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Energy Department agrees to begin releasing Ukraine-related records
BY JUSTIN WISE - 01/13/20 07:15 PM EST
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The Energy Department on Monday agreed to begin releasing a cache of Ukraine-related records, including former Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s communications with high-level Ukrainian officials, according to a joint status report filed in a Washington, D.C., court.
The agreement came in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by American Oversight, an ethics watchdog group. The group in October sued the department in an attempt to gain access to documents relating to Perry’s communications with key Trump administration and Ukrainian officials. It also sought records relating to the department’s contacts with President Trump’s attorney Rudy Giuliani.
The DOE agreed to start releasing documents relating to Perry’s communications with his former chief of staff Brian McCormack by Jan. 28. The first set of documents will also include records relating to the presidential delegation Perry led to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s inauguration last May.
Another package of documents, focused in part on Perry’s and McCormack’s communications with Giuliani, are scheduled to be released on Feb. 4. A third cache of Ukraine-related documents will be released by March 16.
“American Oversight followed proper legal procedures that the Department will honor,” DOE press secretary Shaylyn Hynes said in statement to The Hill.