US court rejects bid to obtain evidence from Tinubu, DCI group in FOIA case

A United States federal court has rejected Aaron Greenspan’s request to obtain evidence from President Bola Tinubu and DCI Group in an ongoing Freedom of Information Act, FOIA, case.

The US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled on October 30, 2026, that Greenspan’s proposed discovery over alleged cyberattacks on his website was not sufficiently relevant to the FOIA dispute involving the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, and the Drug Enforcement Administration, DEA.

The court also rejected a request by Karl Von Batten, who is not a party to the case, to file an amicus curiae brief.

It equally denied Greenspan’s request for judicial notice and his motion for summary judgment.

Reacting to the ruling, attorney Christopher W. Carmichael said the decision made clear that the FOIA case could not be used to pursue issues outside the legal questions before the court.

“The Court’s decision makes clear that this Freedom of Information Act proceeding cannot be used to pursue discovery unrelated to the legal questions before it,” Carmichael said.

Attorney Oluwole Afolabi also confirmed that the court had denied Greenspan’s motion for summary judgment and rejected the request to introduce an amicus brief.

The underlying FOIA litigation involving the FBI and DEA remains ongoing.