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FCC Accused of Withholding DOGE Communications ‘in Bad Faith’

A watchdog group is seeking discovery after alleging the FCC failed to adequately produce records in a FOIA lawsuit.

Jericho Casper

Jul 2, 2026 — 4 min read

Photo of official FCC headquarters located at 45 L Street NE, Washington, D.C., from the FCC.

WASHINGTON, July 2, 2026 – A watchdog group and journalist are urging a federal judge to reject the Federal Communications Commission’s bid for a ruling without trial in a Freedom of Information Act suit.

After 16 months of delays and what they call “obfuscation,” Frequency Forward and journalist Nina Burleigh urged the D.C. District Court last Thursday to grant discovery in its FOIA fight to expose potential conflicts of interest at the FCC involving Elon Musk, DOGE, and SpaceX.

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