A prominent conservative legal firm with close ties to the Trump administration took aim on Wednesday at a little-noticed Environmental Protection Agency rule from the Biden administration that it says created an improper, preferential fast-track for certain public records requests under the banner of “environmental justice.”

America First Legal , the firm founded by President Donald Trump senior adviser Stephen Miller, filed a major Freedom of Information Act request and a companion petition for rulemaking challenging the EPA’s 2022 decision to let requesters claim a so-called “environmental justice–related need” as a basis for expedited processing. The group says that carveout opened a political pathway to faster access to federal records, contradicting FOIA’s requirement tha

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