By Ahmed M Makarfi
A United States District Court for the District of Columbia has rejected a request by Aaron Greenspan seeking permission to obtain evidence from President Bola Tinubu and DCI Group in an ongoing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit.
In its ruling on October 30, 2026, the Court held that the proposed investigation into alleged cyberattacks on Greenspan’s website was not sufficiently relevant to the case involving the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
Reacting to the decision, attorney Christopher W. Carmichael said the ruling reaffirmed that the FOIA proceedings must remain focused on issues directly connected to the legal dispute.
The Court also rejected a separate application by nonparty Karl Von Batten to submit an amicus curiae brief, alongside Greenspan’s request for judicial notice.
Additionally, the Court denied Greenspan’s motion for summary judgment, leaving the underlying FOIA issues unresolved.
Another lawyer, Oluwole Afolabi, said the decisions established important procedural boundaries on the issues that could be considered in the ongoing litigation.
