Story perspectives

FBI FOIA Delay Bars Trump Assassination Documents Challenges

By Drooid · Oct 11, 2026, 12:18 AM UTC · How we work

Summary

Story summary

Judicial Watch President Thomas Fitton condemned the FBI’s projected 12-year delay in releasing U.S. President Donald Trump assassination-attempt documents.
Fitton warned the timeline would bar challenges to withheld information until 12 years after 2024.
Judicial Watch sued the DOJ in 2025 after the FBI denied a July 2024 FOIA request.
The lawsuit secured Crooks’ May 2023-January 2024 texts, which contain one-or two-word nonsensical messages.

1 of 1

Story summary

Judicial Watch President Thomas Fitton condemned the FBI’s projected 12-year delay in releasing U.S. President Donald Trump assassination-attempt documents.
Fitton warned the timeline would bar challenges to withheld information until 12 years after 2024.
Judicial Watch sued the DOJ in 2025 after the FBI denied a July 2024 FOIA request.
The lawsuit secured Crooks’ May 2023-January 2024 texts, which contain one-or two-word nonsensical messages.