Watchdog sues Education Dept, DHS over documents on NSBA letter comparing parents to 'domestic terrorists'

FIRST ON FOX: A right-leaning federal watchdog organization said it is suing the Education and Homeland Security departments over documents pertaining to the National School Board Association (NSBA) letter comparing parents to "domestic terrorists."

Protect the Public's Trust (PPT) announced on Friday it had filed lawsuits against the Education Department and DHS over the controversial letter. PPT shared the announcement first with Fox News.

"This episode keeps getting, as the old saying goes, curiouser and curiouser," PPT director Mike Chamberlain told Fox News in an email statement.

"With evidence that the Education Secretary may have been involved in soliciting the letter, it’s well past time for all the agencies involved to come clean and release all relevant records," Chamberlain continued. "However, absent this litigation they don’t appear willing to do so."

Chamberlain previously worked in the Department of Education during the Trump administration.

The lawsuit against DHS says the department "cannot escape the statutory deadlines in the FOIA by shuffling records and requests between different agency components, particularly where, as in this case, both the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and the Privacy Office were included in Plaintiff's original request."

Meanwhile, the lawsuit against the Department of Education alleges PPT's "request has been pending for more than 100 days – well beyond the statutory period for federal agencies to make a determination."

The press release said the lawsuits were filed in the U. S. District Court for the District of Columbia... (Read more)

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