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The RNC is suing the city of Detroit to remove surveillance footage of ballot drop boxes.
The RNC requested the footage through FOIA requests on August 7th and 8th.
The RNC was told on September 16 that the footage was automatically deleted because it was older than 30 days.
The Republican National Committee (RNC) on Wednesday sued the city of Detroit for deleting surveillance footage of ballot drop boxes despite the committee's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.
The commission filed the FOIA request in August after being alerted to possible election security concerns during the primary. The request asked for footage from Aug. 7 and 8, and the city said on Aug. 21 that it would hand over the footage, but asked for an extension to secure it.
The city then warned the RNC on Sept. 16 that the footage was “automatically” deleted because it was older than 30 days. The RNC argued that the deletion was a “clear violation” of FOIA because it had a legal responsibility to protect the footage when processing records requests.
Today, the RNC is filing a lawsuit against the Detroit Department of Elections for violating the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by deleting dropbox surveillance footage after our request, raising serious alarm bells about election integrity. I woke you up.
“Deleting dropbox surveillance footage while a FOIA request is pending is an attack on transparency,” RNC Chairman Michael Whatley said in a statement. “This breach of trust is precisely what undermines confidence in our elections. We will hold Detroit accountable because this secrecy cannot be tolerated in a fair and secure election. Michiganders deserve better.”
background:
On August 20, 2024, Google filed a FOIA request for Dropbox video surveillance footage after being alerted to potential election integrity concerns during the primary election. We requested footage from August 7th and 8th to confirm the situation.
Detroit immediately granted our request on August 21st and requested an extension for the production of the film. Then, on September 16th, we received a response informing us that the footage would be “automatically” deleted after 30 days.
Deleting footage that is the subject of a pending FOIA request (submitted more than two weeks before the footage was removed) is a clear FOIA violation. The city of Detroit had a clear legal obligation to preserve and provide the footage, but it violated that obligation.
We are suing to hold the city accountable for failing to maintain dropbox footage while the FOIA request was pending and to prevent this from happening during the general election.
President Trump's Operation Election Integrity is combating these continued acts of election interference. We are committed to ensuring fair and transparent elections.
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