If Joesting used the same procedure as was used in previous OIP appeals for denial of access to records, she would have looked at the records to see whether the information in them was discloseable. It could be that the DOH wouldn’t even allow her to do that - in which case they were already treating Obama’s case differently from the very start with Joesting.
So we don’t know if Joesting has seen them or not. If she’s followed the protocol (if the DOH allowed her to) she should have seen them though.
“If she’s followed the protocol (if the DOH allowed her to) she should have seen them though.”
The plot thickens.