President Bola Tinubu has requested a United States federal court docket to dismiss a contemporary try by American transparency activist Aaron Greenspan to introduce new information in a lawsuit looking for entry to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) files linked to a previous narcotics probe.
The objection was contained in a submitting dated October 15, 2026, earlier than the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, the place Greenspan is looking for the release of paperwork relating to investigations involving Tinubu and others within the late Eighties and early Nineties.
Court paperwork present that Tinubu’s legal professionals opposed Greenspan’s request for the court docket to take judicial discover of extra public information regarding alleged hacking actions, felony proceedings and media experiences.
Greenspan had filed the applying on October 8, looking for to introduce the supplies to help a separate request for depart to conduct restricted discovery from Tinubu.
Tinubu’s authorized staff stated the supplies didn’t set up the connection Greenspan was looking for to set up between the alleged hacking actions and his ongoing authorized battle.
They additionally faulted the timing of the applying, saying it got here greater than every week after Greenspan filed his reply in help of his discovery request.
The legal professionals additional argued that the 176 pages of extra supplies cited by Greenspan have been already accessible and may have been included in his earlier filings.
According to them, such supplies can not routinely be accepted as proof of the claims contained in them.
“News articles are not appropriate for judicial notice for the truth, content, or veracity of their claims,” the legal professionals argued.
