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CHICAGO – The Chicago Tribune filed a lawsuit against Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Thursday over claims he violated open records laws by failing to disclose personal emails and text messages used to conduct official city business.
The complaint,filed in Cook County Circuit Court,asks a judge for an injunction to force the former White House chief of staff to produce documents,as well as having him declared in violation of the Illinois Local Records Act.
The newspaper,which filed a lawsuit over email chains in June,argued that its Freedom of Information Act requests to Emanuel's administration have been "met with a pattern of non-compliance,partial compliance, delay and obfuscation," according to the lawsuit.
"We are seeking the release of public records on matters of great interest to citizens,but the city refuses to divulge them," Tribune Editor Gerould Kern said in a statement. "Regrettably,the city's denial is part of a pattern of resistance to releasing public documents covered by the Illinois Freedom of Information Act."
CHICAGO – The Chicago Tribune filed a lawsuit against Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Thursday over claims he violated open records laws by failing to disclose personal emails and text messages used to conduct official city business.
The complaint,filed in Cook County Circuit Court,asks a judge for an injunction to force the former White House chief of staff to produce documents,as well as having him declared in violation of the Illinois Local Records Act.
The newspaper,which filed a lawsuit over email chains in June,argued that its Freedom of Information Act requests to Emanuel's administration have been "met with a pattern of non-compliance,partial compliance, delay and obfuscation," according to the lawsuit.
"We are seeking the release of public records on matters of great interest to citizens,but the city refuses to divulge them," Tribune Editor Gerould Kern said in a statement. "Regrettably,the city's denial is part of a pattern of resistance to releasing public documents covered by the Illinois Freedom of Information Act."
