocacy group is suing the Trump administration to try and force the government to release details about the deals it has struck with "targeted" law firms .

The 14-page lawsuit from the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University seeks to "compel compliance with the Freedom of Information Act" (FOIA) — the law that provides the public "the right to request access to records from any federal agency."

The group said they made their initial FOIA request in May and thus should have received a response within 20 business days, but instead have been stonewalled — either with no answers or a claim from the Office of Information Policy that the request fell under "unusual circumstances" and an estimated time frame could not be given.

The Knight First Amendment Ins

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